Imperial Academic Writing Sessions
Writing sessions run on alternate Thursdays, online via Zoom, or hybrid, with an option to attend in person. See information below for our upcoming sessions and further details.
- About our sessions
- Session schedule
- Join our mailing list or calendar invite
- Contact us
- The organising team
About our sessions
Do you have a paper to work on? A fellowship or other funding proposal to write? Maybe your PhD thesis to finish?!
Do you struggle to focus and get down to the task of writing due to the many other distractions of work and everyday life?
Academic writing is challenging. Even more challenging is focusing on writing with all the other work-related tasks that researchers and academics have to contend with. Frequent emails, meetings, teaching, capturing and analysing data, and of course other distractions such as social media, phone calls, etc. When it comes down to focusing on writing, it’s easy to procrastinate.
The Imperial Academic Writing Sessions team run a series of fortnightly sessions on Thursdays, 09:30-12:00, to give you dedicated time to work on a writing task of your choice, alongside a community of other Imperial researchers.
In addition to providing structured time to help you focus on a personal writing task, the group provides a chance to meet and discuss progress with other members of the Imperial research community. Bring along a piece of your work - perhaps a paper you’ve been trying to finish, a report or a part of your thesis you’re keen to focus on - and take advantage of our community sessions to provide structure and motivation for your writing.
Sessions include four 25-minute blocks of writing time (based on the “Pomodoro Technique”) preceded by a brief introduction and time to share your aims and goals for the session with other attendees.
Upcoming sessions
| Date | Format: Online / Hybrid | Location (hybrid sessions) |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 11th July 2024 | Online | |
| Thursday 25th July 2024 | Hybrid | White City, Sir Michael Uren building |
| We’ll be taking our | summer break | during August 2024. |
| Thursday 5th September 2024 | Online | |
| Thursday 19th September 2024 | Hybrid | Location TBC |
| Thursday 3rd October 2024 | Online | |
| Thursday 17th October 2024 | Online | |
| Thursday 31st October 2024 | Hybrid | Location TBC |
All sessions start at 09:30 and end by 12:00.
Join our mailing list or calendar invite
We run a mailing list to provide reminders of upcoming sessions and to notify you of any changes or news regarding the sessions. We also have a calendar invite that you can be added to in order to receive session reminders via Outlook.
Fill out this form to request to be added to either or both of these (Imperial login required).
Contact us
If you have any questions or would like further information about these sessions, you can contact the writing sessions organising team at writing-sessions@imperial.ac.uk
The organising team
The writing sessions are organised by a team of four Imperial researchers:
- Jeremy Cohen, Department of Computing
- Belen Gimeno Molina, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction
- Marta Varela, National Heart & Lung Institute
- Sarah Dixon Smith, Department of Bioengineering
Organising team alumni:
- Lia Pantazi, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction
- Adesola Bello, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction