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Creative Writing and Part-Time Teaching: No longer just an apprenticeship?
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City: Cardiff
Venue:
Cardiff University, Room 2.50 Humanities Building, Colum Dr., CF10 3EU
Date:
22 Jan 09
Time:
10:00
Last Date for registration:
14 Jan 09
Event Overview:
Keynote speaker: Maggie Butt (Read the print version of this presentation in our magazine, WordPlay, (Issue 1, April 2009).
Gone are the days when part-time teaching was seen as a kind of apprenticeship, a stepping stone between postgraduate research and a full-time university contract. Today, the part-time condition is much more varied and complex, and as the number of creative writing courses continues to rise, so does the proportion of teaching being undertaken by those on a range of fractional and part-time contracts.
This one-day workshop, organised by The English Subject Centre, in collaboration with the National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE) and Cardiff University was for staff who teach Creative Writing in higher education on a part-time basis and for those responsible for supporting part-time teachers within their departments or institutions. The day provided an opportunity to reflect on the challenges of balancing Creative Writing with part-time teaching and to share ideas and experiences for developing teaching practice. We discussed how best we can raise the status of part-time teaching and explore formal and informal mechanisms for supporting part-time teaching staff and ensuring their full involvement in the life of the department and institution.
The emphasis of the day, with its mix of small group discussions and panel sessions, was on informal networking and exchange. We hope that our discussions will help develop and inform English Subject Centre work in this area.
Keynote speaker: Maggie Butt (Read the print version of this presentation in our magazine, WordPlay, (Issue 1, April 2009).
Gone are the days when part-time teaching was seen as a kind of apprenticeship, a stepping stone between postgraduate research and a full-time university contract. Today, the part-time condition is much more varied and complex, and as the number of creative writing courses continues to rise, so does the proportion of teaching being undertaken by those on a range of fractional and part-time contracts.
This one-day workshop, organised by The English Subject Centre, in collaboration with the National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE) and Cardiff University was for staff who teach Creative Writing in higher education on a part-time basis and for those responsible for supporting part-time teachers within their departments or institutions. The day provided an opportunity to reflect on the challenges of balancing Creative Writing with part-time teaching and to share ideas and experiences for developing teaching practice. We discussed how best we can raise the status of part-time teaching and explore formal and informal mechanisms for supporting part-time teaching staff and ensuring their full involvement in the life of the department and institution.
The emphasis of the day, with its mix of small group discussions and panel sessions, was on informal networking and exchange. We hope that our discussions will help develop and inform English Subject Centre work in this area.
Programme: (subject to alteration)
| Time | Theme/Session |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | Coffee and Registration |
| 10:25 | Welcome Moving Forward with Part-time Teaching Nicole King (English Subject Centre) |
| 10:30 | Keynote Address Keeping Your Balance Maggie Butt (Middlesex University and NAWE) |
| 11:30 | Small Group Discussions Being a Better Part-time Teacher |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Feedback from Small Group Discussions |
| 14:00 | Panel Discussion What does it mean to be a creative writer and a part-time teacher in 2009? Phil Morris; Lisa Samson; Georgina Lock, Nottingham Trent U.; Wayne Price, Kings College, U. Aberdeen (Presentation) |
| 15:15 | Coffee & Tea |
| 15:30 | Plenary 5 Ways to Raise the Status of Part-time Teaching |
| 16:00 | Close |
Additional Materials:
- Abstracts
- Description: These are the original abstracts submitted by each presenter on the afternoon panel
