writing

EndNote Desktop for Managing References and Writing for Publication

Being a researcher involves updating your skills and learning to use researcher tools. This workshop will teach you how to use EndNote for your research and for publication. These aspects align with the following BU2025 actions: Develop and implement capability across BU to support the Fusion learning approach, including by: (a) collaborating with peer institutions… Read more » about EndNote Desktop for Managing References and Writing for Publication

EndNote Workshops

Tired of writing references by hand? Exhausted by the piles of printed PDFs on your desk? Desperately seeking the paperless office? Library & Learning Support are running workshops on using EndNote reference management software. Come along and learn what EndNote can do to help you manage references and write for publication. The workshops will cover… Read more » about EndNote Workshops

Predatory Journals

Have you ever been approached by agents or publishers offering to publish your work? If the contact was not initiated by you, there is a possibility that they are representing a predatory journal. Predatory journals are those which charge fees without proper editorial and publishing services. In order to help you Library and Learning Support… Read more » about Predatory Journals

New book by CEL’s Dr. Jenny Hall

Congratulations to Dr. Jenny Hall in the Centre for Excellence in Learning (CEL) who published a new book this month Spirituality and Childbirth: meaning and care at the start of life.  The book is published by Routledge (which is part of the Taylor & Frances Group) and co-edited by Professor Susan Crowther, at The Robert Gordon University… Read more » about New book by CEL’s Dr. Jenny Hall

Postgraduate Writing Spa, Friday June 23rd 2017, at BU (Talbot Campus)

Postgraduate Writing Spa, Friday June 23rd 2017, at BU (Talbot Campus)  Do you want to speed up writing your dissertation / thesis? Do you suffer from writer’s block or writing anxiety? Do you feel like something is holding you back? Do you want to enjoy the writing process more? In cooperation with the Centre for Excellence… Read more » about Postgraduate Writing Spa, Friday June 23rd 2017, at BU (Talbot Campus)

A digital challenge for November!

Dear All, Colleagues from Hybrid Pedagogy have organised November as Gigi-writing month – and we are all invited to join in: http://www.digitalwritingmonth.com/home/ Here’s the invite: How Does One DigiWriMo? 1. There are no secrets to doing DigiWriMo, no right way and no wrong way to do it. Some people may write a novel using their… Read more » about A digital challenge for November!