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Establishing a Healthy Writing Practice

Understanding:

Professional Expectations

Look at the Vitae Researcher Development Framework

Split it into:

  • Knowledge and Abilities
  • Personal Effectiveness
  • Research Governance / Organisation

  • Engagement Influence and Impact

  • Look at the Research and Innovation Service - PGR Courses

  • Learning Enhancement and Academic Development

  • MVLS Booklet for formatting

  • Blair Thompson is keen to arrange more IT training for folk

  • Look at theses.gla.ac.uk

In terms of expectations there's:

  • What knowledge is expected from you?
  • What knowledge is expected in your field?

In the build up to the examiners report:

  • Do you have adequate knowledge in field of study
  • Is there independent critical ability
  • Is there a distinct contribution to knowledge
  • Are they competent in methods of recording research
  • do they demonstrate ability in writing style and presentation

TO TAKE AWAY:

  • Before meetings:
    • Create an agenda, share it in advance
    • Send drafts well in advance
    • Agree draft standards with supervisor (as in, how done should it be?)
    • Flag areas of concern
  • After Meetings:
    • Look back at agenda
    • Clarify points of confusion
    • Write down action points
    • Agree action points with supervisor
    • Work out realistic schedule

Writing Days:

Set SMART Goals

  • Have reading sessions
  • Have writing sessions
  • Have notes sections

Use Pomodoro Also record how each sessions make you feel

Assessing Writing

  • There's process and product writing

  • The process draft is not about communicating at all,

  • its the first time you've attempted to record those thoughts

  • it's not necessarily about communicating those thoughts

  • So rather than taking first draft and trying to edit it into one pice that works

  • Instead your first draft is just for you and what you know right now
  • just get the ideas on the page
  • then highlight the good bits

TODO: Reread the stuff about Reader focused draft in transcript at 15:11 TODO: Look at Trello, for sharing stuff with supervisors , and look at Pomello for trello when writing, split into process writing days and product writing days