Graduate Research School

Writing is a powerful tool for clear thinking. It is also the means by which research is communicated.

For these reasons, effective and productive research is accompanied by the development of good writing habits and good writing habits develop writing ability.

There are resources at UWA to help you to develop good writing habits and to improve your writing ability. Support and training at this stage include:

Teach Yourself Online

• Tutorial on writing a literature review
• Tutorial on writing a research proposal
• Tutorial on evaluating information
• Tutorial on writing your thesis
• Publishing a scientific paper, 2007 (Prof. Hans Lambers, School of Plant Biology). This presentation is provided online through Lectopia.
• Putting your thesis together (Dr Sato Juniper, Associate Director, Graduate Research and Scholarships).

• Writing your thesis (Dr Sato Juniper, Associate Director, Graduate Research and Scholarships).

Face to Face Workshops

• Language skills
• Managing and reviewing the literature
• Conceptualising your research
• Write a better thesis
• Academic writing in practice
• Principles of academic writing
• Writing groups for postgraduate students

Article

• Gopen, G. D., & Swan, J. A. (1990) The science of scientific writing, American Scientist, 78(6), pp.550-558.