The Workshop on Scientific Writing

The workshop on scientific writing was held under AHEAD operation of the Faculty of Applied Science on March 20, 2021. The workshop was organized for the special degree students of the faculty of Applied Science from 10.00 am to 3.00 pm at the computer laboratory of the Faculty of Applied Science, Pampaimadu, Vavuniya Campus. The workshop facilitated by the resource person, Dr.K.Thabotharan, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna. This workshop was organized to train the special degree students of the Faculty of Applied Science about the essential elements of the skills needed to write research proposals, journal papers, grant applications, and technical reports, under AHEAD/sub-activity 5.3. 54 participants participated in the workshop. Feedbacks from the participants were collected at the end of the conference. The conference has concluded successfully in time.

The following core concepts were covered in the workshop:
• Designed to cover all aspects of writing and publishing scientific articles.
• Writing scientific articles for conferences and Journals.
• Designed to provide participants with the skills to write reports that are well presented, communicate their content effectively, and deliver.
• Designed to provide participants with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to write research proposals and grant applications that are well-positioned for success.

The workshop was conducted successfully and many of the participants took active part in full-time of the workshop. The summary of the results from the feedback of the participants shows that the workshop contents well received by the participants.