False economies - why cutting SHAPE courses is bad for HE and bad for the country | Wonkhe wonkhe.com/blogs/false-ec…

Wonkhe Northumbria Uni Great piece on the necessity of SHAPE subjects for a healthy society and HE sector. See universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreates/ for a University English campaign to promote our subject and do some necessary myth-busting. All resources are free to use and share widely

So important.
My quondam students are opera singers & directors, computer specialists, teachers, lawyers, investment bankers, academics, publishers & literary agents, playwrights, poets, advertising execs and many many others. Reading English helped them develop vital skills!

For the full report on Prof Cathy Shrank 🕷️ #ImmodestWoman project and all the students' thoughts visit englishassociation.ac.uk/skills-for-the…

What students studying English, from GCSE to PhD, say. Here are some of the slides from my talk at University English yesterday, sharing the working of Prof Cathy Shrank 🕷️ #ImmodestWoman and English Association 🧵

Wonderful examples of collaboration, creativity, and care for the public, for the discipline, our students, and our colleagues. Excellent way to end an inspiring two days of #UEAGM2023 Thanks to all our generous and insightful speakers

Many congratulations to all the exceptional writers and scholars on our book prize short-list
Noreen Masud Doug Battersby
Robert Stagg Natalie Ferris
Alison Knight
We're delighted to announce that the prize this year goes to Noreen's Stevie Smith and the Aphorism: Hard Language

Absolutely

'English is a good host discipline for interdisciplinary work' - Samantha Walton (Bath Spa)

Superb last panel on 'Research Opportunities and Challenges in post-92 English' concentrates on impact case studies, applying English to big linguistic data sets, Christina Rossetti and creative writing workshops for carers, and English's contribution to environmental humanities

Robert Eaglestone on English - a challenge to and for education, makes meaning AND knowledge, creates a space for thought AND emotion, has excitingly unpredictable outcomes, values students bringing their own experiences to texts and into the classroom

Keynote lecture recognises exemplary, generous, brave response by Corinne Fowler to responses to her work. Dialogue, careful listening in action

#UEAGM2024 2nd panel on employability, full of creative ideas, and confirmation that #EnglishCreates skills, outlooks, and opportunities crucial to personal, social, cultural, and economic thriving. All based in what we all do in our seminar rooms every day

So excited to be part of this project with Dr Helen Ringrow and Stephen Pihlaja !

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Have honour of introducing Robert Eaglestone at University English conference today OxfordBrookesEnglish. 11 years ago Bob and I wrote this warning piece about the state of our discipline - most productive thing I've ever done after disagreeing with a pal on Twitter.
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