We have two seminars running next week: 1. 'An Introduction to English for Academic Purposes' Anne Lawrie, Centre for English Language Teaching (CELT), Institute of Education 1st November 2005 2pm - 4pm Cottrell 2A9, This session will be run as a workshop and will raise students' awareness of the conventions of academic writing through small group discussions. The areas of academic writing which will be highlighted will include the importance of inter and intra paragraph linking; cohesion of texts through the use of cohesive devices; summarising; synthesising information from different source material; critical analysis and thinking. A secondary topic for this session will be the potential problems and misunderstandings between a supervisor and his/her supervisee due to a lack of cultural understanding between them. Expectations from each may differ due to this. Through small and whole group discussion, possible solutions may be found. 2. Qualitative Research' Gill Hubbard, Nursing & Midwifery 3rd November 2005, 2pm - 4pm Cottrell 2A9 A broad introduction to qualitative methods (interviews, observation, focus groups etc), and including an overview of qualitative theories i.e. ethnography, phenomenology. To book for either of these sessions, email me or the gradlist. Sylvia Barnes Research Office Secretary Room 3B1 x 7041