Writing marathon
1 week : 5 days : 42.19 hours
Did you already launch into the final spurt of writing your bachelor’s or master’s thesis?
Students at the University of Vienna writing their papers/theses are offered a (Moodle) room, structure and a productive exchange.
Participants in the writing marathon are offered:
- a room that enables fully focused working;
- A clear weekly structure
- individual consultations on academic writing and working;
- Feedback on texts
- Workshops in small groups
- exchange on methods;
- and not least, fun and motivation!
You can choose between a German-language and an English-language group. When registering, please indicate which group you would like to participate in.
Prerequisites for participation
... for bachelor's students
- You are attending a bachelor’s seminar.
- You have found a topic, and it has been approved/registered and narrowed down.
- You have extensively read up on the topic.
- You are able to attend punctually and participate in the entire marathon on every day for one week.
... for master's students and graduands
- You have extensively read up on the topic.
- Your topic has been registered, and you have recently met your supervisor or have scheduled a meeting before the writing marathon.
- You are able to attend punctually and participate in the entire marathon on every day for one week.
Registration starts in December
Dates
February | 10.-14.2.2025 | daily from 09:00-16:30 | Student Space 1, NIG, 7th Floor, Universitätsstraße 7 |
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February (in the evening) | 10.-14.2.2025 | daily from 17:00-21:30 | Student Space 1, NIG, 7th Floor, Universitätsstraße 7 |
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To note: If necessary, you can put your name on the waiting list. If there are any remaining places, you will be informed at short notice.
Registration
E-mail to: peerpoint.ctl@univie.ac.at
Subject: Writing marathon [MONTH + DAY/EVENING]
Please let us know the following in the registration email:
- Name
- student ID ("Matrikelnummer")
- Topic and (if available) research question
- Name of the supervisor (or name of the head of the bachelor seminar)
- Study programme and study code ("Studienkennzahl")
- Group preference: German, English, any (note: whether an English group is formed depends on the number of registrations)
- Do you want to write in the day OR evening session?
- Where are you in the writing process?
Here’s what participants in the writing marathon are saying:
So far, only good things. We asked the participants of a writing marathon group for testimonials .
One participant reports on his experiences at the marathon in the blog post Mit "Peer-Pressure" gegen Prokrastination (in German). Worth reading!
Contact
Contact Person for directors of studies (SPL): Klara Dreo
Contact via: klara.dreo@univie.ac.at
For students: peerpoint.ctl@univie.ac.at
The framework of the writing marathon has been drawn up by Dagmar Knorr, who organised the first 42:19-hour writing stint within one week at Universität Hamburg.