About

We are passionate about clear communication in research and how this brings out greater creativity, clearer thought, and positive impacts in the wider world.

We have trained diverse groups of researchers, academics, and students in research writing and practice to improve how they communicate and think through their ideas and findings.

Our training programmes allow people to learn by doing. Our training encourages trainees to put teaching and content into practice so that learning and development stick!

If you think this training is for you or your team, please get in touch so we can discuss your needs

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Credentials

Peak Writing was founded by Professor Dan Allwood

  • Academic in UK Russell Group university for over 17 years.

  • Successful grant proposal track record of projects funded by EPSRC, BBSRC, EU, and industry (over £4.7 million as lead investigator).

  • Over 100 peer-reviewed publications (over 9500 citations), including many in world-leading journals (e.g. Science, Nature, Nature Materials, Small, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, ACS Nano, Nanoletters). See Dan’s Google Scholar listing here!

  • External examiner to over 20 PhD candidates in UK and worldwide, and over 20 PhD students supervised to completion.

  • Research experience across science (physics, chemistry, biology), materials science, and engineering.

  • Consistently rated a leading teacher by students at Russell Group university.

  • Experience of reviewing research articles for leading journals (e.g. Science, Nature), reviewing grant proposals and grant panels (e.g. EPSRC), and of journal editorial boards.

We also work with Dr Elaine Massung of Academic Smartcuts. Elaine was a former EPSRC portfolio manager and has since spent years training researchers and developing their writing.