Courses for Taught Postgraduates

Are you responsible for organising or delivering courses to taught postgraduates? Trevor Day has helped many hundreds of taught postgraduates to enhance the power and productivity of their writing. Trevor designs and facilitates tailor-made, writing-related courses. Here is a sample from the range of half-day or one-day courses on offer:

Writing your dissertation

Trevor tailors this course to specific academic disciplines. With his background as a scientific writer and social science researcher, with extensive coaching and teaching experience across faculties, Trevor has a deep understanding of different disciplinary requirements. On the course he deals with the practicalities of dissertation-planning, carrying out literature reviews, and using technologies to support document-creation, as well as inspiring students with techniques for empowering their writing.

Writing a literature review

What are the best ways of going about researching and writing a literature review? Coverage includes:

• the function and requirements of a literature review
• developing an efficient literature search strategy
• planning and managing your writing
• checking that you have fulfilled the literature review's requirements

Overcoming blocks to writing

For many students, challenges to writing include: lack of confidence, limited understanding of the writing process and what supports and encourages it, and difficulties project-managing their writing. This course tackles these and other issues head on in a friendly, supportive yet challenging workshop environment. Coverage includes:

• using powerful planning tools for organising writing
• pinpointing strengths and weakness in current approaches to writing
• identifying blocks to writing and devising strategies to overcome them
• applying various writing techniques, including free writing and generative writing, to unlock writing
• devising and reviewing successful action plans for writing

Reading and note-taking for academic writing

Reading is one of the most time-consuming aspects of study. Any ways of making the process more efficient and effective yield great dividends. As a professional writer and researcher, Trevor Day has radically improved his own reading strategies. He shares his wide range of techniques and strategies on this course, which has already helped thousands of students and staff to greatly enhance their reading productivity. Coverage includes:

• the true nature of reading for academic writing
• how to apply modern understanding of the reading process to make your academic reading more flexible and efficient
• how to read an academic paper or book chapter quickly yet rigorously to meet your needs
• how to take the minimum of notes for the maximum of benefit
• applying holistic strategies and techniques to enhance your reading skills and increase your productivity

Trevor tailors courses to meet your needs, creating resources and using teaching/learning processes that are fine-tuned to your participants and the culture of your organisation.

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