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The 2025 Workshop Series will be advertised and open for registration end November 2024
Information about thesis/exegesis and journal article writing workshops, and a link to the EDGEx registration site can be found below. Online resources to support thesis and journal article writing are linked from the left menu. Please read through the Frequently Asked Questions about workshops above and the workshop information below before registering for and attending a workshop. The Research Proposal Writing Series provides a foundation for these workshops.
Journal Article Writing Series 2024: Fridays 9.30am-12.30pm, August 9 - August 30, GK2-16 City West (see map)
Workshops run on FRIDAYS 9.30am - 12.30pm
City West GK2-16
Workshop 1: Publication planning Friday 9 August Workshop 2: Journal article structures, Introductions and the literature Friday 6 August Workshop 3: Writing the main body of a journal article Friday 23 August Workshop 4: Publication ethics and journal article submission process Friday 30 August
The Journal Article Writing Workshop Series is offered across 4 x 3 hour workshops in GK2-16 at City West campus from 9.30am to 12.30pm on a Friday. Students attending the Journal Article Writing Workshop Series will need to have an idea of a journal or journals in their research area they would like to publish in and bring some articles from their targeted journals along to the workshop, including the journal manuscript submission guidelines. Journal article writing workshops involve facilitator-led presentations and activities, and pair discussion of your research writing. Please ensure you register for each of the four workshops on EDGE as they are listed separately. Students are encouraged to bring along their laptops to each workshop in the series for note-taking and web-searching purposes.Expert speakers presenting at the Journal Article Writing Series include to date: Prof Craig Batty (CTV); Assoc Prof Tony Cavoli (BIS); Prof Jennifer McKay (JUS); Dr Deb Price (EDU).
Thesis/Exegesis Writing Series 2025: Fridays 9.30am-12.30pm, May 2 - May 30, GK4-30 City West (see map) - Please note that bookings for the 2025 series will open on EDGE in December 2024.
Workshops run on THURSDAYs from 9.30pm - 12.30pm
City West GK4-30
1. Thesis styles and structures, abstracts and introduction Friday 2 May 2. Referring to literature in different parts of your thesis or exegesis Friday 9 May 3. Writing about methods and methodology Friday 16 May 4. Writing about results and argument Friday 23 May 5. Writing discussions/conclusions Friday 30 May The Thesis and Exegesis Writing Workshop Series is offered as 5 x 3 hour workshops in GK4-30 City West campus from 9.30am-12.30pm on a Friday. Workshops involve a combination of facilitator-led presentations and activities, analysis of discipline examples, group or pair discussion of your research and research writing, feedback on your writing, and individual writing and reviewing. Workshops build cumulatively and it is helpful to attend the first workshop in the block through to the last if you are able. Before you attend a workshop please read through the relevant online resource. Students are encouraged to bring along their laptops to each workshop in the series for note-taking and web-searching purposes. If you will be a little late, or you will need to leave early, please let the facilitator know prior to the workshop commencing to prevent disruption to other participants.
Expert speakers presenting at the Thesis and Exegesis Writing Series include to date: Ms Karen Ayles (Academic Librarian); Assoc Prof Tony Cavoli (BIS); Dr Aaron Davis (CTV); Dr Deb Price (EDU); Prof Kurt Lushington (JUS); Prof Craig Batty (CTV).
If you find you will be unable to attend a workshop, please deregister as soon as possible. This is important as facilitators plan workshops and make other important decisions affecting everyone in the group based on registration numbers.
Frequently asked questions
I'm a commencing student writing my research proposal. Should I attend the journal article and thesis/exegesis writing workshops now?
The Research Proposal Writing Series is designed for students who are writing their research proposal. The Thesis/exegesis and Journal article writing workshops are designed to support research degree students who have already submitted their research proposals and are in the process of writing journal articles and their thesis or exegesis chapters.
The journal article writing workshops focus on the publication planning, drafting and revision process. It is expected of students that by end of workshop 1 you will be aware of key journals and their manuscript submission requirements in your research area that you might like to submit an article to, and have collated exemplar articles from these journals. Doing so will enable you to participate meaningfully in the workshops that follow in the series.
The thesis writing workshops focus on structuring a large document and will involve activities to support you in developing abstracts, introductions and other key sections of writing in the longer document. If you have not begun the thesis or exegesis writing process, you may not be able to participate meaningfully in all of the activities. Thesis and exegesis writing workshops are recommended for research degree students who are in the middle to later stages of candidature.
Will the workshops be relevant to my discipline?
Yes. The discipline and methodology you use determines the content of your writing. The workshops are not focused on content, but on structural and linguistic features of research texts. In the workshops you will examine example texts from a range of discipline areas in the social sciences, business and humanities. You will also be asked to bring along example texts of the type you would like to write from your own discipline, and you will examine how the writing principles introduced in the workshop manifest in your discipline example.
I’m very busy, will the workshops be worth my time?
Attending workshops can help you to establish a writing plan, clarify what is expected, break down the steps involved in achieving your writing goals, and provide valuable feedback on your writing, all of which can save you considerable time in the long run. The workshops will also help you to improve the level of sophistication of your writing, and to make your writing more coherent, accessible and powerful.
Are the workshops offered in hybrid mode so I can attend either face-to-face or online?
The workshops in the series are offered face-to-face and on-campus at City West. There are extensive online resources that complement each of the workshops in both of the Series, as well as videos of the guest presentations when a guest presentation occurs at a workshop. However the teaching component of the workshops themselves, including the interactive group discussions, are not recorded as they do not translate effectively into online viewing format, and also the discussions in class amongst the students themselves and cannot be made public. Therefore while the 3-hour workshops are offered face-to-face, there are extensive online text resources as well as video resources that you can access if you cannot attend in person. The online resources do not replace the full 3-hour workshops.
