Get ahead with your research writing and study

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Student Services Group:

Career Development and Employment

Counselling

Disability Liaison Unit

Student Wellbeing Advisory Services (information and

support for international students)

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The SLC can give you practical advice on:

• planning and writing theses, exegeses, journal articles and conference papers

• reading critically, more efficiently, and with a purpose

• managing time and setting goals

• taking useful notes

• improving academic writing style

• improving English grammar and speaking skills.

• brushing up on referencing skills

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Is this for me?

Yes… …because life as a research candidate often involves new or more advanced skills, such as:

writing the biggest thing you’ve ever written

writing a document of ‘publishable quality’

reading more, and a greater need to analyse, critique and evaluate what you read

organising and keeping track of a forest of paper (real and virtual)

managing your time when you may have many commitments

keeping it all ‘real’ and keeping your friends and family!

and more…

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What do we offer?

• 20-minute quick question appointments

• 50-minute appointments

• Research writing groups

• Drop-in service (City)

• Workshops

• Learning Lab

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Research writing groups

Setting up a group:

1. Get a group together (your supervisor may be able to help)

2. Contact us

3. We will attend the first session to:

• show the resources available in our Research Writing Group kit

• help you to discuss ‘housekeeping’ issues such as how often you’ll meet

• help identify one or more potential peer-facilitators

• model the process of critiquing texts

4. We will train peer-facilitator/s

5. We are available for ‘mini-workshops’ around particular writing issues or to trouble-shoot any problems on request

6. We offer ongoing support for facilitators.

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Where are we?

City Campus: Building 12, Level 4, Room 20

Building 80, Level 3, Room 17

Bundoora West Campus: Building 202, Level 3, Room 03

(Student Services – above the main caf.)

Brunswick Campus: Building 514, Level 1, Off the caf.

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Don’t be caught off guard – Plan now

Submission date!