Communicating Research: Skills for International Postgraduates (SKIP)
The SKIP is a program offered to international postgraduate research students at James Cook University to assist them to further their critical reading and writing skills, to develop their spoken and written English in an academic context, and to furnish support to them and their supervisors in the production of the essential documents of a research proposal, literature review and confirmation seminar.
The program aims to develop postgraduates’ independence in research and writing, to provide a solid grounding in the academic culture of JCU as well as providing assistance with essential grammar and editing techniques.
The SKIP is based on the highly successful program at the University of Adelaide involves co-operation of student, supervisor(s) and writing advisor. The supervisor(s) provide direction of intellectual and academic content, but the writing advisor offers supplementary help with the students’ presentation of documents.
In Townsville, the program runs over 12 weeks, with a 2 hour workshop once a week and individual consultations between student and writing advisor when necessary.
In Cairns, the program is run as a series of two day intensives once a month.
The program is offered in both semesters on both campuses.
Specific subjects covered:
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Effective academic writing
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Better sentence structure and punctuation
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Writing analytical paragraphs
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Critical writing and writing a critical review
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Writing literature reviews
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Writing proposals
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Writing introductions and conclusions
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Concise writing
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Writing abstracts
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Organising a logical thesis
Convenor: The program is convened by Dr Rosemary Dunn, Lecturer in Effective Writing and Critical Thinking
To register your interest and to enrol, please email me at:
Ph: 4781 6278
