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Thesis Writing Retreat

Course information

What it is designed for is to support and motivate you in moving past writers’ block and procrastination to getting words down on the page.?The ultimate aim of the Thesis Writing Retreat is to write a significant amount of first draft material.Ìý

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To be eligible to attend you must be:

• A current Postgraduate Researcher (PhD/MPhil/MSt(Res)MSc(Res)/MRes) at the University of StÌýAndrews
• Have told your supervisor you plan to attend
• Be able to attend in person for all three days of the event
• Have completed the majority of your research or data collection for the material you are focusing on and be ready to write at the start of the event
• Be able to complete pre-work to prepare for the event

Please bear in mind the following key points:Ìý

• Priority will be given to students in the final stages of completing their degree and those who have not attended a writing retreat previously. The Thesis Writing Retreat is run annually so please consider attending next year if you are currently in the first or second year of your PhD.Ìý
• The ultimate aim of the Thesis Writing Retreat is to meet ambitious writing goals: we encourage participants to think in terms of approximately 20,000 words of first draft material if you are an Arts and Humanities researcher, or 10,000 if you are in the Sciences.

Please note that we will contact you 3 weeks before the event, and you will need to confirm your place.

In the event there is more interest than places, these will be offered on a first come basis.

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Aims and objectives

• Are you nearing the end of your PhD and would like some support with writing up your thesis?
• Do you put off writing tasks until ‘tomorrow’?
• Are you finding it tough ‘going it alone’?Ìý

We have just what you need – theÌýThesis Writing Retreat! Dedicated solely to getting words down on paper (or a computer screen), this once-a-year event is designed to help late-stage doctoral students get over that final hurdle or to kick-start their writing progress if it has stalled.?Ìý

Sign up to join other postgraduate students in a supportive, structured, intensive writing environment. With the help of your peers and an experienced facilitator, Thesis Writing retreat participants will power through final-year blues, writer’s block, and thesis fatigue to achieve significant progress on their dissertation.Ìý

Please book a place by 7th JulyÌý

Tutors

Dr Rebecca Wilson

Dr Paula Villegas Verdu

Venue

Lecture Theatre 4, Gateway

Course provider

IELLI
Email: ielli@st-andrews.ac.uk