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Show Up and Write! [Tues] Weekly online co-writing session

Description:

Lock in Locked some focused writing time on your thesis! 

All you have to do is Show-up and write!

Join some fellow research students and use your virtual co-presence to help focus, motivate, and commit to solid writing periods. 

Whether in person or via a video call, having others visibly present helps model the behaviour that we want to ourselves to do. Social presence also provides gentle accountability. 

How it works:

  • Say hi at the start, and if you like, share a writing goal that you're working on. Then simply start writing. 
  • Keep your microphone off, but if it's ok, leave your camera on so that others can benefit from your presence, too.

We've currently set this session for every Tuesday 10am-12pm, Sydney time, and are trialling these times for February. See Saturdays for a second weekly session.

To join the session, follow this link

Note. This session is not supervised by staff and is student-led. You will need to log in using your MQ log in. 

Students are expected to respect the work of other students, and carry themselves in a way that is consisten with the Macquarie Student Charter. Any unwelcome behvaiour will be followed up by staff and reported for investigation. 

This is the final session of a test period for these co-writing meetings. We'd love to hear your feedback of how they went - and if you'd like to see the sessions at other times, or other adjustments to how they run.

Please email gr.experience@mq.edu.au OR simply post in the MQ Graduate Researchers Online (Join the group here).

Attachments
Date: Tuesday 03 March 2026
Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Audiences

Graduate Research Students

Venue(s): Online
Facilitator(s): Dr Andrew Dunstall
Enquiries: gr.experience@mq.edu.au
Registration closes: Tuesday 03 March 2026 10:00 AM
Registration for this workshop is not open.