Techne Spring Online Writing Group
12th Jan 2021 9:00am - 16th Feb 2021 5:00pm
To attend this course please book on Inkpath. Inkpath is an app available to all Techne students, if you're not already using please click here to find out how to get started.
This six week writing group starting on Tuesday 12th January aims to inspire, motivate, reduce isolation and create a sense of community for researchers who are writing during this period. We meet on Zoom at 09.30 every Tuesday, for half an hour, to set our writing goals. From 10.00-11.00, Katie will be available for short one-to-one sessions to discuss writing matters. We come back together at 16.30 to report on progress.
There is space for up to 12 researchers, who must commit to attend every Tuesday morning and afternoon, unless there are exceptional circumstances. Dates are: 12th Jan, 19th Jan, 26th Jan, 2nd Feb, 9th Feb and 16th Feb.
The writing group provides:
- regular. protected time for writing thesis chapters
- more focused goal-setting for writing periods
- a structured and motivating writing community
- a chance to reflect on, and improve, your writing process
- focused writing advice and support from the facilitator
- the chance to share writing experience with fellow students
If you have any questions about the workshop please email techne@rhul.ac.uk.
This group is run by Katie Grant, who co-created the Advancing Academic Writing skills website for the University of Glasgow, where she was the Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow for three years, helping undergraduates, Masters and PhD students with their writing. A columnist, occasional broadcaster, author of ten novels (Sedition, her latest, is published by Virago), chair of the panel of judges for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, an occasional book reviewer for, amongst other publications, the New York Times and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, she runs writing workshops on improving the quality, reach and impact of academic writing for all levels of HE. Long experience of the practical, emotional and organisational challenges of writing for deadlines and for different audiences informs all her workshops. She understands from first-hand the value of getting writing done and getting it done well.