Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
3 credits
30.0 h + 30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Deville Yves; Gonze Xavier; Verleysen Michel;
Language
English
Main themes
This formation is scheduled on seven half-day modules, covering the following topics: - Organisation and life cycle of a scientific paper - Principles of technical writing - Technical English - Workshop on technical writing - Principles of oral communication in English - Workshop on oral communication in English The workshops require an active participation and deal with " the materials " brought by the participants. These materials can either be scientific articles (accepted for publication, refused, submitted or in preparation) or activity report, PhD research proposal
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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This PhD-level course is intended to help the participants improving the quality of their documents and talks, and the impact and dissemination of their research results. The course will be organized in half day modules covering the following themes: 1) Writing scientific papers 2) Reviewing scientific papers 3) Useful software tools 4) Technical talks 5) Ethical issues in publication 6) Designing Posters Most modules will be interactive, and will necessitate some (mandatory) personal work between the modules. |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
Writing scientific papers (General principles, improving paper structure, improving paper clarity, improving style ; homework)
Reviewing scientific papers (Publication life cycle, steps, revising ; homework)
Useful software tools (English software tools, bibliography software tools)
Technical talks (Basics in oral communication, talk structure, talk support, oral presentation, quanstions and answers, practicing the talk; interactive session)
Ethical issues in publication (Case studies, homework; interactive session)
Designing Posters (Basics, layout, text, colour, figures …, interactive session)
Teaching methods
Presentations by the teachers as well as by the students, in-class discussions, on-line reviewing and discussions.
Evaluation methods
Most modules will be interactive, and will necessitate some (mandatory) personal work between the modules. This is is PhD-level course, no rating is provided, but a certificate of participation. Active participation to the sessions as well as active personal work is requested for the certificate of participation to be delivered.
Online resources
Faculty or entity
EPL
Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)
Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology
