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Communication Skills for the Biosciences
A graduate guide
Aysha Divan
288 pages
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25 colour line illustrations
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246x189mm
978-0-19-922635-1
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Paperback
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12 March 2009
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- An essential guide to communicating your work effectively using a range of media to different audiences.
- Covers a broad range of communication skills, which are valuable not only during university, but which also increase employability.
- Clear, straightforward text provides succinct guidance to help the reader excel, complemented by annotated examples throughout
- Biological examples throughout demonstrate the clear relevance of the skills addressed to the reader, to increase motivation.
- Coverage uniquely tailored to the more advanced student, includes guidance related to grant applications, and vivas.
- Flexible style allows the reader to dip into specific chapters for reference, or to read in sequence to complement a taught course.
- Online Resource Centre features additional resources for both lecturers and students, to enhance the educational value of the text.
Effective scientific communication is a skill highly-prized by potential employers, and is central to success during postgraduate study.
Communication Skills for the Biosciences is a straightforward, practical guide to the skills you should master to get the most out of your study and research, to pave the way to a successful career.
Focusing on the three key modes of communication - written, oral, and visual - the book also includes valuable advice on associated topics, including peer review, data sharing, data ownership, plagiarism,
critical review of scientific information and the role of e-technology.
Uniquely, the book incorporates annotated examples, bringing to life the guidance and explanations presented in the text, and helping you to master best practice in all areas of science communication.
Communication Skills for the Biosciences is a must-have companion throughout your postgraduate career.
Online Resource Centre
The Online Resource Centre to accompany Communication Skills for the Biosciences features:
For registered adopters of the book:
Figures from the book in electronic format, ready to download.
PowerPoint slides that can be adapted and used as the basis for workshops
or lectures.
For students:
Examples of best practice in the use of Powerpoint, and preparation of posters.Readership: This book is suitable for taught postgraduates, research students, and advanced undergraduates following any bioscience-related programme, looking for a guide to the communication skills they need to master to excel at a more advanced level of study.
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Aysha Divan, Lecturer in the Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds
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"Divan's book transforms oral tradition into a tangible 'how to' guide and teaching tool that supervisors would do well to share with their students. Rich in content but sensibly organized, Communication Skills would work well as the basis of a communications course for senior undergraduates or beginning graduate students.
If students - and seasoned researchers - follow her strategies, they will undoubtedly find the process of preparing a research proposal, presentation or thesis more manageable and efficient - if not pain-free!" - Microbiology Today
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1: Essential communication skills
2: Recording and managing information
3: Ethics in communication
4: Introduction to the scientific literature
5: Conducting effective literature searches
6: Reviewing scientific literature
7: Writing a literature review
8: Writing a research proposal
9: Writing a research paper
10: Writing an abstract
11: Preparing tables and figures
12: Writing a Masters dissertation or a PhD thesis
13: Delivering an effective oral presentation
14: Preparing and presenting a research poster
15: Networking
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