Research writing
More specific resources
Introduction
The first generic quality refers to the higher degree by research
student's comprehensive
and up-to-date knowledge of the literature of the research area,
detailed knowledge of appropriate research methodologies, ability to
perform critical analysis and, most importantly, ability to produce
original knowledge. An ability to write effectively is crucial to this process,
and is a skill that can be developed.
Resources to support skill development in this area are listed below.
For more specific resources see Research
proposal and Thesis
UniSA resources
On campus workshops
Research Education Support Activities (RESA) offers on campus workshops relevant to research writing as part of the core series (all disciplines). Writers' circles are also available for English as an additional language students. Check the calendar for details of when these workshops are offered.
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Online workshops, courses and resources
See the online workshops, courses and resources index under the categories:
- Writing the proposal
- Literature review
- Writing the thesis
- Publishing
- The research report
- Writing in the Health and Biomedical Sciences
- Organising your ideas
- Academic writing skills
- English language tips (Word doc)
Other
English language proficiency (Learning and Teaching Unit) offers both on campus and online resources:
- sessions aimed at developing research students' English language skills for studying at university
- language resources to help develop language skills in an independent way under the headings: Agreement; Better writing; Sentence stucture; Using 'a' or 'the'; Verb tenses; Word order.
Report writing style guide for engineering students, 4th edition (Winckel & Hart 2002) (PDF file, 259kb) provides formatting guidelines (including information on equations, tables etc), referencing, planning and writing (including information on sentence structure, grammar and vocabulary).
Concepts for PhD design and examination (Ideas Research Group, Division of Business) cover a range of topics relevant to research writing such as:
- Writing an Interpretive Literature Review
- Its a PhD not a Nobel Prize.
Related topics
- Research publication (Resources for Research Degree Graduate Qualities)
- Funded research grants (Resources for Research Degree Graduate Qualities)
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Referencing
(Learning and Teaching Unit) looks at styles of
referencing, referencing electronic resources, avoiding plagiarism and
frequently asked questions and links to
Avoiding plagiarism online workshop.
Other resources
UTS: STAR (Skills to Advance Your Research) is a web-based resource from the University of Technology designed to support postgraduate research students. It offers a range of resources in support of student research and thesis writing. While much of the policy information is specific to UTS, other resources are useful for higher degree by research (HDR) students in general.