Write Here Write Now: Creative Planning, Training Room (Library Floor 2), Wednesday 26 April 2023 2-5pm

This session will be split into three parts, encouraging participants to use creativity to inform their academic practice, with free tea and biscuits throughout! Building on the Pomodoro technique - which facilitates focussed study time through protected breaks - the session will consist of:

- Creative time, making and decorating journals or planners to facilitate tactile control over your life and work

- Planning time, filling these planners with your events and schedules

- Study time, to get your revitalised work plan off to a positive start

You can find out more about the Pomodoro technique hereLink opens in a new window.

Please sign up here.

Guide to Personal Statement Writing, Online via Teams, Wednesday 3 May 2023 3-4pm

This session will guide students through drafting an effective personal statement for either academic or professional pursuits. Students will be guided through self-discovery reflections intended to boost self-confidence and to help the application writing process. These reflections will be followed by in-class writing-up and collaborative peer editing activities.

If you are struggling with applications, or just want to level-up your personal statement writing, this is the session for you!

Please sign up hereLink opens in a new window. Teams links will be sent out on the morning of the event.

Guide to Editing your Writing, Online via Teams, Wednesday 10 May 2023 3-4pm

Editing is an academic’s bread and butter, but turning that first draft into a polished essay can be a tricky skill to master. In this one-hour session, we give an introductory guide to editing your academic writing, helping you communicate your written arguments with clarity and precision. You’ll also learn tips and tricks for effective editing and reflect on improving your own practice.

For this session, you will need a sample of your academic writing of at least 250 words. This sample will help us practice editing together and learn from one another’s approaches.

Please sign up hereLink opens in a new window. Teams links will be sent out on the morning of the event.

Write Here Write Now 1 (Focused Study Time), Training Room (Library Floor 2), Wednesday 17 May 2023 2-5pm

This session provides time for you to focus on your own work without interruptions - you are particularly encouraged to silence your mobile, email and other communications during this work time. We will display a counter enabling you to use the Pomodoro technique of 50 minutes work followed by 10 minutes break (repeated), to have 2.5 hours of uninterrupted study - you can find out more hereLink opens in a new window.

There will also be coffee, tea and biscuits throughout the session.

Please sign up here.

Introduction to Note Taking, Online via Teams, Wednesday 24 May 2023 3-4pm

This session will provide an introduction to a variety of note taking methods, and allow attendees to test them and decide whether they are approaches they want to adopt in their studies. Learning a new note taking method is not always intuitive, so this session will give space to experimentation, without the pressure of trialling the approaches within class.

Please sign up hereLink opens in a new window. Teams links will be sent out on the morning of the event.

Researching for an Essay, Online via Teams, Wednesday 31 May 2023 3-4pm

Do you want to rejuvenate your essay writing process? Join us to learn all about effective essay structures and how best to approach researching essay topics!

Please sign up hereLink opens in a new window. Teams links will be sent out on the morning of the event.

Turbocharge Your Memory, Online via Teams, Wednesday 7 June 2023 4-5pm

Learn about the science of learning (such as the fixed and growth mindset), and then get stuck-in with utilising fun tools to improve short and long-term memory (including the memory techniques: metaphor, recall, rhyming, memory palace and more). This session is all about the power of memory in improving effective learning - so get turbocharging to upgrade your studies!

Please sign up hereLink opens in a new window. Teams links will be sent out on the morning of the event.

Write Here Write Now 2 (Focused Study Time), Training Room (Library Floor 2), Wednesday 14 June 2023 2-5pm

This session provides time for you to focus on your own work without interruptions - you are particularly encouraged to silence your mobile, email and other communications during this work time. We will display a counter enabling you to use the Pomodoro technique of 50 minutes work followed by 10 minutes break (repeated), to have 2.5 hours of uninterrupted study - you can find out more hereLink opens in a new window.

There will also be coffee, tea and biscuits throughout the session.

Please sign up here.

Making your Research Audience Ready, Online via Teams, Wednesday 21 June 2023 3-4pm

Increasingly, researchers are required to engage in public engagement activities, presenting and talking about their research to a range of non-specialist audiences. In this session, you will begin to think about how to present your work to audiences, highlighting the best, most interesting elements, and getting others excited about your research. If you have a public engagement activity in mind, or if you’re considering further research funding which has engagement requirements, this will be a great starting point.

This session will be led by Ellie King, Doctoral Researcher of Visitor Experience and evaluation in museums, and fellow of Warwick’s Institute of Engagement.

Please sign up hereLink opens in a new window. Teams links will be sent out on the morning of the event.