Project Lead: Miss Leah McCue, Skills Centre

To support postgraduate students with their academic writing, the team aims to launch peer-led writing cafés. These cafés will be friendly, supportive spaces where PG students can share best practice and learn more about academic writing. Each café will have a theme and different tables hosting (sub-theme) discussions. Possible tables include planning/ structuring ideas, finding sources, references/ citations, time management/ procrastination, and dealing with feedback. Each discussion group will be facilitated by a trained student Writing Guide. The cafés will work in tandem with our academic writing circles, where students will attend the cafés to learn how to best approach their work, go away and draft the writing, and then come to an Academic Writing Circle with their assignment. As a welcoming, peer-led space, the cafés will also help to create a greater sense of community across different PG courses. Student will be able to learn from each other, sharing best practice and meeting new people.

Project outcomes due Autumn 2025