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[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Headline_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] How did I get from a Ph.D on the hermeneutics of Paul Ricœur and Max Weber to scheduling BBC One on a Saturday night or running tech businesses? I spent roughly ten years as a researcher and writer, ten at the BBC, ten running businesses, and in the last part of my career…
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Headline_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] I want to call attention to two myths which concern the employment of English graduates. The first concerns their supposedly forlorn chances in the job market, the second concerns how we imagine our relations with wider society and the economy. The idea that English graduates are derelicts in employment is annoyingly persistent.…
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Headline_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] I am sure I am not the only academic who experiences discomfort when asked – at University functions, social events and even conferences – ‘So, what’s your field? What do youdo?’. At best the question invites answers which feel inadequate to all concerned; at worst it requires us to tie our thinking to…
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Headline_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Jenny invited me to speak because of my unusual background. I’m not entirely sure how unusual it is, particularly in current company. Although I currently have a degree, MA and doctorate in English Literature, before embarking on the Humanities train, I did a professional course — I think roughly equivalent to a higher…
English in the World 1: From the Outside 18 January 2019 There has never been a more exciting time to reach out beyond disciplinary boundaries, to discover new ways of working, and to enrich teaching and learning through partnerships both inside and outside Higher Education. Many of us have been working in this way for…
Preparing our students for their futures is a key aspect of the role of contemporary degree courses.
New Aspects of A Level English 3 October 2015 The reform of Key Stage 5 English has been a protracted and at times frustrating business. Doubtless the newly accredited specifications will not have satisfied everyone’s expectations, yet there is plenty in them to engage and inspire sixth-form students and teachers alike. Organised by our University Admissions and…
New Aspects of A Level English 24 March 2015 Organised by the English Association and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Designed for A Level students working on King Lear or The Tempest, this revision day will build upon and develop work that has been done in class, and will address: helping students appreciate the relation of their play to Shakespeare’s other…
Writing about the First World War for Children 14 April 2014 How do you write about the First World War for younger readers? This is the question we asked ourselves as we discussed how to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the war. So we asked four authors who have written about the war…