Welcome to my skills studio! Here you’ll find some resources that can help improve your English grammar, pronunciation, and overall research skills, as well as a series of blog posts containing tips and advice for a better writing and research routine.
Buon lavoro!
1. Practical blog posts (by yours truly)
- Tackling the peer review system
- Commas save lives
- What’s the point of Powerpoint?
- The truth about notes
2. Academic careers
- Career podcast
- Cover letters
- CV templates
- Vlog on how to get paid for academic work (by Lucy Kissick):
3. Academic writing advice and resources
- Cambridge Write & Improve
- Patter (by Dr Pat Thompson Patter)
- Genders, bodies, politics (by Prof Alison Phipps)
- Guardian Style Guide
- Vlog on rendering your PhD book-ready (by Prof Tara Brabazon):
4. Grammar and punctuation
- Blue Book of Grammar
- Cutewriting: en dash, em dash, or hyphen?
- Daily word bank quiz (by Flo-Joe)
- Grammar Girl
- Purdue Online Writing lab
5. Spelling and pronunciation
- How to pronounce English words in different accents
- Spelling rules (slideshow by Dr Shadia Yousef Banjar)
- 8 tips for British English pronunciation (by English Jade):