CLE Writing Retreat 2015: 8-10 April 2015: Hitchin Priory
dc.contributor.author | Mathew, David | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-03T09:10:09Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-03T09:10:09Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2015-07 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Mathew, D. (2015) 'CLE Writing Retreat 2015: 8-10 April 2015: Hitchin Priory' Journal of pedagogic development 5 (2) 76 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2047-3265 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10547/558807 | en |
dc.description.abstract | The Writing Retreat process began in 2009 when the first retreat was held at Streatley, Oxfordshire. This retreat and that held at Highgate Hall in Northants in 2010 were organised by the University's Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning to produce two internally published books charting different departmental perspectives on the significant curriculum changes introduced during that time. Since 2011 and up to the current event, Writing Retreats have had a different purpose: to produce individually authored articles for externally published academic journals. The three‐day Writing Retreat is the end of a nine‐month, fully supported process. Calls for expressions of interest go out in July, and participants must then pass certain milestones by specific dates. (For example, the abstract must be submitted by a certain date; a first draft must be completed by a certain date.) By adhering to these milestone dates we are able to keep a check on the numbers who apply, but it also serves the function of ensuring that everyone is aware of his or her own target when it comes to the event itself. The Writing Retreat objective forms part of the CLE’s strategy to support the University's ethos of scholarship by encouraging academic writing for publication. Writing Retreats allow particpants the opportunity to dedicate time and concentration to a specific piece of writing with the support of their colleagues. By taking the colleague away from his or her more customary work patterns and rhythms of the working week, the Writing Retreat provides space to focus. Although the three days are busy with activities, workshops and tasks, the focus is very much on completing the paper in question. | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Bedfordshire | en |
dc.relation.url | https://journals.beds.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/jpd/article/view/173/252 | en |
dc.subject | W830 Prose Writing | en |
dc.subject | writing | en |
dc.subject | academic writing | en |
dc.subject | writing retreats | en |
dc.title | CLE Writing Retreat 2015: 8-10 April 2015: Hitchin Priory | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.contributor.department | University of Bedfordshire | en |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of pedagogic development | en |
html.description.abstract | The Writing Retreat process began in 2009 when the first retreat was held at Streatley, Oxfordshire. This retreat and that held at Highgate Hall in Northants in 2010 were organised by the University's Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning to produce two internally published books charting different departmental perspectives on the significant curriculum changes introduced during that time. Since 2011 and up to the current event, Writing Retreats have had a different purpose: to produce individually authored articles for externally published academic journals. The three‐day Writing Retreat is the end of a nine‐month, fully supported process. Calls for expressions of interest go out in July, and participants must then pass certain milestones by specific dates. (For example, the abstract must be submitted by a certain date; a first draft must be completed by a certain date.) By adhering to these milestone dates we are able to keep a check on the numbers who apply, but it also serves the function of ensuring that everyone is aware of his or her own target when it comes to the event itself. The Writing Retreat objective forms part of the CLE’s strategy to support the University's ethos of scholarship by encouraging academic writing for publication. Writing Retreats allow particpants the opportunity to dedicate time and concentration to a specific piece of writing with the support of their colleagues. By taking the colleague away from his or her more customary work patterns and rhythms of the working week, the Writing Retreat provides space to focus. Although the three days are busy with activities, workshops and tasks, the focus is very much on completing the paper in question. |