The course is taught by noted academic, PH.D. José Rojas-Méndez, from Carleton University (Canada).

In order to strengthen the professional skills of the students of the various postgraduate degrees of the University of La Serena, the ULS Postgraduate and Postgraduate Directorate organized the course called: “High Impact Scientific Writing”, whose crucial objective is to teach the basic concepts of writing for publication and implementing basic structures so that students pursuing master's and doctoral degrees can write a paper and have it accepted by editors and specialized scientific journals.

The course is taught by noted academic, PH.D. José Rojas-Méndez, from Carleton University (Canada), professor of International Business, Director of the BIB Program and founder and editor of the Multidiscliplinary Business Review Magazine.

This activity, which is part of a cycle of events aimed at postgraduate students, lasts 16 face-to-face hours, divided into 4 days of intense work, which include practical work based on real papers, theory and tips to understand the publications process.

“It is aimed at postgraduate students who work in programs where research is required, for example, master's degrees in science, doctoral students; It will allow them to be prepared to write high-impact academic articles, it is a technique that must be learned and developed and that must be discovered,” highlighted Rojas-Méndez, who emphasized the need to know the basic aspects to write optimally.

The purpose of the course is to know the rules of academic publications to be able to publish, feel confident to carry out writing and writing work in a way that is acceptable in recognized journals, and learn to review and improve macro and micro aspects of the writing a manuscript.

For the Director of Postgraduate and Postgraduate Studies, Dr. Cristian Ibáñez, this type of activities reaffirms the students' confidence, through real support to develop their soft skills, which "are of vital importance when facing such challenges." important things like writing a paper, where we must make other people understand what we wanted to discover.”

The course, which will run until June 13, takes place in the Conference Room of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences.

Written by Patricia Castro, DirCom