Writing

The Graduate Matters column has evolved in its first five years and is looking for new contributors.

As a researcher, you should intentionally consider voices and perspectives that you might have previously omitted or ignored.

Writing one can be a great way to make your work more accessible.

They are the bricks that you’re laying on the path towards your goal.

Clarify your concepts by structuring your work around nominal peaks and concrete valleys.

Four options for approaching a delicate quandary.

There’s no simple formula but research offers some strong options.

My goal is to empower you to feel competent at making your own decisions about what is best for your work.

Be sure to define your terms, detail your experience and outline your future plans.

You wouldn’t start a road trip without a destination in mind or a map of your route. Grant applications work in the same way.

We need to use research to identify and implement the most effective ways to support student writing development.

You needn’t put on armour or start a podcast to come up with ways to “mobilize knowledge.”

You don’t need to be in a position of power to shift a language norm in your discipline.

Universities must plan how and when to use AI for training.

How to create global coherence and internal alignment in your research grant applications.

This practice from art history can improve academic writing across disciplines.

While it is necessary to educate students on academic integrity and academic misconduct, these two concepts are often conflated.

Make sure you are presenting your methods in a logical order, and if you can, try and paint a verbal picture.

Academic editing can provide kinship and learning, not just judgment followed by celebration or tears.

Five keys for persuasive public writing.