29. Sep 2026
Academic Writing for Natural Scientists (October 28 and November 12, 2026 | hybrid)
Aim and Content
The interactive workshop aims at improving non-native English speakers’ skills in writing scientific texts in English and to permanently upgrade the linguistic quality of their English writing. Participants will be equipped with a textbook written by the trainer that covers all the features introduced during the sessions, they will have ample opportunity to ask individual questions, and they will receive immediate feedback on their own writing.
October 28, 2026 | ON-SITE
First part:
- Reflection on the character of the English language
- Guidelines to create texts at a scientifically high level but also in an interesting way
- Highlighting typical problems of non-native speaker authors and introduce straightforward strategies to avoid them
Second part:
- Practical application of the acquired knowledge
- Becoming familiar with further resources and electronically supported research and deepening methods
November 12, 2026 | ONLINE
Third part:
- Edited individual and group feedback on written texts
- Short Individual PhD Mentoring Session
Participants will be asked to provide
To bring along an English text from their respective field of work that was written (preferably) by a native speaker of English and that they find well-written. It will be needed on the first Workshop Session. For the second Workshop Session they need to a write or revise a page after the first Workshop Session and submit it to Dr. Crow by November 6.
Target Audience
Doctoral students and postdocs from the Natural Sciences
Terms and Application
- October 28, 2026: 9.30 am – 5.30 pm (on-site) and November 12, 2026 9.30 am – 5.30 pm (online)
- Format: combined Workshop
- Location: Von-Seckendorff-Platz 1, SR: 5.10 (roof level)
- Group size: 10
- Workshop-Language: English
Registration
Trainer
Dr. Kimberly Crow specializes in assisting scholars who wish to improve their academic communication skills. For more than twenty years she has been leading workshops on “Academic Communication in English”. The German-American social scientist’s workshops and coachings focus on a variety of writing and presenting skills as well as on intercultural communication and they address junior and senior researches from a broad range of natural and social sciences as well as the humanities. Her work also includes editing English and German scientific publications of all kinds with main focus on language correction and adaptation of texts to the Anglo-Saxon academic writing style. For further information visit: www.TheAcademicCrow.de
