Workshop

How it is used

Universities run workshops on academic writing, statistics or grant applications. In some fields, especially computer science, workshops are small events attached to a main conference, with their own calls for papers and proceedings. People attend, run, organize or give a workshop.

Example sentences

1. The graduate school offers a free workshop on writing a literature review.

2. Our paper was accepted at a workshop co-located with the main conference.

Common collocations

• attend a workshop
• run a workshop
• writing workshop
• workshop paper

Related terms

• conferenceA formal meeting, often lasting several days, where researchers present their work, listen to talks and discuss ideas with others in their field.
• proceedingsA published collection of the papers or abstracts presented at a conference, issued as a book, an online volume or a special journal issue.
• call for papersAn announcement inviting researchers to submit abstracts or papers for a conference, a journal special issue or an edited book, usually with topics and a deadline.
• presentTo give a talk about your research to an audience, or to show information such as results in a particular form.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• workshop · Business English

More terms: Conferences and Presentations

• keynote
• Q&A
• poster session
• panel
• session chair