Training Courses

SCRIPTORIA offers a wide range of training courses tailored to the different needs of research organizations, NGOs, and businesses.

These range from specialist medical and pharmaceutical writing courses for journal articles and grant proposals, to writing and advocacy courses for sustainable development communications. See our examples section or email us for more information.

Organizations come to us when they need to train their staff to write better promotional materials and clearer reports. We also teach research staff how to improve the quality of their scientific articles and so increase their chances of publication.

Our courses are tailored to our clients' needs, so please feel free to contact us to discuss your requirements. Below are some of the subjects we are most often asked to teach.

Specialist

• Writing journal articles

• Writing theses

• Advocacy – getting messages across to
key audiences

• Writing reports to donors

• Correct use of English in research writing

• Writing funding proposals

• Presenting data effectively

• General principles of scientific writing

• Science writing for a non-specialist audience

• Writing and delivering scientific presentations

• Writing Annual Reports

Non-specialist

• Marketing yourself and your messages

• Writing brochures, newsletters
and press releases

• Writing feature articles

• The writing cycle and making writing easy

• Editing and proof-reading your own work

• Correct use of punctuation

See examples of recent courses we have run for Pfizer and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation