Scientific reading and writing skills - recommended resources

An essential skill for science students is to communicate ideas and facts in a clear and precise way.

I have listed some useful resources below which will provide advice on

• reading 
• note-taking 
• lab reports 
• writing summaries and essays 
• grammar
• revision

Library ITT Dublin books - 

Pechenik, J.A., Lamb, B.C. & Pechenik, J.A. 1994, How to write about biology, HarperCollins.- check library availability

Boyle, Jennifer & Ramsay, Scott 2017, Writing for science students, Palgrave Study Skills - check library availability

Thody, A. 2006, Writing and presenting research, SAGE. - check library availability

Alley, M. 1996, The craft of scientific writing, Springer.- check library availability

Barrass, R. 2002, Scientists must write, Routledge. - check library availability

The "Practical skills" series of books - check availability

Godfrey, Jeanne 2014, "Reading & Making Notes", Palgrave - check library availablility

Online resources -
Hopkins, W. (1999) How to Write a Literature Review and How to Write a Research Paper. Available: http://www.sportsci.org/.  Last accessed 04/01/14. [From the homepage go to Research Resources > Writing]

Reading skills tutorial produced by University of Leeds - http://library.leeds.ac.uk/tutorials/reading/

Reinvent - a tutorial produced by ITT Dublin

Infographic: How to Read Scientific Papers from Elsevier



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Free e-book 'Applied Statistics' by James Reilly

James Reilly, lecturer at the Institute of Technology Tallaght has made his e-book about statistics available for download. His statistics titles have for years been the most borrowed item in the library, and we are delighted that more people will have the opportunity to avail of his work. Scan the QR code below or visit the Statistical Solutions web site to download the book.  If you have downloaded his book previously you may need to download it again to ensure that you have the latest version.

Training Load Monitoring & Athlete Management Conference - Oct. 3rd

The Sport Science and Health programme at ITT in association with the IRFU will be running a half day research event on Training Load Monitoring and Athlete Management Conference on October 3rd.

Dr. Tim Gabbett has 20 years’ experience working as an applied sport scientist with athletes and coaches from a wide range of sports including Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, Basketball, Australian Football, and Cricket and has consulted with world leading sports teams and organisations including Manchester United, the New Zealand Rugby Union the Australian Institute of Sport, the National Rugby League and a number of AFL teams. Tim has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and has presented at over 100 national and international conferences. He is committed to performing world-leading research that can be applied in the ‘real world’ to benefit high performance coaches and athletes.

At this unique event, Tim will present his world leading research in team sports and will cover topics such as:

- The relationship between training load and injury

- Injury prediction models

- Return to train, play and “compete” plans

- The protective effect of training

This half-day conference is ideal for sports coaches, S&C coaches, sport scientists and medical staff members who are looking to enhance their understanding of athlete training load monitoring and management.

The course is priced at €75 and can be booked online HERE. 

The course can also be booked by contacting Niamh Nash on 01-6473835 or niamh.nash@irfu.ie.

Innovation showcase 2015

Date:  Wednesday, February 25th 2014
Time:  15:00 - 19:30
Location:  The Courtyard,DIT Aungier St.,Dublin 2

The first Dublin Region Innovation Consortium (DRIC) Showcase will be held in The Courtyard, DIT Aungier Street, Dublin 2 on Wednesday, 25th February from 3pm to 7.30pm.

This event will showcase the latest technologies and research capabilities being developed in Dublin Institute of Technology, ITT Dublin, IT Blanchardstown, IADT Dun Laoghaire and National College of Ireland with the aim of promoting industry-academic R&D collaboration and technology transfer.

Attendees will have the opportunity to meet researchers from each institution, learn about technology developments in the areas of ICT, Engineering, Clean Tech and Food & Life Science, and explore opportunities for collaboration.

To register your attendance at this FREE event, please visit DRICinnovationshowcase.eventbrite.ie 

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Institute of Chemistry of Ireland Congress 2014, 18th-19th Sept.

Culturing of Crystal, Chemical and Biochemical Solutions

The Institute of Chemistry Congress 2014 will mark the International Year of Crystallography 2014. 

The Theme for the event is "Culturing of Crystal, Chemical and Biochemical Solutions".

The programme is available at the website listed below and includes a talk by Fintan Kelleher, researcher and lecturer at ITT Dublin.

Register at : http://www.iycr2014.org/events/seminars/institute-of-chemistry-congress-2014