Enrolment open: AuthorAID research communication online course (starting on 3 October 2017)

Following the success of the fourth AuthorAID MOOC (massive open online course), we are pleased to announce the next AuthorAID online course in research communication. This is an open online course and it is free of cost.

Who the course is for: Early career researchers in developing countries.

Main topics covered in the course: Literature review, research and publication ethics, targeting the right journals, writing and publishing a research paper, and communicating research outside academia (this topic is new and was not part of our previous courses)

Course duration: 6 weeks

Course dates: 3 October to 20 November 2017

Course leaders: Andy Nobes and Ravi Murugesan of INASP, along with guest facilitators from the AuthorAID network

Complete information about the course and enrolment instructions are available in the course announcement document. Please go through this document carefully and follow the enrolment instructions given on page 5 if you are interested in the course. The deadline to enrol extended: 16 October 2017.

Please note that although this is an open course, if we see a very high number of people joining, we may have to limit enrolment due to server capacity. We suggest that you enrol in the course as soon as possible if you are interested.

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