NCACE Independent Researcher Network Writing Retreat Day

The NCACE Independent Researcher Network is hosting a Writing Retreat Day for researchers working across higher education, and research engaged practitioners from the arts, cultural and community sectors.

This will be a calm, collegiate and supportive space to focus on a piece of writing that matters to you. That might be a research proposal, a funding bid, an academic article, a reflective blog, or something else you’ve been meaning to return to.

The day is designed to offer:

• protected time away from everyday distractions
• a gentle shared structure
• a sense of working alongside others, without pressure
• space for reflection
• opportunities for conversation and mutual encouragement

You’ll bring your own writing project and work at your own pace. There will be short moments to check in as a group, and plenty of uninterrupted time to write.

This is not about productivity for productivity’s sake. It’s about making space for thinking, for shaping ideas, and for being in the company of others who understand the realities of independent research and hybrid academic–creative practice.

Help shape the retreat

If you’re interested in coming along, you’re warmly invited to join the IRN meeting on 25 February, where we’ll co-design the day together – including format, rhythms, and what support would be most useful. Book here.

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