Peer Feedback Workshops (open to all year groups)

January, 26 & 28th

Zoom sessions 1000-11.30 each day plus a 45-minute session at the end of the day.

Course tutors will arrange a tutorial directly with the student in the days between the sessions.

Getting cogent feedback on your work before showing it to your supervisor can be a real struggle. So how do you sidestep the impulse towards perfectionism, and then set about acquiring, directing and harnessing peer feedback?

This workshop offers you a working model of how to write regularly without becoming paralysed by anxiety or perfectionism. You will then be introduced to a three-step process for giving feedback, which you will be able to practise in groups, using anonymised writing samples as well as your own work-in-progress. You’ll be given the opportunity to set up your own ‘Writing Coaching Groups’ that follow a tried and tested etiquette.

You will need to bring a 1,500-word writing sample from a chapter you are currently drafting and a short example (2-3 paragraphs) of non-academic writing you admire.

This online workshop will be delivered using Zoom and is limited to 10 students. One facilitator will deliver content spread over two days. This will include 2 x core 90-minute sessions, set exercises in the intervening period, and 2 x 30-minute check-in sessions. Each student will also be offered an individual tutorial.