Data is a very important part of being a Researcher in general, but it is particularly important to be aware that UTS is positioning itself as the Data Intensive University.
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Research Week: Panel - Tips from Hindsight
by Ashley England @ UTS Library
Our very last session of research week was a panel of final year PhD candidates and early career researchers. As the title suggests, we asked them to think back to what they wished they had known when they started their PhD.
Shut up and write: On signal words and discourse markers
In the shut up and write workshop on Friday, Terry Royce shared a number of useful tips on academic writing. I was particularly taken with his comments on discourse markers and signal words in writing.
Shut Up and Write: Reverse Outlines
Originally mentioned to me by Terry Royce of the ELSSA Centre, a reverse outline is a tool that can help you analyse and critique the logical progression of your argument through your draft.
How to create a reverse outline:
Research Week 2012: Communicate and Collaborate
Wednesday's theme during Research Week was Communicate and Collaborate!
Research Reading and Writing by Dr Terry Royce
Research Week 2012: PhD Land
Day two of Research Week was themed around developing the skills you need to know when you're first entering PhD Land.
Library Research Skills
Shut up and Write: on being perfect
I've been asking people in our writing club about their writing anxieties. While there are comments about needing to learn about structure and grammar, there seems to be this feeling that they should be able to write perfectly in their first draft, starting at the introduction and working all the way down to the conclusion.
