General comments

"I found it extremely useful. I got to think of my writing problems from the perspective I was not fully aware of. The information given was useful, well presented and the activities helped in fixing in my memory the concepts previously discussed."

"I found the workshop very useful. The learning materials are excellent. Everyone had a chance to explain and give ideas - that is very admirable. The presentation style is professional and easy to understand, no confusion in anything. I highly recommend this course for undergraduates to scientists."

“The workshop provides useful tools and skills that can be applied a.s.a.p. It gives a comprehensive overview of the scientific writing process.”

“Thank you for the brilliant writing course. ...I am looking forward to practicing the writing skills I gained during the workshop.”

“All the material is very relevant.”

"I will undertake writing with more confidence. I will apply the strategies tonight!"

“The workshop has been very useful for me. It will help me to critically analyse my reports and other writing.”

“I would suggest that all institutes send their new staff to this workshop.”

“...very necessary for anyone who works in science.”

“There was a variety of useful topics covered regarding written work, but many of the concepts will be useful for communication in general. Particularly for complex ideas and problems.” 

"Increased my confidence in being able to get started on a report or article and being able to get my ideas down in a form that is clear and workable."

"I found the workshop was both enjoyable and challenging. I now feel much more confident in regard to writing scientific articles."

Workshop Structure & Delivery

"I thought it was clear and well structured. I appreciated the opportunity to actively improve a piece of writing I am working on at the moment."

“Well run. Much useful information. Getting face-to-face information on my own writing and from people from a range of disciplines very useful.”

“It was useful, easy to learn, well structured, well timed and well balanced.”

“The workshop is well-structured, containing various activities, such as presentation, group discussion, and subgroup discussion. People are effectively involved in the workshop.”

“A lot was covered in the two days and provided good coverage of what clearly is a huge topic.”

“The workshop was extremely well done. It was clear, applicable and well illustrated with examples. It was also detailed and discussed openly which I found to be every useful.”

“Overall I have been very happy with the structure and presentation of this workshop.”

 “A good spacing of lectures and workshop activities where people are more likely to contribute.”

Exercises

“I thought it was very useful, and covered the main points/ necessities of writing. I especially liked the checklists and exercises.”

“Identifying the problems with our own writing (especially the editing exercises) helps me to improve my current writing.”

“I quite like doing the review exercise and editing exercises. The checklist for the writing exercise helped me to learn to identify the project problem by asking those specific questions. Thanks a lot.”

“I found the course very useful; especially identifying research problems and editing others' work. A good balance of task/powerpoint.”

“The workshops were good for obtaining other people’s viewpoints, while editing the same document. Such things as how to change words that seemed superfluous and rearranging for clarity.”

"I particularly learnt a lot from the group discussion sections."

"Enjoyed the interactions. Enjoyed the exercises. I thought the examples and templates will be useful."

Writing structure

"The writing workshop is particularly helpful to me. Using English as my second language, it always feels hard when starting to write. The hardest part was that I was not sure about how to strucutre the reports or papers. Now I am much clearer about how I can keep going." 

“Provides helpful information on writing good science papers, especially on structure.”

“The knowledge of writing style and sentence structure is particularly useful.”

“I feel more confident in approaching writing tasks. Thanks! Now for my opinion of the workshops: good, general introduction to key aspects of writing. I found the sentence/paragraph structure topics very useful.”

Resources, tips and information

“The idea of writing with the reader in mind is very useful. There are lots of tools for revision, organising thoughts and structuring papers.”

“Very well structured. Good tips.”

“Useful refresher for topics that I haven't had to think about for some time. Thanks.”

“Good reminder of important issues in clear writing.”