Group learning initiatives

Macquarie University hosts several Research Writing Groups (RWG) for Higher Degree by Research (HDR) candidates of different interests and levels of experience.

Participating in a RWG is an excellent way to:

  • improve your academic literacy
  • increase your ability to read critically and peer review
  • keep motivated in your research writing.

Each RWG is tailored to the needs of its members in terms of meeting frequency and duration, and group size and composition. RWGs are facilitated initially by an HDR Learning Advisor, and later become self-sustaining. Participants of writing groups should be courteous, constructive and respectful in their feedback.

If you’d like to start or join a RWG with other HDR candidates in your department, email hdrlearningskills@mq.edu.au.

If you’re interested in joining an existing Research Writing Group, please look through the list below to find an appropriate group.

  • Science RWG (Zoom): Tuesdays 3pm – 4pm
  • Computing RWG (Face to Face and Zoom): Mondays 2pm – 3pm
  • Humanities RWGs 1 and 2 (Zoom): Wednesdays 11am – 1pm
  • Macquarie Business School RWG1 (Zoom): Wednesdays 2pm – 3pm (currently full)
  • Macquarie Business School RWG2 (Zoom): Wednesdays 3.30pm – 4.30pm (currently full)
  • Macquarie Business School RWG 3 (Zoom): Thursdays 4pm – 5pm (currently full)

More Humanities and Social Science groups will be offered in Semester 2, 2021.

To join one of these groups, email hdrlearningskills@mq.edu.au with “Request to join a research writing group” as the subject line, and specify which group you’d like to join in the body of your email.

If you’re interested in convening your own RWG and would like to add your group details to this unit or put out a call for fellow HDR candidates, email hdrlearningskills@mq.edu.au.

If you wish to create an off-campus online RWG, you should access our RWG toolkit to help you setup and maintain your RWG, and read the information about HDR accountability groups.