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We all need time to write, whether we are working on a book, article, funding bid, or blog. In response to this need, writing retreats throughout the academic year have become a popular and important strand of the Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities' programme of events.

This special two-day on-campus event will take place on:

• Thursday 8 Jan 2026 in Arts A108 from 9.30am-4pm 
• Friday 9 Jan 2026 in Silverstone SB302 from 9.30am-4pm

A lovely lunch and refreshments will be provided on Day 1, refreshments and snacks on Day 2. 

**For catering purposes please sign up via TicketTailor using your Sussex email address for one or both days by 18 December 2025**

After this date you are still very welcome to sign up for the Retreat, but please bring your own lunch provisions and refreshments.

It will be an informal opportunity for faculty and PGRs to prioritise their writing and initiate a productive semester of research. Offering a flexible, unpressured approach to communal and/or individual writing, it is open to all career stages and types of research and affirms the Faculty’s commitment to supporting all faculty and PGRs with their writing.

Schedule: 

9.30 Arrive, get settled, tea/coffee

9.40 Introductions, writing warm up, setting goals, planning.

10.00 Writing

11.15 Break and review

11.30 Writing

12.45 Lunch

13. 30 Writing

14.30 Break

14.45 Writing

15.45 Reflection/feedback

16.00 Close

If you are interested in being added to a mailing list for our weekly and other writing retreat events please email mah-research@sussex.ac.uk with the heading WRITING RETREAT UPDATES.

This event is open to faculty and PGRs in the University of Sussex's Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities.

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Posted on behalf of: Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities
Last updated: Wednesday, 5 November 2025