AlphaGalileo

Visit website: http://www.alphagalileo.org/

A moderated news service provided by the independent, not-for-profit AlphaGalileo Foundation Ltd. It distributes to the media news releases and other information from science, health, technology, the arts, humanities, social sciences and business.

Association of British Science Writers (ABSW)

Visit website: http://www.absw.org.uk/

The ABSW supports those who write about science and technology, and aims to improve the standard of science journalism in the UK. It is an association of science writers, journalists, broadcasters and science-based communication professionals.

Bad Science

Visit website: http://www.badscience.net/

Dr Ben Goldacre's column from the UK’s Guardian newspaper in weblog format. Covers media misrepresentations of science, with a particular focus on medicine.

Behind the Headlines

Visit website: http://www.nhs.uk/news/Pages/NewsIndex.aspx

A National Health Service website, founded by Professor Sir Muir Gray, Behind the Headlines seeks to provide an unbiased and evidence-based analysis of health stories that make the news.

Building for growth

Visit website: http://www.cbi.org.uk/pdf/20110509-building-for-growth.pdf

Education and skills survey 2011, published by the Confederation of British Industry. Includes a chapter on  the need for STEM skills, including current and predicted shortages in skilled staff.

Educating Engineers for the 21st Century

Visit website: http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/publications/list/reports/Educating_Engineers_21st_Century.pdf

A 2007 report by the Royal Academy of Engineering based on a survey of attitudes, expectations and experiences of key customers, providers and recipients of engineering education in the UK.

Engage in Research: an interactive resource for bioscience students

Visit website: http://www.engageinresearch.ac.uk/

Developed by the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Applied Undergraduate Research Skills (CETL-AURS), University of Reading, UK. It includes information, materials and activities on scientific writing and presenting.

Getting it write: best practice in academic writing

Visit website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2012/jul/25/the-art-of-academic-writing

An entry by Eliza Anyangwe on the Guardian Higher Education Network Blog.

I Won't Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar

Visit website: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/07/i_wont_hire_people_who_use_poo.html?awid=8966197051109134877-3271

An article by Kyle Wiens on the Harvard Business Review Blog Network.

STARS personal development tool

Visit website: http://www.starsprocess.ac.uk/page/index.php

The outcome of a collaborative project between The University of Bedfordshire, The Open University and Sheffield Hallam University. It is an interactive, online, personal development tool that enables students in Higher Education and recent graduates to identify and describe their employability skills.

STEM WISHEES

Visit website: http://www.thinkingwriting.qmul.ac.uk/wishees/index.html

A JISC-funded project, led by the Thinking Writing team at Queen Mary, University of London, that has generated a collection of texts, commentaries, You Tube videos and other learning resources contributed by school teachers, university tutors and employers.

Thinking Writing at Queen Mary's, University of London

Visit website: http://www.thinkingwriting.qmul.ac.uk/shortwrite.htm

These webpages introduce a Thinking Writing approach, of building on small to larger tasks in disciplinary course programmes, to help develop students' academic literacy.

Trans:It Project

Visit website: http://www.transitwestyorkshire.ac.uk/

Trans:it was developed by the University of Bradford and partners. It is a suite of support tools for students and tutors in Further Education to help students prepare for learning in Higher Education, especially in Chemistry, Physics and Engineering.

WRiSE: Write Reports in Science and Engineering

Visit website: http://learningcentre.usyd.edu.au/wrise/

An online learning environment, developed by the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales, Australia. It includes:

• clear descriptions and examples of report structure and language within each section of a report
• interactive examples and exercises that allow students to understand and practise appropriate structures and language
• feedback for both appropriate and inappropriate student writing
• commentary by students and staff on expectations, common problems and the report writing process

Writing for Assignments E-Library (WrAssE), University of Plymouth

Visit website: http://www.learningdevelopment.plymouth.ac.uk/wrasse/

An archive of assessed students' work in a variety of disciplines, showing markers' feedback within a critical thinking framework.

Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students

Visit website: http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/

Created by US contributors from Penn State, Georgia Tech, University of Illinois, University of Texas and Virginia Tech. Includes advice, practical exercises and guidelines for presentation slides and posters, types of correspondence, and formal reports.