CWSC News

Our On-Campus Writing Retreat Returns

Our ever-popular retreat, Write to Flourish, Write with Flourish, makes a welcome return! This term we have one final retreat in April for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to write in community. There will be further retreats throughout the summer.

If you have a deadline approaching, or just need focused time to make real progress with a writing project, these retreats are for you. We’ll use the proven Pomodoro method to structure writing sessions, with built-in breaks to rest, reset, and connect with fellow researchers. Whether you’re working on a dissertation chapter, research article, or a research proposal, these on-campus days of dedicated, distraction-free writing time will help you move all your projects forward.

Upcoming Dates: April 1 (with further dates to be announced in May, June and August)

Times: 10am to 3pm

Location: IKBLC, Level 3, Peña Room

Light refreshments will be provided. Please bring your own lunch.


New Workshop Series on Graduate Writing

In March we’re launching a new Writing for Graduate Success workshop series. Across three practical, research-informed sessions, develop your core academic writing skills, from understanding disciplinary expectations and research writing conventions, to crafting effective literature reviews and strengthening academic voice. Together, these workshops offer strategies and tools that support confident, purposeful writing across graduate studies.

Introduction to Research Writing
12pm, March 11

Explore research-informed strategies for effective academic writing.

Mastering the Literature Review
12pm, March 18

Discover how to write a purposeful, well-structured literature review.

Common Academic Expressions
12pm, March 25

Build fluency and precision in academic English.