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 – 10:00 |
Registrations & Refreshments |
| 10:00 – 10:20 |
Welcome, Opening Remarks & Vision for Society & Culture Spotlight |
| 10:20 – 11:05 |
Creative writing workshop - Cindy Smith |
| 11:05 – 11:15 |
Comfort Break |
| 11:20 – 12:00 |
Creative writing workshop - Cindy Smith |
| 12:00 – 12:30 |
Winner Announced & Final Remarks |
| 12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch |
: Professional Writer – 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 – 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.
Registration is now closed. If you would like to attend this event please contact r.philippou@warwick.ac.uk
If you have any queries around the event, please contact idresearch@warwick.ac.uk.