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Postdoctoral
Development
Centre

Writing for publication

Practical information

  • Audience: Postdocs and Research Staff at Queen's University Belfast
  • Date/Time: 12 May 2026 | 10:00 - 16:00
  • Duration: 6 hours
  • Location: TBC
  • Organised by: Research Projects Management Team | Email: researchfutures@qub.ac.uk

Content

Based on practical activities the workshop aims to provide structure, advice and motivation through writing a paper for publication. The workshop takes an intensive but intellectually supportive approach, drawing on research into academic writing, evidenced in the education, sociology and linguistic literature. In addition, participants will learn more about the process of research writing.

This is a workshop style event, requiring participants to work individually and in small groups, as well as to occasionally contribute to whole group discussions. The workshop is interactive and based on experiential and reflective learning models. The content is evidence based, drawing on linguistics, sociology and education research into research writing. All activities are practical and directly relevant to writing a research paper.

Programme Objectives

Depending on what participants wish to focus on the workshop will cover:

  • Targeting a journal
  • Planning and editing techniques
  • Understanding the writing process
  • Breaking down the structure of papers to generate writing goals
  • Overcoming the difficulties in writing research
  • Techniques for being an effective writer

Facilitator

This course will be facilitated by Dr Daniel Soule, an experienced Research Writer, Lecturer, Trainer and Author.

Registration

Registration for this event is done via the iTrent Employee Self Service System (ESS).  The registration link on this page should take you directly to this event however, you can also open iTrent, click on the Training icon to the left of the page and search using any word(s) from event title, e.g., Writing

Register for Writing for Publication

Facilitator

Dr Dan Soule

Dan received his PhD from the University of Glasgow and has been both a research fellow in a multi-university research consortium and a lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University for over five years.  Dan now works in universities, clinical and research settings across the UK, Ireland and Norway, including Russell Group universities and National Graduate Schools.  His client list includes the University of Glasgow, the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, University College Dublin, Queen's University Belfast, the universities of Stirling, Dundee and Strathclyde, UHI, DCU, and the University of Ulster, among others.

Dan is also a published researcher, with a monograph and research papers on the subject of the language of Scottish national identity.

A creative writer as well, Dan has published 30 short stories and seven novels and novellas (he writes horror and supernatural thrillers, so read with the light on).

Dan also has a Patreon with a generous free tier offering regular writing advice and resources for Master's, Doctoral and Postdoc writers: https://www.patreon.com/theresearchwriter/

Feedback

Rating (out of 5): 5

Recommended by: 100%

Number of feedback received: 3

Quote: "I liked learning about the use of specialised software for copy/editing and techniques to help maximise production in writing. Particularly helpful for non-native English speakers." (Participant, 2023)