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Research and Writing Retreat In-Person

Finding the time and space to focus on making / continuing your progress towards completion of a Research Degree can be very demanding at the best of times; this is particularly the case for people juggling their Research Degree with work and/or family commitments, as many research students at Middlesex are. And particularly the case for those with a strong commitment to social media!

This day is split into two: 

- 9:30 - 12:30 - Research Retreat

- 12:30 - 13:30 - Lunch (only available to participants who attend the full day)

- 13:30 - 17:30 - Writing Retreat

Designed and run in partnership between the LET [Learning Enhancement Team], the librarians team, the Research Degrees Administration Team, and Research Students themselves, Retreats are designed to enable participants to step into a zone in which they can spend quality focused time away from the daily distractions of work, emails, mobile phones, and social media, and dedicate themselves to researching, researching and more researching, and to writing, writing and more writing. They are all about giving participants time to focus and make those decisive steps forwards in the long journey towards completing a Research Degree, and, if you wish, to meet other Research students and compare your approaches to your work, and to share the pain! They are also an opportunity to discuss your researching or your writing one-to-one with an expert, if you might want to do so.


A Retreat usually starts with participants sharing their objectives for the event in small groups; progress towards these objectives is then self-monitored during the event, and the successful meeting of those objectives – we won’t have it any other way – shared with your fellow participants at the end of the event. Participants are usually pleasantly surprised at just how much work they can get one with some dedicated time spent.

 

 

Date:
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Time:
9:30am - 5:30pm
Time Zone:
UK, Ireland, Lisbon Time (change)
Location:
S107 - Sheppard Library
Categories:
  Research and Writing Retreats  
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Event Organizer

Amanda Nunn

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