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One-Day Writing Retreat, ON CAMPUS

Description:

This one-day, on-campus writing retreat provides a structured program to help progress your thesis and your writing skills. The retreat is scheduled at 10am-4pm, Tuesday 12 May. Lunch, coffee, tea, and snacks will be provided to fuel your productivity (nb. BYO coffee mug for tea and coffee). There will also be access to 1:1 consultations with a Graduate Research Development advisor.

A Writing Retreat aims to provide participants with an opportunity to break away from usual activities to focus solely on writing. So, you’ll need to make arrangements to participate for those hours.

For those of you who cannot come to campus, we are running an online writing retreat in parallel.

What to bring:

  • Laptop and power cord
  • Mug (if you want tea or coffee)
  • Water bottle
  • Seat cushion, headphones (optional)
  • A short, detailed writing plan to work on

 Registration closes 5pm Monday 11 May

Directions to venue: Meeting Room M4.02 is located on Level 4 of the Waranara Library. Please take the lift from the ground level to Level 4. When exit the lift, walk past the printing station, and you will see M4.02 on your left-hand side. 

Program:

Time

Activity

10:00 am – 10:10 am

Set up, welcome and writing warm-up

10:10 am – 12:20 pm

Quiet Writing (Break Reminder @11:30 am)

Consults available between 10:30 am – 12:00pm

12:20 pm – 12:30 pm

Yoga Activity

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

LUNCH (break from screen)

1:30 – 3:50 pm

Quiet Writing (Break Reminder @ 2:45pm)

Consults available between 1:30 – 3:30 pm

3:50 – 4:00 pm

Debrief and close

 

 
Attachments
Date: Tuesday 12 May 2026
Time: 10:00 AM to 04:00 PM
Audiences

Graduate Research Students
Venue(s): M4.02, Level 4, Waranara Library
Facilitator(s): Graduate Research Development Team
Enquiries: gr.development@mq.edu.au
Registration closes: Monday 11 May 2026 05:00 AM



Researcher Type
For GR candidates only
Year of Candidature (FTE)







Terms & Conditions

  1. Graduate Research students who register for this training event but do not attend will be reported to their Principal Supervisor and Faculty Liaison Coordinator, and may be restricted from participating in future graduate research training events.
  2. To cancel your registration, select 'unregister' in your registration confirmation or email the event enquiry contact as soon as possible.
  3. Your MQ ID number is the unique identifier for your registration and will not be disclosed.