PGR/ECR Writing Competition Celebration Event
Date: Monday 22nd June 2026
Time: 09:30 - 12:30 / Lunch 12.30 - 1.00
Location: Oculus Building - OC0.01
Aim of the event:
For the event, we aim to showcase our first PGR & ECR Writing Competition, present the work which our Research Assistants have completed and we hope to bring together a new network for the Society & Culture Interdisciplinary Research Spotlight.
Draft agenda:
| 09:30 鈥� 10:00 |
Registrations & Refreshments |
| 10:00 鈥� 10:20 |
Welcome, Opening Remarks & Vision for Society & Culture Spotlight |
| 10:20 鈥� 11:05 |
Creative writing workshop - Cindy Smith |
| 11:05 鈥� 11:15 |
Comfort Break |
| 11:20 鈥� 12:00 |
Creative writing workshop - Cindy Smith |
| 12:00 鈥� 12:30 |
Winner Announced & Final Remarks |
| 12:30 鈥� 13:30 |
Lunch |
: Professional Writer 鈥� Geneva based
Following a corporate career in London, and a move to Geneva, Cindy retrained with the Publishing Training Centre, and has for the past eight years worked as a proof reader for various UN organizations, including the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, and more recently, the International Telecommunication Union. She has also worked as a freelancer for a gender equity consultancy in London providing services in proofreading, copyediting and ghost-writing. She is trained in technical writing, fiction and creative non-fiction. Whatever the style of writing, storytelling - and how we narrate our human history 鈥� is what interests Cindy most. She regularly hosts peer-based writing workshops in Geneva, and her passion is to help others bring their written work to life.
- Professional accreditation and training: The Publishing Training Centre, the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading, Cambridge University, Arvon and Fish Publishing.
If you have any queries around the event, please contact idresearch@warwick.ac.uk.