M@D start up academic writing sessions

Massey at Distance are starting up academic writing sessions for Semester 2, held on Tuesday evenings and Wednesdays at midday. M@D Co-Presidents, Jacalyn Clare and Jax Watt, say they’ve had positive engagement with their Monday study support, and based off this, they’d made the decision to begin the writing sessions, based off a similar system to the one held by the Massey University Anthropology Department.  

They say, “[S]tudents are invited to sit in the Zoom room with cameras on and [mics] off. If students look to be straying away, they’ll be sent a friendly reminder to focus on their work. It will be a virtual space for students to join in with others doing similar. This is to help students to feel more connected to the Massey community, and less alone in the studies they are doing.” They note that these sessions are in addition to the Co-Presidents Virtual Open Office. If you need a friendly nudge to complete that essay you’ve been procrastinating, this might just be your chance. Or, at the very least, to flirt with that cute boy in your comms class. Either works!