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Clarify this: structuring highly readable lists (Part 2 of 2)
One way to simplify potentially complex lists is to arrange the items to progress in complexity, placing the ‘heaviest’ or most complex item at the end.
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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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Drafting compelling letters of support for research grant funding
Tips, sample sentences, and a template letter for your research partners.
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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.
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New student-written fiction contest will be richest in Canada
The Bridge Prize was established as the University of Lethbridge’s “Giller Prize for students,” says dean of liberal education.
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How to revise and resubmit without despair
A six-step approach for doing the (seemingly) impossible task of applying reviewer feedback to your journal article.
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Three ways to use colour effectively in grant applications
Ineffective colour can make an otherwise compelling image incomprehensible.
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The politics of pronouns
The singular “they” and your power to choose as an academic writer.
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How, when and why to use readability formulas to improve your academic writing
There are many tools that measure readability scores, but few contexts in which they’re useful for academics.
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Why campus novels matter
The campus novel is fiction for our times, but the best of the genre is timeless.
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Integrating non-English words into academic writing
The political and persuasive significance of being intentionally hard to understand.
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How to generate op-ed ideas
Once you’ve decided you want to jump into the public commentary sphere, how can you land on a specific idea?
