Academic Writing Seminar Series

An annual schedule of webinars in which 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.

Writing is at the very heart of academic life.

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 2023-24

25 January 2024, 4 - 5 pm

Critical realism and academic writing: why theory matters for practice - Julia Molinari (The Open University)

29 February 2024, 4 - 5 pm

The transformative role of scaffolding in academic writing tutorials - Cathy Morand (UCL Academic Communication Centre)

21 March 2024, 4 - 5 pm

Writing as ‘passing’ and the role of generative AI - Helen Beetham

18 April 2024, 4 - 5 pm

Subject tutor feedback on student writing: Communicating qualities of ‘writtenness’ - Lena Grannell

23 May 2024, 4 - 5 pm

Multimodal and embodied approaches to writing for access and inclusion - Arlene Archer

13 June 2024, 4 - 5 pm

Collaboration and complicity: Influencing institutional power structures - Hannah Jones
- Video of the event
- Slides

Organiser

Contact the series organiser at writingseminar@ucl.ac.uk

Previous events

Academic writing and neurodiversity: Pedagogies for inclusion - Adrian Wallbank (Oxford Brookes)
A tool does not replace the craft - Mike Groves (Lingnan University) and Klaus Mundt (University of Nottingham)
Academic storytelling - Sarah Haas (University of Copenhagen and Ghent University)
Writing at postgraduate level: Showing, not saying, what you know - Jim McKinley (UCL IOE)
Examining L2 learners’ perceptions of their writing strategies on an intensive EAP course in the UK - Diana Mazgutova
The ear of the writer: a multidisciplinary perspective on academic writing - Dominic Wyse (UCL Institute of Education).
Conversations with multilingual international students - Victoria Odeniyi (University of the Arts).
Academic literacies as Praxis: forgoing a space in academic evaluation regimes - Theresa Lillis and Jackie Tuck (The Open University).
How we support academic writing on campus and online: a social processes approach - Rowena Murray (University of the West of Scotland).
Academic literacies and staff pedagogic development - Gillian Lazar (Middlesex University).
The political economy of English in a capitalist world-system - Professor John O'Regan (UCL Institute of Education).
Repositioning English for academic purposes (EAP): how to better connect language and disciplinary content knowledge - Bee Bond (University of Leeds).
Working with writing: understanding texts, writers and readers - Professor Ken Hyland (University of East Anglia).
Professionalising the Writing Tutor role through research-informed practice - led by a panel from Coventry University’s Centre for Academic Writing.
What can we do about academic integrity? - Dr Mary Davis (Oxford Brookes University).
Change and continuity in thesis and dissertation writing: The evolution of an academic genre - Professor Brian Paltridge (University of Sydney)

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