UK EQUATOR Centre Publication School

If you would like to be notified when booking opens for our next Publication School, please email equator@csm.ox.ac.uk. Alternatively, you can join our mailing list to be notified of all of our courses and training opportunities by sending a blank email to equator-oxford-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk.

Overview

It broke academic writing for publication down into really manageable and achievable guidance points. Made me less worried about writing my next article! - June 2019 participant

The UK EQUATOR Centre’s Publication School is designed for early-career researchers and students. It aims to give you a smooth writing process that results in a published article that is fit for purpose.

The course is delivered by methodological and writing experts from the UK EQUATOR Centre and Centre for Statistics in Medicine. Through group work, discussion, and practical exercises, we cover everything you need to plan, write, and publish your health-related research study.

WHAT WE COVER IN PUBLICATION SCHOOl

• Planning your message and audience
• Negotiating authorship
• Choosing a journal and avoiding predators
• Good writing style and habits
• What to write where: recipes for a successful introduction, methods, results, and discussion
• Using reporting guidelines
• Revising your work for simplicity, clarity and completeness
• Summarising your article in an effective title and abstract
• Writing effective cover letters
• Submission and dealing with peer review
• Disseminating your article after publication

Course details

Would definitely recommend to those starting out in a research career - November 2019 participant

In-person Publication School

The in-person course is held live in Oxford over 2 full days. Course fees include a light lunch and refreshments each day.

Our in-person Publication School is highly interactive, with all-group discussion and small-group exercises and discussion.

We do not record the sessions and are unable to offer live streaming.

Participants receive a hard-copy of the course workbook with all notes and exercises.

online PUBLICATION SCHOOL

The online course is held live over Zoom over 4 half-days. Participants need to have Zoom downloaded, rather than using the browser version, as we use registrations. We teach using shared slides, webcam, and audio.

Our online Publication School is highly interactive, with all-group discussion and small-group exercises and discussion. Participants are welcome to use text chat, mic, and/or webcam in the main room, but need at least a mic for small-group work in breakout rooms.

Sessions usually run 12:30-17:00 BST/GMT, with regular comfort breaks.

We do not record the sessions and are unable to offer live captions,

Participants receive an electronic course workbook with all notes and exercises. .

Fees

Fees will be updated when new dates are posted. For information purposes, in May 2024 our fees for the online course were:

Students / PPI representatives: £150

Academia / public sector / non-profit: £250

Commercial / private: £500

 Booking

Places are limited and are allocated in order of application. We ask prospective participants to email us at equator@csm.ox.ac.uk to discuss their eligibility and to access the online application form.

We can also offer a bespoke Publication School for your staff and students, held in person at your institution or online through our Zoom account. For more details, please email us at equator@csm.ox.ac.uk

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