Ben Davies
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Contemporary Lit, Novels, Theory, Time, Readers, Reading. New book - Reading Novels During the Covid-19 Pandemic. @bendavies.bsky.social
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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
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
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 !
port.ac.uk/news-events-an…
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.
timeshighereducation.com/features/engli…