Course Writing Boot Camp for PhD Students

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ECTS: 2

Course leader: Stefan Iversen

Language: English

Graduate school: Faculty of Arts

Course fee: 0.00 DKK

Status: Course is open for application

Semester: Fall 2025

Application deadline: 06/10/2025

Cancellation deadline: 06/10/2025

Course type: Classroom teaching

Start date: 05/11/2025

Administrator: Andreas Mølgaard Laursen

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Course description

BECOME A MORE PRODUCTIVE AND JOYFUL WRITER

3 days writing boot camp for PhD students

Crafting compelling research requires more than just academic prowess—it demands a holistic approach that considers your emotions, mental well-being, and physical state. Our writing course embraces this philosophy, providing you with a transformative experience.

Discover 6 fundamental writing tools designed to elevate your writing practice. These tools collectively empower you to navigate the intricacies of academic writing, ensuring sustained success even after you return to your office.

By enrolling, you gain:

  • Writing tools that exponentially enhance your efficiency
  • 3 uninterrupted days dedicated solely to your writing
  • A conducive environment fostering a productive writing process
  • On-demand coaching sessions to overcome any writing obstacles
  • Networking opportunities with fellow researchers for valuable writing exchanges
  • Rediscovery of passion for your writing journey

Aim/Learning outcomes

  • The aim of the PhD-course, “Writing Bootcamp” is to strengthen the PhD-students’ writing practices. The course provides the students with tools and strategies to increase productivity and to create an energetic and motivated approach to the writing process. At the Boot Camp, the participants work with their own text and are introduced to different tools and strategies that they then test. During the course, the students receive feedback and coaching. Furthermore, the students are guided in making a plan for how to implement a good writing practice prospectively.

Target group/Participants

  • The course is for PhD-students, who are actively engaged in writing their thesis, whether chapters, articles, or “kappe”. Priority will be given to PhD-student who are inscribed at Arts, Literature and Cultural Studies, AU

Language 

  • English

Lecturers

  • Instructor is Jens Larsen, PhD-coach and co-founder of writeconcept.dk

Literature

  • To be distributed after the application deadline.

Venue

  • 5 November 2025. 09.00-16.00: Langelandsgade 141 , 8000 Aarhus C. Building 1586, room 114
  • 6 November 2025. 09.00-16.00: Langelandsgade 145 , 8000 Aarhus C. Building 1584, room 118
  • 7 November 2025. 09.00-16.00: Langelandsgade 145 , 8000 Aarhus C. Building 1584, room 212

Course dates:

  • 05 November 2025 09:00 - 16:00
  • 06 November 2025 09:00 - 16:00
  • 07 November 2025 09:00 - 16:00