Conferences
Presentations will be given by staff from Liverpool Hope and London Metropolitan universities at the following events:
"Academic Writing and Beyond in Multicultural Societies"
Israel Forum for Academic Writing International Conference, 28-29 July 2010, at the MOFET Institute, Tel Aviv.
- An exploration of a formative referencing intervention - Rebecca Westrup and Wendy Smeets
12th International Conference of the EARLI Special Interest Group on Writing, 8-10 September 2010, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Investigating the impact of peer writing tutorials on student achievement (submitted as a paper presentation) - Savita Bakhshi, Kathy Harrington and Peter O’Neill
- Writing Narratives: Possibilities for developing students' autonomy and academic participation in essay writing, Becca Westrup.
Previous conferences
“(Re) Thinking and (Re) Situating the Writing Center and WAC connection in Europe and Beyond”
7th European Writing Center Association (EWCA) conference, 24 –28 May 2010 at the American University in Paris
- Writing Centre data: a means towards curriculum-based writing solutions - Julian Brasington and Wendy Smeets (Liverpool Hope)
- Writing programme design consultancy: Collaborations between departmental staff and the writing centre - Wendy Smeets (Liverpool Hope)
- Researching the role of the Writing Centre in promoting “Writing in the Disciplines” in UK Higher Education – Panel presentation – Dr Peter O’Neill, Dr Kathy Harrington, Roger Gossett, Debbie Holley and Rosemary Stott (London Metropolitan)
- Using wikis in training and to support reflective practice in the Writing Centre - Dr Kathy Harrington, Dr Peter O’Neill, Savita Bakhshi, Lynn Reynolds and a number of writing mentors (London Metropolitan).
“Challenging the curriculum: exploring discipline boundaries in art, design and media“
5th Centre for Learning & Teaching in Art & Design (CLTAD) international conference, 12-13 April 2010 in Berlin
- Writing design
- The implications of widening participation research in art and design for higher education practitioners - both presentations by Dr Dipti Bhagat and Dr Peter O’Neill (London Metropolitan)
“Unwritten and Rewritten: Spaces for International Dialogue and Higher Education Writing Research, Part I"
Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), 17–20 March 2010, Louisville, Kentucky
- Negotiating academic identities: students’ experiences of academic writing in an era of internationalisation of higher education - Melanie Brinkschulte (Göttingen University) and Peter O’Neill (London Metropolitan)
