Course description
This course takes you through the steps needed to successfully gain and work through a job of proofreading a thesis or dissertation. In many respects, the work required is the same as for any other proofread – you check for errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar and consistency – but it is complicated by the fact that the thesis or dissertation must be the student’s own work.
By the end of the course you will
- understand the ethical issues that come with working on theses or dissertations
- be able to communicate clearly with students and their supervisors about the work
- be able to negotiate an appropriate fee for the work
- have learnt new skills that will help you to decide whether to take on a proofreading job
- understand the different formats in which a thesis or dissertation may be presented
- be able to provide feedback to your student clients and/or their supervisors.
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Welcome
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Resource centre
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Unit 1: Introduction
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Unit 2: First contact
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Unit 3: Negotiation
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- 3 NEGOTIATION: INTRODUCTION
- Exercises 2–5: Samples and beyond
- Exercise 2: Evaluation of the effect of simvastatin
- Exercise 2: How did you get on?
- Exercise 3: Supply chain risk management
- Exercise 3: How did you get on?
- Exercise 4: Legal integration within the European Union
- Exercise 4: How did you get on?
- Exercise 5: Interleukin signalling by JAK kinases in T cells
- Exercise 5: How did you get on?
Unit 4: Ethics
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Unit 5: Different formats
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Unit 6: Putting it all together
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Course completion
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