This 5-day online course offered by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam from January 10-14, 2022 aims to help business school students improve their academic writing skills. Over the course of the week, students will work on revising one of their PhD papers through interactive morning classes and practical afternoon writing sessions. The goal is for students to brush up on their skills to write effective introductions, literature reviews, theory sections, and methods sections to ultimately publish one of their papers in a top journal. Taught by Janina Klein, the course coordinator, students will provide and receive feedback from peers and teachers to strengthen different sections of their paper by the end of the week.

1. VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT AMSTERDAM
WWW.VU.NL/WINTERSCHOOL
GRADUATE WINTER SCHOOL

2. ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS - FROM PHD PAPER TO
PUBLICATION FOR BUSINESS SCHOOL STUDENTS
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT AMSTERDAM
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research university. Since its founding in 1880 interdisciplinary
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140 English-taught Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes, the
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10-14 JANUARY 2022
3 ECTS | PHD €500-800 ONLINE
The goal of this course is to help Business School students improve their academic writing skills. This course will
provide you with the information and tools you need to brush up on your academic writing skills. This should help
you improve one of your PhD papers which you can then publish in a top journal. This course will take place over 5
days, during which time you will be working on one of your PhD papers. We will have 2-hour long interactive
classes in the morning via Zoom and 3-hour practical writing sessions in the afternoon. In the classes, you will
work on your own paper, give feedback to your peers, and have the opportunity to receive feedback from the
teachers.
During the practical writing sessions in the afternoon, you will be working on the respective sections of your own
paper that we cover in the morning. You will also give feedback to your peers and receive feedback in turn, which
will help you get more from the process. There will be several opportunities to receive direct feedback from the
teachers, too. By the end of the week, you will have revised your paper’s introduction, theory, and methods
sections.
APPLICATION DEADLINES & DISCOUNTS
Apply before the 15th
of November 2021. Early Bird Discount of €50 valid until the 1st of October 2021. Visit our
website for more information.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
• Signal to readers which academic conversations they are joining and contributing to.
• Write effective introductions based on a step-by-step model.
• Understand how to select and critically review the literature and write effective theory sections.
• Write effective methods sections in terms of appropriateness, consistency, and reliability of the methods
chosen.
• Draw on various tips and lessons learned in the review process.
ABOUT THE COORDINATOR LECTURER
Janina Klein is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Change at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, School of
Business and Economics. Janina obtained her PhD from the University of Edinburgh Business School and holds a
MLitt (Master) in International Business from the University of St Andrews. Her professional background is in
change management where she worked for more than ten years in various roles. In her research, Janina is
passionate about understanding how organizations can address societal challenges such as the elimination of
poverty, reduction of inequality and move towards responsible production.