Programme Details

• Programme Duration: 8 weeks
• Start Date: 11th July 2011
• End Date: 2nd September 2011
• Award: Postgraduate Award in ‘Scientific Research and Communication’
• Director: Professor Alison Rodger, Director MOAC Doctural Training Centre

There will be four main learning outcomes of the summer programme

• Understanding the scientific background to a research area
• Planning a project
• Presenting your work
• Working with colleagues

Successful completion of this 8 week summer programme leads to the award of a Postgraduate Award in ‘Science Research and Communication’ from University of Warwick.

The first five weeks of the programme are delivered by the Centre for Applied Linguistics (CAL) and focus on English for specific purposes as well as study skills such as searching for information, synthesising source texts and referencing.

The last 3 weeks of the programme will be delivered by the MOAC Doctoral Training Centre and will focus on the training in transferrable research skills outlined above. Please apply using this link http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/moac/degrees/researchandcommunication/summerprogramme/apply/