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What's in a blog? A glimpse into the Honours class 2020

By Alastair Potts

This blog is where the Honours students at Nelson Mandela University in the Botany Department can share some of their ideas, thoughts, research, and fascinating scientific discoveries (both their own and what they find in the world of science).

Blogging is a powerful means of communication. It doesn't have the weighty responsibility of peer-review, but it is going to be read by other people on the internet ​— so it needs to pithy and to the point (with some referencing where necessary).

See my blog for good and bad examples of blogging (I leave it to you to decide which is which): http://pottsresearch.blogspot.com/

 So a few pointers:

  1. Ask a friend or colleague to read over your blog. Help correct any grammatical or logic errors.
  2. Have a catchy title.
  3. Put your name under the title, as it is not automatically shown who wrote the blog.
  4. Feel free to include pictures!
Other than that, the format is pretty free flowing.

Happy blogging!

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