Language Support for Doctoral Students
Doctoral Academic Writing (DAW T3)
These workshops cover academic literacy, essay writing and study skills as well as looking at higher level scholarly writing and expectations for completing a research degree. Please click on the links below to sign up - Signing up for ONE session will automatically sign you up for all subsequent events. If you know that you have a timetable clash, but would still like access to the resources, email insessional@exeter.ac.uk.
- Presenting data & visuals in theses
13:35 - 15:25, Wed May 6th 2026 - Getting ready for conference presentations, including poster presentations (You will prepare a poster for your research)
13:35 - 15:25, Wed May 13th 2026 - Improving synthesis and authorial voice in your dissertation writing (You will use your own writing)
13:35 - 15:25, Wed May 20th 2026 - Improving referencing and paraphrasing (You will work on a journal article you chose)
13:35 - 15:25, Wed May 27th 2026 - Getting ready for Viva and Upgrade
13:35 - 15:25, Wed Jun 3rd 2026 - Cohesion and Nominalisation
13:35 - 15:25, Wed Jun 10th 2026
Now that you have enjoyed the course, why not access some individualised advice by attending a writing cafe or booking a one-to-one assignment tutorial
Other support
We encourage doctoral students to take advantage of the great range of options in our suite of speaking and listening courses and workshops.
Doctoral students of Science may also like to attend our Academic Writing for Science course. You can find more details on our pages for HLS and ESE
We also occasionally run workshops in conjunction with the Academic Skills team - when these happen, we publicise them via our Viva Engage community, where you can find other hints, tips and opportunities.