‘How to Get Research Published in Journals’

Abby Day’s book, How to Get Research Published in Journals contents page as a pdf sample chapter: Chapter 3; Why not Publish? In this book Abby Day has produced a very useful manual that provides considerable detailed information on publishing.  This provides you with information from the start, including basic reference material, which will be [...]

The Place of Writing in the Disciplines

My last post was about a book by Rowena Murray, one of the main authors in the UK on academic writing. This post is about a paper she wrote – practicing what she preaches – on the place of writing in the disciplines, which she has written with Gavin Heron, a colleague at Strathchlyde.  They [...]

SRHE Workshop Details

I recently received this from the SRHE: Academic Writing Skills and Getting Published Phillips Room, 76 Portland Place, London, W1B 1NT Wednesday 8th April 2009 (10:45am-3:00pm) The purpose of this event is to provide advice to newer researchers on two key areas: developing academic writing skills, and how to get published. We are delighted to [...]

Writing as Academic Practice

On Friday the 13th February I attended the Society for Research into Higher Education Academic Practice Network workshop at the SRHE HQ in London.  This workshop had two elements: Barry Stierer (Westminster) and Mary Lea (Open University) led the morning session reporting on their project on everyday academic writing.  Their project Writing as Professional Practice [...]