Science Norway and forskning.no offer writing workshops for academics and other professionals
We can help you crack the code for getting published. We offer both half-day and full-day courses at your institution. Contact Sigrun Dancke Skaare for more information.
Pricing
Half-day course: 3,900 per participant for members of forskning.no / 5,900 for non-members.
Full-day course: 5,900 per participant for members of forskning.no / 7,900 for non-members.
The minimum number of billed participants for a course is eight. Travel and accommodation for the instructor(s) are additional.
A typical full-day course looks like this:
Purpose: The course focuses on writing suitable texts about research and showing you how these can be used and adapted to different genres and media.
Preparations: The course participants will receive personal coaching on their own texts, both during the course and for the next two weeks. A draft should be submitted one week before the course and can be up to one page long. Submitting text is recommended, but not mandatory. Our goal is that every participant will end up with a published text.
Target group: Scientists and science communicators
Programme
09:00 Introductions.
Practical exercise: This is what I do.
10:00 Language: Difficult subjects in simple terms.
Practical exercise: My favourite word.
11:30 Lunch.
12:00 How to make your text interesting. News criteria, translated to academic tribespeak.
Practical exercise: This is why my text is worth reading.
13:00 What can you write? Where can you write it? What is an Op-Ed?
Practical exercise: What am I trying to say?
13:30 How to attract your readers. Tips for headlines and openings.
Practical exercise: This is my new headline.
14:00 Feedback on submitted texts.
15:30 The end.
Contact Sigrun Dancke Skaare for more information.