Wikipedia, Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias and “pre-research”
We all know academic writing “shouldn’t quote Wikipedia”… but what we often get wrong is why it’s not ‘the done thing’. The real reason isn’t
We all know academic writing “shouldn’t quote Wikipedia”… but what we often get wrong is why it’s not ‘the done thing’. The real reason isn’t
I know most of my blog is about academic writing for theses, books and journal articles, but there is another form of academic writing that
One of the things all researchers have to face is, occasionally, a difficult meeting. It might be a meeting with your supervisor where you haven’t produced
A couple of years ago, I had 4 jobs. I was teaching a Masters professional communication subject with 60 students; I had been seconded part-time
So, a bit of empathy, a small dose of social science, and some common sense is all you need to work brilliantly in teams, and be a brilliant communicator.
After two and a half years at Academic Skills, where I started this blog to share some of the advice I was giving in indidual
I was in Oxford three weeks ago. Oxford was hazy, summery, full of bicycle bells, buses, herbaceous borders, and teenagers on summer school. I bought books,
This is a guest post from Dawn Gilmore (@dawngilmore) on intercultural communication. With the global academic market, you are more and more likely to be an
