The Center for American Studies would like to invite you to participate in an intense certified weekend course titled "Academic Writing Made Easy" with a world-class British scholar, professor John Morley (Professor at the University of Manchester, creator of the world-famous Academic Phrasebank https://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/)
It's a well-known fact that the most important skill of every academic is his or her ability to effectively communicate scholarly ideas through writing (e.g., books, chapters in monographs, journal articles).
Our course will teach you how to master the art of academic writing in English covering grammar, sentence-building, and style, as well as explaining the most common mistakes and ways of avoiding them – all using concrete examples.
The course will be held on April 24 (Friday) and April 25 (Friday), 2026 on Zoom. Exact hours are provided below.
Professor John Morley will be connecting with us in real time from the Great Britain so you will have the opportunity to ask questions.
Because the course is led by an open-minded interdisciplinary British scholar – Prof. John Morley – which is a guarantee of the course being ideal to all academics, regardless of discipline.
Moreover, the course is synchronous. Contact in real time and an opportunity to ask questions will allow you to resolve any doubts that may arise.
You will develop an understanding of Academic English grammar, including, but not limited to: cases, proper usage of articles, moods, tense agreement, how to avoid the passive voice, adverbial and adjectival phrases, subordinate and main clauses, countable and uncountable nouns.
In other words, you will learn how to write more convincingly and confidently as an academic.
John Morley
Professor Morley has an honorary role at the University of Manchester. He was responsible for the University’s year-round academic English programmes. Professor Morley also oversaw the organisation and delivery of the University’s institution-wide language provision, which offered courses in up to 20 different languages – ranging from Arabic to Urdu – to students, staff, and members of the public.
Professor Morley has also taught postgraduate course modules in Global English and Intercultural Communication. As an Honorary Senior Lecturer, he currently assists with the University’s summer academic English programmes.
Before coming to Manchester, Professor Morley taught English in universities and schools in Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Spain. His interests include exploring ways to promote independent language learning and mapping the phraseology used in written academic English.
One of Professor Morley’s most successful projects was the creation of the Academic Phrasebank (https://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/) , which is now used by academics, researchers, and students across the world.
Professor Morley served as Chair of the Association of University Language Centres in the United Kingdom and Ireland from 2012 to 2018.
Participants will receive a set of materials that can be used as a useful resource after the course.
All of our courses are certified.
You will be awarded an official digital certificate signed by the Center for American Studies' President and Director of Academic Affairs.
You may then print the certificate at home, use it to apply for various academic positions and grants, or simply post it to your LinkedIn or other professional channels.
The certificate contains the number of training hours and may be used to fulfill your duty of professional development mandated by your bar association, trade chamber, or employer.
For participants registered in the 1st enrollment pool (before 23.59 on April 16, 2026) the cost of participation is 99 EUR*
For participants registered in the 2nd enrollment pool (until 23.59 on April 20, 2026), the cost of participation is 129 EUR.
Link for easy electronic & card payments:
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The fee can be also made directly to our bank account in EUR:
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Transfer title: Academic Writing in English course – <first and last name of the Participant>
*The condition for participation in a given pool of enrollment is registering and paying the course fee within the specified deadline.
Please send all of your questions to the Course Coordinator, Mrs. Rita Tomala at [email protected]
We will be happy to help.
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