Please note that registering for one Power Hour session will give you access to all four sessions running throughout November for Academic Writing Month. There is no obligation to attend all four sessions, however.

The Power Hour of Writing (PHOW) fosters belonging through an online writing community. These AcWriMo (Academic Writing Month) Power Hours follow the model developed by Dr Stephanie Zihms and Claire Mackie. For full information about the Power Hour, including access to resources to support you in running your own Power Hour sessions, please see their website: Click here to view the PHOW website.

The PHOW supports academics and postgraduate research students in finding time, space, encouragement, and support to engage productively in academic writing. Research indicates that creating positive habits around academic writing (Sword, 2017; Jensen, 2017) and reducing feelings of isolation can help (Murray, 2015); the PHOW model promotes an environment where both of these factors can be addressed.

There are a number of benefits to the PHOW: it provides accountability (Jensen, 2017); it legitimises writing as part of academic life (Sword, 2017); it creates a supportive space where writing becomes a social practice (Murray, 2015). Follow-up research by Dr Stephanie Zihms and Claire Mackie (2020), supports these themes. This AcWriMo, we will adopt Claire and Stephanie’s approach, aiming to foster a sense of community and support around the time we protect for writing.

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