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Emphasize this: structuring highly readable sentences and paragraphs (Part 1 of 2)
If your writing is being labeled as ‘too dense’, there are some simple ways to reorder the words in your sentences.
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Writing winning partnership grant applications
Setting up for success with the SSHRC PG.
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How to start the process of enhancing your writing versatility
In the second of this two-part series, the author gives grad students some concrete steps to enhance writing versatility.
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How to become a more versatile writer
In the first of this two-part series, the author explores the importance of developing the writing skillset that will serve you in the future.
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Getting your book read when you’re a humanities scholar
Part 2: Strategies to extend your monograph’s reach.
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Laurier professors publish ‘rapid response’ essay collection on COVID-19
Created in about a week, the collection offers a “snapshot” of the pandemic from scholars in the social sciences and humanities.
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How to get your humanities research read & cited
Part 1: Strategies to extend your journal article’s reach.
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Setting the CanLit canon on fire
How controversy, curriculum change and emerging perspectives are shifting the study of Canadian literature.
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What happens when a machine can write as well as an academic?
As AI-facilitated algorithmic writing improves, it poses tricky questions about authorship and what constitutes an “original” paper or assignment.
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Simple tricks to add clarity in complex sentences
The criticism that some academic writing can be difficult to read shouldn’t be ignored.
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Jargon can make for good academic writing
The use of jargon can be effective in journal articles and grant applications - but use it sparingly when writing for a wider audience.
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How to bring students into the feedback loop
Small steps can make a big difference to engaging students in their own assessment.
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Dog-ate-my-homework syndrome and other tales from an academic editor
Within academia, the professional editor is considered to be an outside, unknown and potentially dangerous entity.
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Reducing the weight of your words
How to lighten your reader’s cognitive load in your academic writing.
