[wanabidii] Ebrief; Training Workshop on 'Research Report Writing Skills'

Training Workshop on ‘Research Report Writing Skills’

REPOA invites beginning and junior researchers from Tanzania to a training course on ‘Research Report Writing Skills’. The course provides practical guidance on improving the quality of research reports and creating journal articles with potential for publication.     The course content includes:   Why writing is not about ‘getting it right the first time’. How to structure your article or report more effectively. How to structure your introduction to show the research in context. How to focus a text so that readers will understand the message. What must be done to a text before language editing. How to use sources more professionally.   The training course will be held in Dar es Salaam from 2nd to 6th December, 2013. Accommodation for participants from outside Dar es Salaam will be provided and travel expenses will be covered.   Applicants Requirements:   A draft research report or article on which you intend to work through the entire training week. This must be a work in process, written by you. Have both a hard and a soft copy. A journal article (in your field but not by you and published in an international journal) with a pleasing style (whether or not you agree with the argument being put forward is unimportant). A second journal article (as before) with a difficult-to-read style (again, whether or not you agree with the argument it puts forward is irrelevant). A laptop computer they can use all week.   Selected applicants  who cannot show the 4 mentioned requirements on the morning of the first day will not be allowed to continue   Applicants should submit:                       i.            A typed application letter                   ii.            A completed information sheet (available at REPOA and on  REPOA’s website)                 iii.            Detailed curriculum vitae                  iv.            Photocopies of degree certificates                    v.            A copy of applicant’s own original draft research report or article                           The closing date for applications is Friday 1st November, 2013. Only Successful applicants will be notified.                                                                                  Women are highly encouraged to apply Completed application package should be submitted as e-mail attachments to REPOA at repoa@repoa.or.tz Inquiries For further inquiries please contact Linda Madete through linda@repoa.or.tz or contact us as per address below:

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