The purpose of the research seminar is threefold: first, to provide doctoral students with the required structures of first year academic outcomes (synopsis, literature review, first article) and share the tools and approaches to do it effectively; second, to arrange for a regular and systemic opportunity for the doctoral students to discuss their research proposals, article drafts, ideas, plans and progress; third, to establish a peer-review practice in online and offline small groups where the doctoral students can review, give feedback, criticism and recommendations, support each other by sharing knowledge, giving advice, as well as information about conferences and journals’ CfPs. By completing this course, the students will improve their academic writing and editing skills, learn how to give peer-to-peer feedback, enhance the feelings of belonging to the academic community.
Learning Objectives
The purpose of the discipline is to develop among graduate students the skills of substantiating a chosen topic, formulating a research problem, drawing up a plan and structure of work, formulating research questions, goals and objectives, peer review, book reviewing, preparing a review of sources, planning as well as writing and preparing for publication of academic texts.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Book review of a recently published book relevant for the student's own research topic ready to submission to a publisher
Literature review based on the selecting, reading and analysing of the relevant literature
Peer review of a class mate's state of the art article or a literature review
Student finds relevant literature on a topic, using academic search engines, full-texts databases, and bibliographic databases.
Student is able to access the quality of a piece of academic literature based on various dimensions.
The state-of-the-art article ready for peer-review and subsequent submission to a publisher
The student prepared synopsis of the thesis according to the assigned structure, the synopsis will be reviewed and discussed by the Academic Board.
The student is able to write structurally and substantially sound research synthesis presenting the research problem and design
The student is able to write structurally and substantially sound research synthesis presenting the research problem and design.
Course Contents
Introduction. Synopsis
Synopsis writing and revision
Publication strategies of PhD students
Literature review
SOTA article
Reading seminar
Final presentations
Assessment Elements
Synopsis of the dissertation
Home assignment: literature review
Home assignment: the state of the art article
Participation in seminar discussions
Interim Assessment
2022/2023 2nd semester
1 * Home assignment: literature review + 1 * Home assignment: literature review
2023/2024 2nd semester
1 * Home assignment: the state of the art article + 1 * Home assignment: the state of the art article
2024/2025 2nd semester
0.5 * Participation in seminar discussions + 0.5 * Participation in seminar discussions + 0.5 * Synopsis of the dissertation + 0.5 * Synopsis of the dissertation
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
Academic writing for graduate students : essential tasks and skills, Swales, J. M., 2004
Academic writing for graduate students. Essential tasks and skills, Swales J.M., Feak C.B., 2014
How to write a paper, , 2003
How to write and illustrate a scientific paper, Gustavii, B., 2017
How to write better essays, Greetham, B., 2008
Recommended Additional Bibliography
Effective academic writing 3. The essay, Davis J., 2006
Преподаватель
Савинская Ольга Борисовна
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Learning Objectives
Expected Learning Outcomes
Course Contents
Assessment Elements
Interim Assessment
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
Recommended Additional Bibliography
Authors