Writing a Journal Article
Are you an early-career researcher preparing to write a journal article? Academics at the University of Bristol will help guide you through the process of planning, writing and editing your journal article for submission.
| Dates | 4 - 6 June 2024 |
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| Fee | £440 |
| Format | In person |
| Audience | Internal University of Bristol only (prerequisites apply) |
This internal course is open to UoB staff and students only. If you are unsure whether you are eligible to attend please contact us.
Course profile
This course aims to help you develop a clear structure for your journal article and the confidence to go and write it.
Please click on the sections below for more information.
Structure
A day of teaching, followed by a day of writing, and a final day of teaching.
[Note: This course is not recorded].
Intended Learning Objectives
By the end of the course participants should be able to:
- plan the message of your journal article;
- organise your information;
- use a mindmap;
- write a plan;
- overcome barriers to writing;
- edit your first draft;
- deal with collaborators;
- manage the submission and peer review process; and
- disseminate your paper for impact.
Target audience
The course is suitable for early career researchers who have collected data and are in the process of writing or about to write a paper. If you are not yet at that stage please consider booking onto a later course. This course does not cover scientific language and style.
Outline
This course will cover:
Day 1: Planning your journal article, using interactive exercises and activities
Day 2: Writing your journal article
Day 3: Editing, submitting and disseminating your article
Teaching staff
This course is taught by Dr Jessica Watson; Professor David Kessler; Dr Caroline Taylor and Zoe Trinder-Widdess.
Prerequisites
To make sure the course is suitable for you and you will benefit from attending, please ensure you meet the following prerequisites before booking:
| Knowledge | Candidates MUST have completed a piece of work and be ready to write it up. |
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Bookings
Before booking this course, please make sure you read the information provided above about the target audience and prerequisites. It is important that you have completed a piece of work and be ready to write it up. If you are not yet at that stage please consider booking onto a later course.
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Course materials
A course handbook is provided. Please note that there are no recordings for this course and it is not available as a Materials & Recordings (UoB only) option.
Testimonials
100% of attendees recommend this course*.
*Attendee feedback from 2022-2023.
Here is a sample of feedback from the course:
"The tutors were excellent and very knowledgeable. It was a very friendly atmosphere, everyone was engaged and enjoying it. The tutors were also very friendly and provided a huge amount of one-on-one support. There was lots of time available that you could talk to the tutors about your piece of work and get their advice. It was also helpful to get advice from the whole room and for everyone to share their work - it felt very collaborative and supportive".
Course feedback, May 2023
“Encouraged me to be more hard hitting/punchy and to focus on the key sentences in the paper. Useful to break down the paper writing into chunks - made it seem more feasible. Great to get some feedback from David and Jess about my article as I was writing it”.
Course feedback, May 2023
“Before taking the course I didn't know where to start with writing an article. I now feel confident that I could plan out the structure, paragraph by paragraph, and write my key message and overall story, and from there I feel it is a lot easier to be able to write a good article".
Course feedback, May 2023
“I liked the way both the tutors sat with us and gone through what we have written and gave valuable suggestions to help us think more”.
Course feedback, May 2023
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Alternative training options
This short course is very popular and is often oversubscribed.
If you are looking for an alternative course, you may like to consider Medical Education Research online workshops on Writing for Publication & Conferences.
Before taking the course I didn't know where to start with writing an article. I now feel confident that I could plan out the structure, paragraph by paragraph, and write my key message and overall story, and from there I feel it is a lot easier to be able to write a good article.
Refreshments
For in-person courses we provide morning and afternoon refreshment breaks, including tea and coffee, biscuits and fresh fruit.
Lunch is not included, however there are a range of local cafes and supermarkets nearby.
If you have specific dietary needs we ask that you let us know in advance by completing the accessibility form in your short course booking account.