Writing is a key skill in science and is no less important in a discipline
heavily reliant on electronic communication. A very few people are lucky
enough to write well: most have to learn the habits and techniques of
good writing.
After this part, you should:
- be reasonably confident in preparing a well-structured conference
paper;
- explain the differences between indicative, informative and critical
abstracts;
- recognise the qualities of a good informative abstract;
- use other people's work with confident and to make good references,
thus avoiding any suspicion of plagiarism.
