Workshop: The Quick Fix Series: The Peer Review Process

The Quick Fix Series: The Peer Review Process

 

Target Group

This workshop caters to faculty who want to improve their English in a quick and focused manner.

Workshop Objectives

By the end of the module, participants should be able to:

• Appreciate the role that language plays in the review process – when writing reviews as well as when responding to them
• Deploy language strategically so that their voice comes across as authoritative, persuasive and polite

Workshop Content

• The peer review process as both opportunity and challenge
• Key strategies for giving constructive criticism and responding to it politely

Location, Dates and Time

Thursday, 12 october 2017, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm

Please be aware of the date changes!
All registered participants will be informed of the location by email one week before the event.

Fees and Registration

This workshop is open to a limited number of participants. The registration deadline is 28 September 2017.
Please note that you should notify us before the registration deadline if you are unable to attend the workshop.
Otherwise the full fee will be charged.
Please let the Personnel Development and Planning Office know if you will not be attending. There are often waiting lists for the workshops, and this will give one of your colleagues the chance to attend. In addition, if we can fill the vacancy with someone from the waiting list, no cancellation charges will apply for you.

 
To sign up for this workshop, please click "Register" at the bottom of this page.
For any further information please contact Elke Rittersbacher (elke.rittersbacher@wu.ac.at, Ext. 4448).

The course fee is €10.

Trainer

Univ.Prof. Dr. Gerlinde Mautner   Professor of English Business Communication, WU Honorary Visiting Professor, Cass Business School (City University, London, UK) Research focus: organisational and marketing communication; critical discourse analysis; legal discourse (see https://www.wu.ac.at/ebc/about-us/team/gerlinde-mautner/ Frequently conducts research at British universities Has published widely in international outlets Acts as a reviewer for top-rated journals Many years of experience in training post-docs and faculty in academic writing Author of Wissenschaftliches Englisch: Stilsicher Schreiben in Studium und Wissenschaft (utb 3444; Konstanz: UVK, 2nd ed., 2016) and Discourse and Management: Critical Perspectives Through the Language Lens (Palgrave, 2016).

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