Course | Professional Skills Course

Think before you write II (Scientific Writing)

Andrew Moore

Overview

Second part of this course!

Trainer: Andrew Moore
Date: 30 June + 7 July 2025
Time: 9:00-17:00
Venue: online
Target group: advanced PhD students and postdocs
Content:

  • Find out about the most important rule of communication (any communication).
  • Learn about how readers find and read your work, so that you can write better for your intended audience.
  • Get some interesting insights into cognitive psychology that are highly relevant for writing good scientific English.
  • Learn how to structure your writing for maximum effect.
  • Submit a short piece of writing, and benefit from group feedback and editorial input in real time.
  • Find out how editorial works, how to avoid common pitfalls (typical reasons for rejection), and how to react to rejection letters.
  • Understand the journal world better, and improve your ability to choose an appropriate journal in which to publish (and to avoid "predatory" journals!).

Please register by 16 May 2025
To receive information on course fees for external* participants, please email training@imb-mainz.de

Andrew Moore


Date: 07 Jul 2025
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Location: IMB
Deadline(s):
Registration: 16 May 2025