Academy
Learn the craft, then run it in the workspace
Structured courses and boost programs in scientific research and academic writing. Every module is taught against real work — your protocol, your dataset, your manuscript — using the SciExpert services you already have.
Courses
12 courses across searching, writing, statistics, integrity and publishing. Open any course for its full syllabus.
Systematic review & meta-analysis, end to end
Intermediate · 6 weeks · Included with your plan · SciExpert Academy faculty
Protocol to publishable review: registration, search strings, dual screening, risk of bias, PRISMA 2020 and effect-size pooling.
View syllabus →Foundational · 4 weeksAcademic writing that survives peer review
Foundational · 4 weeks · Included with your plan · SciExpert Academy faculty
Structure an IMRaD manuscript, argue from evidence, and answer a major-revision decision without panic.
View syllabus →Foundational · 3 weeksLiterature search & evidence synthesis
Foundational · 3 weeks · Included with your plan · SciExpert Academy faculty
Find everything relevant, and turn it into a synthesis table with provenance back to the quote.
View syllabus →Intermediate · 5 weeksStatistics & reproducible analysis
Intermediate · 5 weeks · Included with your plan · SciExpert Academy faculty
Pick the right test, check assumptions, report effect sizes, and make the whole analysis reproducible.
View syllabus →Advanced · 3 weeksResearch integrity & figure forensics
Advanced · 3 weeks · Included with your plan · SciExpert Academy faculty
Authorship, plagiarism boundaries, statistical consistency, and detecting manipulated images.
View syllabus →Foundational · 2 weeksPublishing strategy & journal selection
Foundational · 2 weeks · Included with your plan · SciExpert Academy faculty
Scope matching, predatory red flags, open-access routes, cover letters and surviving desk rejection.
View syllabus →Intermediate · 4 weeksQualitative research & thematic analysis
Intermediate · 4 weeks · Included with your plan · SciExpert Academy faculty
Interview design, transcription, coding, and reporting themes with COREQ-grade transparency.
View syllabus →Foundational · 3 weeksResearch data management & open data
Foundational · 3 weeks · Included with your plan · SciExpert Academy faculty
Data management plans, cleaning messy data, FAIR metadata and depositing in a citable repository.
View syllabus →Foundational · 3 weeksAI for research, used responsibly
Foundational · 3 weeks · Included with your plan · SciExpert Academy faculty
Where AI genuinely helps in a research workflow, where it fabricates, and how to disclose its use.
View syllabus →Intermediate · 4 weeksGrant writing fundamentals
Intermediate · 4 weeks · Included with your plan · SciExpert Academy faculty
Significance, innovation, feasibility and budget — written the way panels actually read them.
View syllabus →Foundational · 3 weeksScientific figures & data visualisation
Foundational · 3 weeks · Included with your plan · SciExpert Academy faculty
Design figures that are honest, readable at print size, and accessible to colour-blind readers.
View syllabus →Intermediate · 3 weeksPeer review training for new reviewers
Intermediate · 3 weeks · Included with your plan · SciExpert Academy faculty
Write reviews that are rigorous, specific and usable — the standard SciExpert reviewers work to.
View syllabus →Boost programs
Guided, deadline-driven programs with a defined output. Places are limited so feedback stays personal.
Thesis Boost
12 weeks · cohort12 weeks · cohort · Included with your plan · SciExpert Academy faculty
For master's and PhD candidates writing up: weekly targets, chapter review, and a defence question bank.
First Publication Boost
10 weeks · cohort10 weeks · cohort · Included with your plan · SciExpert Academy faculty
Take one dataset or review idea to a submitted manuscript, with a verified expert review before you send it.
Systematic Review Boost
14 weeks · team14 weeks · team · Included with your plan · SciExpert Academy faculty
Run a real review with your team: protocol, registered search, dual screening, extraction, RoB and PRISMA.
Grant & Proposal Boost
8 weeks · individual8 weeks · individual · Included with your plan · SciExpert Academy faculty
Turn a research idea into a fundable proposal with reviewer-style critique before you submit.
Data Analysis Boost
8 weeks · individual8 weeks · individual · Included with your plan · SciExpert Academy faculty
Bring your raw dataset; leave with clean data, a defensible analysis and publication-ready figures.
Reviewer Certification Boost
6 weeks · cohort6 weeks · cohort · Included with your plan · SciExpert Academy faculty
Calibrated peer-review training that prepares you for the verified SciExpert reviewer directory.
Arabic–English Publishing Boost
10 weeks · cohort10 weeks · cohort · Included with your plan · SciExpert Academy faculty
For Arabic-speaking researchers publishing in English journals: language, structure and submission support.
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