by Eleanor Pritchard | Feb 3, 2021 | Acrwi
Collective writing has been such a core part of The Thriving Researcher activities from its very beginning and in 2021, we’ll be adding an additional strand to our writing programme: three stand-alone full-day writing retreats to raise funds and awareness for...
by Eleanor Pritchard | Jan 13, 2021 | Acrwi, Uncategorized
By consistently showing up for half a day a week since July last year, the Thriving Researcher writing group has racked up nearly 100 hours of writing in community. Since joining the group, members have finished chapters, submitted articles, written and delivered...
by Eleanor Pritchard | Nov 26, 2020 | Acrwi
Never-ending thesis chapters My friend Anna (name changed for anonymity) has been writing a chapter for far longer than she wanted to be. And Lydia (name also changed) has been ‘stuck’ on a chapter for what feels like months. Because it’s been...
by Eleanor Pritchard | Oct 19, 2020 | Acrwi, Creativity, Work Planning
If you’re a new PhD student, chances are you’re concerned about how to manage your time. You may feel that, compared to your pre-PhD life, you now have acres of space in each day, but very little idea about how they should or could be filling it. If you...