Finding your Academic Voice

'How can I find my academic voice?' This is a question asked by nearly every PhD researcher, and in this workshop we drill down into 'voice' in academic writing, analysing both its restrictions and its possibilities. Through activities and examples, we’ll identify the writerly techniques that forge a ‘voice’ and explore how to recognise your own voice. We’ll also look at paraphrasing: what it is and how to keep your own voice from being drowned out. After this workshop you should be better able to:

• understand what voice is in academic writing
• appreciate the relationship voice creates between writer and reader
• hear how you sound to others, and how you want to sound
• understand paraphrasing – theory and practice