WriteFest 2022

November is Academic Writing Month

To celebrate and support all of the kinds of writing academics and researchers undertake, the Queen Mary Academy is organising WriteFest together with a number of partners, including Careers & Enterprise, the Library, and other universities. WriteFest will consist of a series of courses, workshops, and writing-themed events that run throughout November 2022.

WriteFest courses, workshops, and events

Most of the courses, workshops, and events organised by Queen Mary partners are taking place over the month of November can be found on the CPD Bookings page (www.cpdbookings.qmul.ac.uk), by searching for 'write' in course code field.

Additional writing programmes and events are available below. Please follow the instructions provided to apply for those.

Let's Write! Off-site!

On 23 November, we will run a day-long writing retreat at the Royal Foundation of St. Katherine – a peaceful setting by Limehouse station – to allow our researchers to focus on a piece of writing. Just like our online Let's Write! retreats, you'll get a total of 4 hours of writing time and an opportunity to meet and trade writing tips with other doctoral and postdoctoral researchers. The retreat is free for attendees and will include lunch and two coffee breaks with snacks.

Please complete the registration form by the end of 31 October 2022 and we will contact you with additional information.

QM Careers: Careers in Writing

Join researchers from LSE, KCL, QMUL and UCL on Tuesday 29th November at 4-5PM as we celebrate writing careers as part of WriteFest 2022.  Alumni from each institution, working across policy, science comms, fiction and publishing will inspire you to think about using your writing skills in your futures.  Expect some career journeys, some top facts, and something for everyone in this exploration of one of your possible future paths.

You can sign up for this event through the CPD booking system and submit your questions in advance of the event on this padlet.

Looking forward to seeing you all in this collaborative adventure!

Eight Tensions Framework Smart Writing Programme

This is an online programme that runs over 10 weeks, which will support researchers in taking a practical approach for finding purpose, meaning, motivation and clarity in their writing, with the aim of making it highly enjoyable and do-able.

The programme runs between 31 October 2022 and 3 February 2023, with a pause during the Christmas break, between 12 December - 6 January. It includes: 

• a weekly 1-hour group coaching session with a Chartered Psychologist
  (you will be allocated to one of three possible groups: Mondays 12:00-13:00; Fridays 10:00-11:00 or Fridays 12:00-13:00)
• specially designed exercises
• access to facilitated 90-min writing sessions on either Friday or Tuesday mornings
• a private Slack community where people share their thoughts and work in progress
• a facilitated Accountability Buddy Scheme  
• four one-to-one coaching sessions for each delegate.  

Eligibility

Places are allocated through an application process. The programme is suitable for postdocs and for doctoral students who have already completed the 1st year of their degree. You should also be working on writing projects during the duration of the programme.

If you are in the 1st year of your doctorate, you can still register your interest and we will let you know if spaces become available.

Please complete the application form by the end of 23 September 2022.