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Monthly seminar series where speakers present research and innovations in practice, and reflect on personal and institutional experiences of academic writing.
The Academic Writing Centre (AWC) and the Academic Communication Centre (ACC) at the Centre for Languages and International Education (CLIE) are delighted to host the IOE Academic Writing Seminar Series.
Experts in the field from UCL and other higher education institutions will be invited to debate the practices and challenges faced by students and academics as writers, and the models and mechanisms of support for writing found within Higher Education in the UK and globally.
Schedule
Seminars take place on the last Thursday of the month and consist of a 30-minute talk followed by discussion.
These seminars are held on Zoom and are open to everyone.
Programme 2021-22
28 October 2021
The political economy of English in a capitalist world-system - Professor John O'Regan (UCL Institute of Education).
25 November 2021
- Repositioning English for academic purposes (EAP): how to better connect language and disciplinary content knowledge - Bee Bond (University of Leeds).
27 January 2021
- Working with writing: understanding texts, writers and readers - Professor Ken Hyland (University of East Anglia).
24 February 2022
- Professionalising the Writing Tutor role through research-informed practice - led by a panel from Coventry University’s Centre for Academic Writing.
31 March 2022
- What can we do about academic integrity? - Dr Mary Davis (Oxford Brookes University).
28 April 2022
- Change and continuity in thesis and dissertation writing: The evolution of an academic genre - Professor Brian Paltridge (University of Sydney)
Details of more upcoming seminars will be posted soon.
Organiser
Contact the series organiser at writingseminar@ucl.ac.uk