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Articles Academic Writing in Different Disciplines Academic writing online study guide and electronic resources from the Skills Centre Become a Productive Academic Writer Critical writing online study guide and electronic resources from the Skills Centre Five Suggestions for Challenging Your Writing Practices Guidance from the Library Research Support Team on Literature Hone Your Writing Part 1 Hone Your Writing Part 2 Taylor and Francis – Advice and guidance on preparing and writing an effective research paper  University of Edinburgh – Writing Retreat Facilitators Guide  Using #acrwrimo to reconnect with your desire to write Vitae – Writing and Submitting Your Doctoral Thesis

Asynchronous Training A playlist of YouTube videos from one of our doctoral researchers, Ian Guest, on using Microsoft Word for your Thesis Curated tutorial pages from Digital Skills on using Microsoft Word The Conversation Training – Journalistic writing courses for academics  Your electronic thesis – an online course via the Academic CPD Blackboard organisation site

Blogs https://patthomson.net/category/academic-writing/ Pat Thomson – Patter blog on research education, academic writing, public engagement, funding and other eccentricities. https://researchinsiders.blog/ Researchers As Writers – The Auditorium Blog https://thesiswhisperer.com/category/on-writing/ https://thinkaheadsheffield.wordpress.com/tag/writing/ https://thinkaheadsheffield.wordpress.com/2016/08/14/how-to-stop-writing-your-thesis/

Books How To Write A Thesis, Murray, R, (2011) Refining Your Academic Writing Strategies For Reading, Revising and Writing, Thomson, P (2022) Strategies For Writing A Thesis By Publication In The Social Sciences and Humanities, Nygaard, L and Solli, K (2021) Writing in social spaces : a social processes approach to academic writing , Murray, R, (2015)

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Podcasts How to beat digital distraction and write more podcast (2:51 – 6:50)  How to PhD Podcast – Our best writing motivation and productivity hacks (28:46)  How to PhD Podcast – How to start your thesis (36:45)  How to Write More Podcast (19:46)  PhD Life Raft Podcast: How to Finish Your Thesis with Rowena Murray (24:38)  PhD Life Raft Podcast – Mindful Writing for PhD Researchers (26:02)  PhD Life Raft Podcast – Proofreading and the PhD (24:56)

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Social Media @AcWriClub Academic Writing Club from The PhD Place – free biweekly online writing groups. Rowena Murray Writing Group | Facebook  @writethatphd on X #acwri

Synchronous Training (please check the Events Calendar for current availability) Academic English for Doctoral Students A module for students working independently on a research degree (eg. PhD). The focus will be on practising and developing the language and rhetoric to explain and present your research in both written and spoken formats. You can find more information on the Academic English page of the Essential Skills for Academic Success Portal. Skills Centre: Advanced Critical Writing In this session you will have the opportunity to:  (1) Generate and apply analysis questions to a range of evidence and source types. (2) Use reporting verbs to accurately introduce and frame evidence.  (3) Reflect on the issues of relevance and significance when examining evidence. Skills Centre: Critical Writing In this session, you will have an opportunity to:  (1) Recognise what is meant by critical writing at University  (2) Consider how to question what you read in a critical way  (3) Identify features of both descriptive and critical writing in text examples. (4) Identify actions to improve your critical writing. Skills Centre: Introduction to Academic Writing In this session, you will have an opportunity to: (1) Recognise the key features of academic writing (2) Understand academic voice (3) Refer appropriately to research (4) Know how to quote, paraphrase and summarise (5) Improve sentence and paragraph structure (6) Use effective signposting language.

Tools The freely available online Academic Phrasebank contains hundreds of sentence templates for the rhetorical moves typically used in academic dissertations. Focus Mate  Forest  Jo on Tap – A 15 Minute Writing Session Jo on Tap – A 30 Minute Writing Session Powerful Verbs StayFocusd  Word Count Metres

Videos AcWriVox Videos Dr Matt Cheeseman – on writing process and habits (2:04)  Prof. Eleni Vasilaki – on writing process and habits (1:04)  Dr Chris Blackmore – on writing for health (2:16)  Dr Jona Foster – on writing a review paper (2:02)  Dr Peter Matanle – on writing process and habits (0:49)  Dr Peter Matanle – on writing a monograph (0:42)  Prof. Ilaria Bellantuono – on writing process and habits (0:49)  Dr Dan Lambert – on writing process and habits (3:01)  Prof. Siddharth Patwardhan – on writing for non-specialists (1:23)  Prof. Barry Gibson – on writing from an interdisciplinary perspective (2:24)  Prof. Sumon Bhaumik – on writing process and habits (0:48)  Dr David Hyatt – on developing doctoral writers (2:13)  Dr Chris Holland – on drafting and redrafting writing (1:13)  Dr Chris Holland – on early career writing (0:30)  Dr Chris Holland – on writing for the media (0:56)  Dr Nik Reeves McLaren – on using an outlining technique (2:13)  Prof. Wyn Morgan – on writing process and habits (1:30)  Videos (Short) James Hayton PhD – How to avoid plagiarism when writing about other people’s research (2:04)  James Hayton PhD – Don’t Make The Reader Do The Work (3:08)   James Hayton PhD – How To Beat Writer’s Block (6:33)   James Hayton PhD – How to improve your writing, part 1 (7:00)  James Hayton PhD – How to improve your writing part 2 (6:46)   James Hayton PhD – How to improve your writing, part 3 (7:14) James Hayton PhD – How to Write Your PhD Thesis – Tip 1 Calm Focus (5:19)  James Hayton PhD – How to Write your PhD Thesis Tip 2 – Productivity vs Perfectionism (5:08)  James Hayton PhD – How to Write your PhD Thesis – Tip 3 – Confidence (4:58)  James Hayton PhD – How to Write Your PhD Thesis – Tip 4 – Decision Making (5:11)  James Hayton PhD – How to Write Your PhD Thesis – Tip 5 – Problem Solving in Writing (4:54)  James Hayton PhD – How to Write Your PhD Thesis – Tip 6 – How to link ideas in your writing (5:42)   James Hayton PhD – How to Write your PhD Thesis – Tip 7 – How to develop ideas and arguments in your academic writing (6:06)  Videos (Long) Angel Productions – The Good Writing Video (35:46) – you must be logged in to Panopto using your usual Sheffield Hallam username and password to access this video.  James Hayton PhD – Why is PhD thesis writing so stressful? And what can we do about it? (21:10)   Managing and Writing the Doctoral Thesis or Dissertation (36:52)   Nick Hopwood – Effective feedback & peer review in academic writing (17:46)  PhD Life Coach – How to write the thing when you’re not writing the thing (26:00)  PhD Life Coach – How to shorten your written work (37:33)

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