Writing gurus, unite!

Collaborative Virtual Writing Retreats
© CERes

Target group: doctoral and postdoctoral researchers

Join the collaborative Virtual Writing Retreats! An initiative by UK universities (Bristol, Cambridge, Crick, Glasgow, KCL, Imperial, QMUL, Surrey, Ulster, and York), with the University of Münster as an external partner, this series of facilitated writing sessions provides researchers with structured support and uninterrupted Pomodoro-style writing intervals. This unique collaboration combines Uni Münster’s focused Writing Gurus sessions with the broader Virtual Writing Retreats network, offering strategies, tools, and peer support to help you make tangible progress on your writing projects.

Focused sessions delivered by Uni Münster:

  • Session 1: Prewriting strategies
    Wed, 14 Oct 2026, 15:00–17:30 (Zoom)
  • Session 2: Time and task management
    Wed, 21 Oct 2026, 15:00–17:30 (Zoom)
  • Other sessions: Freestyle writing sessions
    (dates will be provided in Session 2)

Münster Sessions 1 and 2 include structured activities to help participants develop focused writing practices and establish more effective and enjoyable writing routines. Participation in these activities is encouraged but not mandatory. If you’re primarily interested in dedicated focus time, the session format allows for flexible individual academic work, depending on your current priorities.

Objectives:

  • Use a prewriting technique to identify the focus of the section

  • Apply time and task management strategies to establish a more effective and enjoyable writing routine

  • Develop sustainable habits for focused academic work

  • Overcome procrastination and writer’s block through structured focus time

  • Connect with a motivated interdisciplinary writing community

Requirement: To join the Virtual Writing Retreats, participants are expected to attend Münster Sessions 1 and 2. This will grant them automatic access to the full Virtual Writing Retreats network, including Zoom links for all upcoming sessions.

Facilitators: Dr Iva Ognjanovic (CERes), Researcher Developers at UK universities (Bristol, Cambridge, Crick, Glasgow, KCL, Imperial, QMUL, Surrey, Ulster, York)

Diese Veranstaltung findet in englischer Sprache statt. // This event will be held in English.

Anmeldung

If you would like to participate in this event and it is already marked as fully booked, you are welcome to join the waiting list. It often happens that registered participants cancel their attendance, which creates available spots. Free spots are allocated in the order of waiting list registrations. If spots become available within 72 hours before the event starts, we will notify several registrants simultaneously. These spots will then be allocated on a 'first come, first served' basis.