Research methodology
This course is designed to help students in their academic professional integration. The first part introduces the French research system (organisation in EPST; means of funding, where and how to find one, post-graduation prospects, etc.). The second part of the course goes through bibliographic research (where and how to research, citation rules, plagiarism risks) and the task of writing scientific reports, posters, presentations.
The slides are an adaptation of Laure Buhry‘s ones from the previous editions of this course.
Slides
- Research methodology & French research system
- Student presentation: how to PhD in China
- Student presentation: Canadian Research System
- Student presentation: how to PhD in UK
Assessment
- Oral presentation and slides handout. 30 minutes presentations (20 min + 10 min of questions) about research systems in different countries. 6 to 8 groups of 1 to 3 people each.
Useful materials and links
- A place where all your questions about LaTeX will find answers: https://tex.stackexchange.com/
- A table-generation tool in LaTeX, HTML and others: https://www.tablesgenerator.com/
- If you don’t know how to TeX that symbol: http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html
- LaTeX templates for any situation in your life: https://www.latextemplates.com/
- A minimal introduction to the French research system: https://sciences.univ-amu.fr/en/research/organization-of-french-research-systems
- CNRS homepage: http://www.cnrs.fr/en
- INRIA homepage: https://www.inria.fr/en/
- Typography: English, French, both
- What not to do in a presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbSPPFYxx3o
- An on-line spell checker for English: http://www.reverso.net/spell-checker/english-spelling-grammar/
- To help you translate your thoughts: https://www.deepl.com/
- Some positive advice for presentations & posters: http://www.winlp.org/winlp-2019-workshop/poster-slides-tips/
- How to communicate with professors: https://www.affordablecollegesonline.org/college-resource-center/communicating-with-professors/ (thank you to Emily M. Bender for this one)
- How to write an academic resume/CV: https://gradschool.cornell.edu/academic-progress/pathways-to-success/prepare-for-your-career/take-action/resumes-and-cvs/
- How to use LaTeX as a linguist: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Linguistics
- How to pluralize acronyms in English: https://www.wikihow.com/Pluralize-Abbreviations,-Acronyms,-and-Initialisms#References
Feel free to send me any suggestions for this list!
