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• First off, what the hell is Scholar Square anyway?
• Okay, I get it, it’s a community for scholars that’s been around for a year. But what did you guys actually do?

So, what’s Scholar Square going to be doing this year?

We learnt a lot last year! About community, scholarship, scholarship AS community, what it means to be scholars who belong to community, participate in community, and actually BECOME a community.

• But we also learnt a lot of things NOT to do.

So after a year of trying things, getting some things right, getting other things horrifically wrong, and learning what people actually need from a scholarly community, we’ve got a much better idea for what we’re going to be doing in Year Two of Scholar Square :’)

It is with these lessons in mind, learnt from year one of our existence, that we have built and now publicly announcing the program for 2026-2027.

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In this document, you will therefore find what we’ve got planned for Scholar Square Year Two.

So go on, read along and see what you might want to be part of. If you see something that you think, ‘okay, this actually sounds quite fun’, good news:

for our anniversary month of September, we’re reopening the Founding Scholar Membership at $10/month instead of $16/month.

But maybe you might want to have a look around the program first!

You can also take a look at all that we did last year by clicking on the page below:

Year One of Scholar Square

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• In/Dependent Scholars Accountability Group

This group will continue from the first iteration that was started back in June where members decided to set a goal for themselves to achieve in three months.

Continuing this tradition, the group will operate through three-month cycles.

• At the beginning of each cycle, members will establish their goals and priorities for the coming months. Scholar’s will fill out their goals and plans for achieving their goals in a shared Notion Dashboard.
• Weekly meetings will then provide a regular space to report progress, work through difficulties, recalibrate plans, and support one another in continuing our scholarly work.
• The aim is not necessarily to achieve the goal. Small progress is always a huge win! Goals can change!

The only thing ‘new’ about this group is that it will no longer be just for ‘independent’ scholars. Scholars affiliated to universities are also welcome to join!

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The next three-month cycle will begin on September 16, 2026 and end on December 16, 2026.

Join Scholar Square now to make sure you don’t miss out on the first goal-setting week of the cycle. Make use of the discounted membership plan we’re running for our one-year anniversary at $16 $10/month: click here.

The weekly meetings take place every Wednesday at:

4pm BST

5pm CEST

8:30pm IST

11am EDT

8am PDT

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• Parlour Sessions