1 December, 2015
The seminar was hold in three different universities: Higher School of Economics, NUST MISiS, and New Economic School in Skolkovo.
The participants from more then 23 Russian cities shared their experience and best practices aimed to develop and sustain academic writing centers.
They also discussed issues concerning training of tutors and creating a network of writing center in Russia.
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Professional Development Training to become an Academic Writing Tutor
June 25, 2015
After the training, an academic writing tutor will be able to scaffold undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students to develop writing skills needed to succeed in the global academic community.
No. of hours attended: 8 academic hours (10:00 – 19:00).
The training involves both theory and practical sessions.
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Science Communications
8 April 2015
One-day seminar dedicated to the Science Communications
The seminar was focused on Science Communications – direction of the social interaction of scientists in the information field, which only starts to develop in our country.
Vice-Rector of Academic Affairs Timothy E. O’Connor has opened the meeting.
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Springer Workshop
on April 17, 2015
Workshop for authors of articles in the western scientific publishing
Main points of the workshop were:
– selection of the journal for publication
– quality criteria of article
– technical, stylistic and substantive requirements for scientific article
– requirements for annotations- editorial process and processing times and placing publications
– co-authorship
– rejected articles
– how to use the guide for authors on the site
– how to improve the chances of articles for publication
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