Academic Writing Month 2024
November is Academic Writing Month! Originally hosted by 'PhD2Published', the now global academic community has taken up the annual challenge to support each other to pledge their writing projects, record progress, and share thousands of writing tips via the #AcWriMo hashtag.
Follow us on Twitter, @WUResearch_ for daily writing tips throughout November.
Wrexham University is celebrating Academic Writing Month to provide the time and space to develop your own writing:
- HABITS - develop good writing practices and strategies.
- BLOCKS - overcome blocks and take proactive approach to writing.
- PROTECT - set up routines to incorporate academic writing as part of the writing day.
- SOCIAL - spend some time out writing with others.
The Research Office will be hosting events throughout the month dedicated to putting pen to paper. We’ll provide the tea and coffee; you provide the words.
If you want any of the below events added to your diary, email researchoffice@wrexham.ac.uk.
|
Session |
Date & Time |
Delivery |
|
Coffee Morning
|
Monday 4th November 10:00-11:30 |
B14 No need to book, but email researchoffice@wrexham.ac.uk if this isn’t already in your diary |
|
Find out what Academic Writing Month is all about and set your writing pledge with coffee and cake. You don’t need to come for the full hour and a half, you can just pop in during this time. |
||
|
Collaborative Writing Room |
Wednesday 6th November 12:00-16:00 |
B10 No need to book, but email researchoffice@wrexham.ac.uk if this isn’t already in your diary |
|
Grab your team and write together or plan your next team writing project. This is a space where staff and research students can get together to write collaboratively, share your writing process and progress, plan how you can write together collectively. |
||
|
How to improve our paper citations |
Thursday 7th November 13:00-14:00 |
Teams Book Here or email researchoffice@wrexham.ac.uk |
|
What is an "H Index", what is a "good" journal choice, and in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) what differentiates a 2* or 3* paper from a 4* paper? |
||
|
Open House for Research |
Wednesday 13th November 13:00-14:00 |
B103/Hybrid Email researchoffice@wrexham.ac.uk if this isn’t already in your diary |
|
Join us for a special edition of Open House for Research which will be dedicated to talks about academic writing. Time for questions at the end, networking and refreshments.
|
||
|
Pomodoro Writing Space. |
Friday 15th November 10:00-16:00 |
B10 No need to book, but email researchoffice@wrexham.ac.uk if you would like an outlook invite |
|
Bring your own laptop and join peers in an environment free from distractions for focused, individual writing time. The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method that can help writers improve focus and productivity. It involves working in short, intense intervals, called pomodoros, with regular breaks. We’ll set the timer for you as you use this space to learn how this technique can improve your writing. Note this is a quite writing space and you do not need to attend for the full day. |
||
|
BLOG IT! |
Wednesday 20th November 10:00-12:00 |
B07 No need to book, but email researchoffice@wrexham.ac.uk if you would like an outlook invite |
|
Join this drop-in session with your project and turn it into a blog as an effective way to communicate your research. Research blogs are an effective way to communicate your research findings or your research journey. Don’t wait until the end of your research project to publish the results, talk about the experience throughout the research lifecycle and capture important audiences that you might not capture through academic publication. In this drop-in we’ll assist in turning your research or your story into an accessible blog. |
||
|
SHUT UP AND WRITE! |
Friday 22nd November 10:00-16:00 |
C114 No need to book, but email researchoffice@wrexham.ac.uk if you would like an outlook invite |
|
A dedicated quiet writing room for you to use on this day to get pen to paper. You don’t need to attend for the full day, just a designated room for you to use to get some writing done. |
||
|
Collaborative Writing Room |
Wednesday 27th November 12:00-16:00 |
Regent Street- R25 No need to book, but email researchoffice@wrexham.ac.uk if you would like an outlook invite |
|
Grab your team and write together or plan your next team writing project. This is a space where staff and research students can get together to write collaboratively, share your writing process and progress, plan how you can write together collectively. |
||
