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Early Career Network: The Journey from Writing to Publishing

28 March 2025, 10:00 am–4:00 pm

British Academy ECRN bag hanging on a chair

Learn about academic publishing from Professor Lesley Gourlay and get some writing done.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Institute of Advanced Studies

Location

IAS Common Ground
G11, ground floor, South Wing
UCL, Gower St, London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom

Please note that in order to book a ticket to attend this event you must be a member of the British Academy Early Career Researcher Network, unless you have been invited directly by one of the event organisers.

To find out if you are eligible to join the Network, if you are not already a member, please see the British Academy website for more information on eligibility and how to sign up. Any questions, please email ecr_network@thebritishacademy.ac.uk

Feeling daunted by the ‘publish or perish’ discourse in Higher Education? Building on our previous writing events, this event will combine a writing retreat with input from Professor Lesley Gourlay (UCL Institute of Education), a highly productive researcher and author in the field of education.

Lesley will share her experiences with writing and publishing to help you develop strategies for making time for research and publishing alongside other responsibilities. This session will also have dedicated time for peer coaching and planning to ensure that you come away with implementable strategies to help you navigate the journey from writing to publishing in academia

SCHEDULE

10:00-10:15 Coffee and networking
10:15-10:45 Guided goal setting 
10:45-11:45 Writing block
11:45-12:00 Break
12:00-13:00 Lesley Gourlay about her own experience with publishing and writing
13:00-14:00 Lunch (catered)
14:00-14:30 Reflection on your own writing and publishing experiences and practices (also building on goals set earlier in the day)
14:30-15:00 Peer coaching (talk to a peer about their own experiences using a coaching technique to help discuss and identify barriers/solutions)
15:00-16:00 Make achievable goals and reflect on some of the key factors that could be barriers or motivators for their academic writing and publishing.

Please register to attend: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/earlycareerresearchernetwork/1604496

Join an ECR network

Register with the British Academy Early Career Researcher Network (London Cluster), which brings together postdoctoral ECRs across the humanities and social sciences disciplines.

Read more about the IAS Early Career Network, which brings together and supports early-career academics working in arts, humanities and social sciences (UCL ONLY)