{"id":35067,"date":"2025-10-30T15:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T07:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/?post_type=event&#038;p=35067"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:01:38","slug":"academic-writing-workshops-for-a-grade-papers","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/event\/academic-writing-workshops-for-a-grade-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Writing Workshops for &#8220;A&#8221; Grade Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unlock the secrets of effective and successful academic writing including:<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Uncovering how instructors spot &#8220;A&#8221; grade papers<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Making the most of AI for research, organisation and editing<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Discovering the 3-step method for better organisation and style<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 Avoiding writing mistakes and plagiarism that lower your grade<\/p>\n<p>This series of workshops is delivered by Dr. John Young, former Deputy Director of HKU\u2019s Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC). His students work for international media organisations including the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Reuters, Bloomberg News, The South China Morning Post and The New York Times. He is a graduate of Stanford Law School and has studied and taught at the Law Department of Peking University as well as here at HKU. He currently teaches courses on American News Media and Foreign Policy in HKU\u2019s American Studies Department.<\/p>\n<p>Workshops include:<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 72px;width: 130%;border-collapse: collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">Proper Citation, Plagiarism, and Use of AI Workshop<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">October 13, 2025 (Monday), 6:30 \u2013 8:30 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">Basic Writing, Organisation and Editing Workshop<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">October 14, 2025 (Tuesday), 6:30 \u2013 8:30 pm)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">Advanced Writing, Organisation and Editing Workshop*<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">October 16, 2025 (Thursday), 6:30 \u2013 8:30 pm<br \/>\nOctober 17, 2025 (Friday), 10:00 am &#8211; 12:00 nn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*Remarks: two sessions with the same content are available.<\/p>\n<p>Registration is now open! Secure your spot by registering <a href=\"https:\/\/hku.au1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_dj0hhbfVX8TsV3o\">HERE<\/a>. A confirmation email will be sent to successful registrants at least one day before each workshop.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to supporting your career development and employability at the workshop!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"template":"","event_categories":[1038],"event_tag":[964,1039],"related_programme":[],"class_list":["post-35067","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","event_categories-tpg-career-development","event_tag-masters-programmes","event_tag-tpg-career-development"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/35067"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_categories?post=35067"},{"taxonomy":"event_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_tag?post=35067"},{"taxonomy":"related_programme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related_programme?post=35067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}