PhD Writing Days
Imagine a motivating environment where you can focus intently on your writing tasks alongside a small group of fellow PhD students. Each morning, you'll set your personal writing goals and an expert writing coach will assist you in achieving them. PhD students that attended the previous sessions were enthusiastic about the amount of work they had accomplished in just a few days.
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The PhD writing days is a special (and free!) event organised by the TU Delft Writing Centre. We plan to have several occasions each year, see ‘When is it?’ for information about the next event. You can come one or more days to work on your writing tasks along with a small group of other PhDs.
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For the upcoming academic year (2024/2025) we have the following PhD writing days scheduled:
End of Q1
- Monday November 4, 2024 – 9:00-17:00
- Tuesday November 5, 2024 – 9:00-17:00
End of Q2
- Monday January 27, 2025 – 9:00-17:000
- Tuesday January 28, 2025 – 9:00-17:00
End of Q4
• Monday June 23, 2025 – 9:00-17:00
• Tuesday June 24, 2025 – 9:00-17:00The locations will be announced later. Keep an eye on our website, or sign-up here to receive email updates about the event.
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Every morning you will start by setting goals. During the day you have time to write individually and ask questions to an expert coach. We will take breaks regularly, including a longer lunchbreak (lunch is not included). You will end each day by evaluating your goals. All in all you can expect to be doing a lot of writing. Sometimes we will also do little workshops or peer-feedback.
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PhD students that attended our previous edition really appreciated the “clear set-up and structure” of the day and the “nice bubble” that is created. Working together with people in as “similar mood” made them “productive” and “efficient” (“I wrote!”). Finally, PhD students appreciated that they could ask questions to their peers or an expert coach.
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You can sign-up here. The sign-up form contains questions that help you prepare for an effective writing day. Furthermore, upon signing-up you will receive further details about the session, for instance about the workshops of that edition. Finally, signing-up helps us to get some insight into the number of people that plan to attend each session.
Signing-up is optional and does not guarantee a spot in our PhD Writing Days rooms. If you want to be sure to have a place to sit, we recommend you to come on time.
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• There is no restriction to the number of times you can attend the PhD writing days.
• Room temperatures can be unpredictable on campus. We advise you to come prepared and dress in layers to stay comfortable.
• The rooms do not have dedicated computers, so please ensure you can work effectively on your own laptop. Feel free to bring any necessary accessories.
• Coffee, tea, and lunch are not provided, but there are coffee machines available. Remember to bring your own cup, lunch, and snacks to sustain you throughout the day.
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Send us an email at writingcentre@tudelft.nl, or sign-up for a PhD writing coaching session.
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