Dr Peter O'Neill, Writing Specialist
London Metropolitan University
Tel: 020 7320 1086
E-mail: peter.oneill@londonmet.ac.uk
My role is to offer specialised writing provision for staff and students at London Metropolitan University. I work with staff who are interested in “writing in the disciplines,” helping them to develop effective techniques for teaching writing within existing academic modules and to incorporate “writing to learn” activities within their courses. One-to-one consultations and workshops are available for staff who wish to work with us.
My work with students involves overseeing the operations of the London Metropolitan Writing Centre. I am available to meet undergraduates and postgraduates for tutorials and I am responsible for the running of the undergraduate Writing Mentor scheme at London Metropolitan. I am also responsible for the various workshops and writing groups organised by the Writing Centre.
I am involved in various research activities involving the Writing Centre. In particular, I have long-standing interests in ancient Rhetoric which I hope to explore from a more practical standpoint.
Publications
Journal articles
- O’Neill, P. (2008). Using Peer Writing Fellows in British Universities: Complexities and Possibilities. In Brad Hughes and Emily B. Hall (Eds.), Rewriting Across the Curriculum: Writing Fellows as Agents of Change in WAC. Across the Disciplines special edition.
- Harrington, K., O’Neill, P., & Bakhshi, S. (2007) Writing Mentors and the Writing Centre: producing integrated disciplinary writers. Investigations in university teaching and learning, London Metropolitan University.
- O’Neill, P. (2003). Going Round in Circles: Popular Speech in Ancient Rome. Classical Antiquity 22, pp.135-66.
Conference papers
- Harrington, K., O’Neill, P., & Bakhshi, S. (2008). The Writing Centre Abroad: Researching its Efficacy in the UK. Paper presented at 3rd International Santa Barbara Conference on Writing Research: Writing Research Across Borders, University of California, Santa Barbara, 22-24 February 2008.
- O’Neill, P., Harrington, K., & Bakhshi, S. (2007). The London Metropolitan University Writing Centre: Helping Students to Become Integrated Disciplinary Writers. Presented at the iPED Conference: Researching Academic Futures, 10-11 September 2007.
- Harrington, K., O’Neill, P. & Reynolds, L. (2007). Using wikis and blogs to support writing development: the online evolving essay project. Presented at the iPED Conference: Researching Academic Futures, 10-11 September 2007.
- Harrington, K., O’Neill, P., & Bakhshi, S. (2007). The London Metropolitan University Writing Centre: Helping Students to Become Integrated Disciplinary Writers. Presented at the London Metropolitan University Annual Learning and Teaching Conference: Enhancing the Student Learning Experience, 10 July 2007.
- Harrington, K., O’Neill, P. & Bakhshi, S. (2007). Writing Mentors and the Writing Centre: Producing Integrated Disciplinary Writers. Paper presented at the LearnHigher and Write Now CETLs Research Symposium: Keys to Understanding Student Learning and Writing, Liverpool Hope University, 26 June 2007.
Work in preparation
- Harrington, K., O’Neill, P., & Bakhshi, S. (chapter in progress). The Writing Centre abroad: researching its efficacy in the UK.
- Harrington, K., O’Neill, P. & Reynolds, L. (article in progress). Using wikis and blogs to support writing development: the online evolving essay project.
- O'Neill, P., Harrington, K. & Bakhshi, S. (chapter in progress). Producing confident disciplinary writers: the evaluation of a student writing mentor programme in the UK.
Book Project
I am also co-editing a book with Dr Mary Deane of Coventry University’s Centre for Academic Writing on Writing in the UK Disciplines.