Graduate Research Academic Support
The Faculty of Engineering has two graduate research student academic support advisors, Lilian Khaw, and Jane Moodie, who assist all students to develop their research communication skills. Teaching is provided on aspects of research communication for research proposals and reports, literature reviews, conference and journal papers, and seminar presentations and the thesis. Teaching is provided in classes and in individual tutorials.
Introductory Seminar Series
This series of seminars aims to help new graduate students understand different genres of engineering research communication, focusing on the purpose, audience, structure and language conventions.
Research Communication Seminar Series
Prominent researchers and speakers are invited to talk about various topics in relation to engineering research communication, including copyright issues, equation conventions, research matrixes, writing styles and publishing tips.
Thesis Writing Seminar Series
In the seminars, we will analyse the overall structure of a thesis including papers and of a traditional thesis by using sample theses. We will also examine the organisation, argument and writing in different sections of each type of thesis, and clarify what is important for examiners.
Summer Short Courses
These short courses aim to help engineering graduate research students develop and enhance their research writing skills.
One-to-one Tutorials
One-to-one teaching is provided upon request, and is dedicated to addressing a graduate research student's specific needs in research communication.
A short course or writing group can be arranged for a research group in Faculty of Engineering upon request. Please contact Lilian Khaw for more information.
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