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Guest Post: Participants from Maseno University Share Lessons Learnt with Colleagues

By Barbara Gastel | 06 August 2012

Guest Post: Participants from Maseno University Share Lessons Learnt with Colleagues

Participants in the PACN-AuthorAID workshop in Nairobi

[This post is from Charles Onyango, a PhD student at Maseno University in Kenya. Thanks very much, Charles! —Barbara]

In collaboration with the Pan Africa Chemistry Network (PACN), AuthorAID at INASP held a research-communication workshop at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, on 4–6 June 2012. The aim of the workshop was to improve participants’ skills in

  • Scientific writing
  • Publication of journal articles
  • Oral and poster presentations
  • Research grant application

The participants included young and mid-career researchers drawn from throughout Kenya. The trainer was Prof. Barbara Gastel.

On 13 July 2012, the participants from Maseno University shared with colleagues the lessons learnt during the workshop. This was a one-day activity attended by 10 research group members drawn from the chemistry and soil science departments. The participants included MSc and PhD students and a lecturer (PhD holder).

The colleagues were very happy, as they were able to make up  what they had missed. They appreciated all the topics since these topics were relevant to their research work. We believe the training will go a long way in enabling researchers to conduct their work and publish the findings. 

Thank you, AuthorAID and PACN, for the sponsorship. May you sponsor other similar trainings in the future.

Thank you, Prof. Barbara, for the excellent training.

 

Online research training course

Posted by Asahngwa Constantine at 07 August 2012 06:58 AM

Dear Barbara and Ravi,
Thanks for the good work you are doing to improve scientific writing literacy in developing countries. I appreciate the introduction of the online scientific writing course. I am also interested in taking part in the course but have been unable to register. I have an AuthorAID account. But it is stated that a new account must be created and i have tried to do and have not been able to do that. Are there any obstacles? Hope to get your response.
Best
Constantine

Online research training course

Posted by Ravi Murugesan at 07 August 2012 04:38 PM

Hi Asahngwa - Please visit http://www.authoraid.info/moodle/ and click "Create new account" under the login box at the right. If you still face problems, let me know.