Working on your thesis or IRP? Come to the Thesis Writers’ Room!

If you are finding it difficult to concentrate on writing your thesis or Individual Research Project, attending our sessions might help. Library Services staff will be running a Thesis Writers’ Room twice a week between June and August.

It’s a dedicated space for you to research and write alongside other students, which:

• Provides a study routine and structured time, working in time blocks with short breaks
• Helps you set and achieve writing goals so you can see immediate progress
• Minimises distractions as you are in a semi-controlled, focused environment
• Encourages your productivity, prevents procrastination and creates good writing habits
• Reduces the isolation and overwhelm you sometimes feel when you are working on an individual project.

Staff will be there to provide structure to the session, and to maintain a quiet environment during each writing block. They are not intending to provide any library-related support though you are welcome to ask quick questions which can be taken outside so other students aren’t disturbed.

Everyone is welcome to attend as many sessions as they would like, no matter what you are working on, and no booking is required.

• When?: Every Monday from 2-4pm and every Friday from 9.30-11.30am, starting Monday 2 June until the end of August.
• Where?: LR31, Building 122, Cranfield campus.

All we ask is that you:

• Arrive on time
• Come with an idea of what you want to have achieved by the end of the session – eg, a word count or a certain number of paragraphs
• Leave during a scheduled break if you need to, to minimise disruption

If you are unable to attend in person, but are interested in attending a session like this online, you are welcome to join the Shut Up and Write sessions.

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