Scientific Communication

Scientific Communication

Below are articles written by our team of editors and scientific writers to support scientific communication. They explore areas that will be covered during the communication courses.

Editorial Advisory Board

Research language specifics

Day 4: Language for the introduction to your research

Day 3: Useful phrases for writing your discussion

Day 2: Prefixes and suffixes for research writing

Day 1: Inclusive language part 1

Items for submitting your paper (part 2) and more language

Day 4: language for discussing the limitations of your research – part 2

Day 3: language for discussng the limitations of your research – part 1

Day 2: using abbreviations in research

Day 1: how to write a cover letter to accompany your manuscript

Items for submitting your paper and more language

Day 4: how to use prepositions for research

Day 3: language for describing what your research contains or involves (part 2)

Day 2: how to write a lay summary

Day 1: writing a title

Writing a paper

Day 4: language for what your research contains or involves

Day 3: language for discussing positive outcomes

Day 2: language for showing development 2 (word focus)

Day 1: language for showing development 1

Language for science

Day 4: describing other people’s work

Day 3: word building

Day 2: introducing your work part 2

Day 1: introducing your work part 1

Data and language for research

Day 5: confusing words

Day 4: dependent prepositions

Day 3: word building

Day 2: language for discussing data

Day 1: language for reporting data

Discussing research

Day 5: language for factors affecting data collection

Day 4: language for discussing data collection

Day 3: definite and idefinite articles

Day 2: language for arguing your case

Day 1: how to structure a poster

Language and grammar

Day 5: language for poster presentations

Day 4: practicalities for poster presentation

Day 3: language for discussing quantities

Day 2: expressing limitations and negative outcomes 

Day 1: language for engagement and collaboration part 2

Language and grammar for research articles

Day 5: language for engagement and collaboration

Day 4: using that, which, who and the -ing form

Day 3: more word order for sentences

Day 2: word order for sentences

Day 1: language for speculating

Writing an abstract and some language and grammar

Day 5: language for cause and effect

Day 4: phrases for abstracts

Day 3: writing short sentences

Day 2: structuring an abstract

Day 1: language for saying and showing

Writing a paper, the conclusion and some grammar and style

Day 5: confusing words – pronouns

Day 4: writing style – collocations

Day 3: irregular singulars and plurals and a conclusion

Day 2: phrases for conclusions

Day 1: structuring a conclusion

Writing a paper, results and discussion

Day 5: evaluating resuts with certainty or moderation

Day 4: structuring the discussion

Day 3: describing the limitations of your results

Day 2: negative results and contradictory findings

Day 1: stating your findings

Writing a paper, presenting results and data

Day 5: quantifying measurements and amounts

Day 4: describing data and making comparisons

Day 3: describing data, and increases and decreases

Day 2: writing captions

Day 1: presenting numerical values and statistics

Writing a paper, materials and methods

Day 5: adjective order and useful phrases

Day 4: making definitions

Day 3: semicolons and colons, and useful phrases for methods

Day 2: units and the personal form

Day 1: the passive voice and linking words

Writing a review

Day 5: full stops, commas and useful phrases for reviews

Day 4: referring to yourself and more useful phrases

Day 3: writing style and useful phrases

Day 2: uncountable nouns and useful phrases

Day 1: review structure and useful phrases