Introduction to PACE
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Professional
Academic
Communication in
English
Introduction to PACE
Aim
To help you
• prepare for the academic communication
involved in your discipline
• reflect on what this means for you in your
research
Introduction to PACE
• Who are the sessions for? PACE is aimed
at all students who would like to develop
their use of academic English.
• Who are the sessions run by? PACE
facilitators have academic research
interests in academic writing, and
experience in working with postgraduate
writers. The PACE team is co-ordinated by
Dr Jackie Tuck.
Introduction to PACE
• Block 1: Academic Reading and Writing
Jackie Tuck – Oct-Nov
• Block 2: Academic Reading and Writing
Jackie Tuck – Jan-Feb
• Block 3: Academic Interaction/Presentation
Skills
tbc – Feb-March
Blocks 1 and 2
Session + Writing + Feedback
• Doesn’t have to involve extra writing – can
be whatever you are working on at the
moment
• Block 1 focuses on key genres for
postgraduate research
• Block 2 focuses on honing writing to make
it more coherent, convincing, engaging.
Writing Circle
• Facilitators: Jackie Tuck and Sarah
Mukherjee – 8 sessions March-June 2015
• An informal peer-led writing group
• Priority for those in final writing up stages
• May be places for those in probationary
year
• Further information to follow nearer the
time
PACE on the VRE
• Information about sessions, dates and times
And coming soon…
• PACE learning materials and activities on the VRE
http://www.open.ac.uk/students/research/ou/online-doctoral-training
Introduction to PACE
First session:
21st October 10.30 -12.30
Library Research Meeting Room
2nd Floor
Please email: Doctoral-and-PACETraining@open.ac.uk (PACE Block 1 in
subject box) if you’d like to attend.
See information in your Induction Pack.