4.2 Read 109 reviews
Overview
Key Facts
This online Academic Writing Skills - From PhD Paper to Publication for Business School Students course from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam will provide you with the information and tools you need to brush up your academic writing skills. This should help you improve one of your PhD papers which you can then publish in a top journal.
This course will run over the course of 5 days and you will be working on one of your PhD papers during the course. We will have 2 hours of interactive live sessions in the morning (via Zoom) and 1.5 hours of practical writing sessions in the afternoon during which you will work on your own paper, give feedback to each other, and have an opportunity to receive feedback from the teachers. The overall goal of the course is to help you improve your academic writing skills and improve one of your PhD papers which you aim to publish in a top journal.
Programme Structure
By the end of this online course, students will be able to:
- Signal to readers which academic conversations they are joining and contributing to
- Write effective introductions based on a step-by-step model
- Understand how to select and critically review the literature and write effective theory sections
- Write effective methods sections in terms of appropriateness, consistency, and reliability of the methods chosen
- Draw on various tips and lessons learned in the review process.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 5 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before
-
Language
English
TOEFL® IBT 92
Credits
3 ECTS
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Creative Writing General StudiesWhat students do after studying
Join for free or log in to access our complete career info list.
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
TOEFL® IBT 92
Other requirements
General requirements
Courses are taught at the Master's and PhD levels and are suitable for students as well as staff and working professionals. There are some courses on Bachelor level as well. The entry requirements are as follows:
- Master's: at least enrolled in the 1st year of Master studies - professionals need to have a Bachelor diploma
- PhD: at least enrolled in 1st year of PhD studies.
Individual courses may have their own entry requirements, so please check the admissions page for the course you are interested in.
If doubts remain about the student’s academic level based on the documents provided, VU Graduate Winter School reserves the right to ask for additional documents and/or a telephone/video interview. If you are not eligible for the course, you will receive a full refund.
Tuition Fee
To always see correct tuition fees
-
International
730 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 730 EUR for the full programme during 5 days. -
EU/EEA
730 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 730 EUR for the full programme during 5 days.
- Students, PhD students and employees of VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC or an Aurora Network Partner: €630
- Students and PhD students: €730
- Professionals: €930
Funding
Improve page content