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Study Club: Be Productive & Make Connections

Study Club: Be Productive & Make Connections In-Person

Welcome to Study Club, a place to be productive towards a writing, revising or study goal and make connections with peers. This flexible study session is a pilot event, designed for students with students, and facilitated by Libraries & Collections. If you struggle with distractions and procrastination, or just need some peers to body double with, or feel accountable to then Study Club is designed for you.

How Does Study Club Work?

For our pilot session we will use the following structure:

  • Choose your study goal prior to the session. It can be as simple as writing or reading continuously for the duration of the session.

Welcomes (10 minutes)

  • The facilitator will welcome participants into the room and explain how the session will work.
  • The facilitator will share what their own study goals are for the session, and offer participants space to share their goals verbally or on post-its, for anyone who finds it helpful to have external accountability.
  • You can also choose to keep your study goals to yourself. Whatever works best for you.

Study (50 minutes)

  • We will then study for 50 minutes.
  • Study can be writing, editing, revising, reading.
  • We will keep distractions to a minimum by working in silence and remaining seated as much as possible.
  • If you're into using white noise, ambient music etc. while studying that's great, just ensure you use headphones at a volume not audible to others.

Break (10 minutes)

  • We will then take a 10 minute break
  • This is a chance to move around, leave the room, get a coffee or tea (provided by us) etc.
  • You can chat or not chat; participants will wear interaction badges to make their preferences clear to each other.

Study (50 minutes)

  • We will then study for another 50 minutes.

Wrap up (10 minutes)

  • The facilitator will then wrap up the session by sharing how they got on, offering others space to do the same, or not as they choose.

The room will be available after the session should you wish to stay and study longer.

Frequently Asked Questions

Click on the FAQs below, or contact the organsier if you have additional questions.

Of course! We are aware of similar clubs for postgraduate students so we hope undergraduates in particular will benefit, but we are open to all.
We have tried to create a space where different levels of interaction are possible so if you don't feel like talking that's absolutely fine. We will use interaction badges to make this clear to others.
For this event we ask that you work individually, although you are welcome to bring a friend and interact during the break. We hope to introduce small group sessions in future.
You can bring a laptop, device or notebook. Make sure your devices are fully charged as plugging in may be a distraction. Laptops and stationery are available for borrowing in the library. We will provide tea, coffee, biscuits and water.
If one round of study is enough for you, or if you have somewhere to be that's fine. There are limited spaces so we would ask that you are at least able to stay for the first hour.
Yes, you can find a guide on AccessAble here. We would advise arriving a little early if you haven't visited before and so we can find the best space for you in the room. G.13 is just past the entrance foyer, an accessible toilet is along the same corridor.
We aim to, please contact the organiser if you have specific questions.
Date:
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Time:
10:30 - 12:40
Time Zone:
UK, Ireland, Lisbon Time (change)
Location:
Room G.13, Maughan Library
Campus:
Strand Campus
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