SWIT archive
The Fifth Annual Student Writing in Transition Symposium
11th September 2012
Dr Christine Hardy and Lisa Clughen, Nottingham Trent University, opened this event with a keynote that looked at how to support students with their transition to HE writing cultures. Delegates were then invited to choose from a range of sessions from both internal and external speakers. Professor Liz Thomas, Higher Education Academy, gave the second keynote. Evidence from the 'What Works? Student retention and success' programme of work was used to describe how to support students in their transition to higher education.
For further information about this event please email Sarah Lawther
The Fourth Annual Student Writing in Transition Symposium
13 September 2011
This symposium explored strategies for helping students adapt to learning and writing in higher education. The event opened with a keynote from Dr Marco Angelini, University College London, and included a range of sessions from both within and external to the University. Planning has already started for the 2012 symposium, and we will welcome contributions. Please email Sarah Lawther for more details.
Student Writing in Transition has been developed through NTU's involvement in the Learnhigher CETL, HERE Project and Student Transition research.
The Third Annual Student Writing in Transition Symposium
14 September 2010
Over 80 delegates attended this symposium and gave attendees the opportunity to explore how students cope with the transition from learning in post-16 education to university. As this is most readily evidenced through academic writing, the symposium also focussed on student writing in the first year. The keynote speakers were Kathy Harrington and Peter O'Neill from the Write Now CETL at London Metropolitan University. Papers were also presented on current research at NTU into student learning prior to university, including reflections on a number of projects such as the new peer mentoring scheme and staff FE/HE shadowing initiative.
The Second Annual Student Writing in Transition Symposium
15 September 2009
Sally Mitchell, Thinking Writing, Queen Mary University, opened with a keynote that looked at how the creation of a college-level student writing working group had offered an opportunity for reflections about what we expect from students' writing during their time at university. A range of parallel sessions then followed that included practical writing activities to use with students, understanding diplomas and what they mean for higher education and writing in the disciplines.
Student Writing in Transition Symposium
16 September 2008
Dr Lisa Ganobcsik-Williams, Head of the Centre for Academic Writing, Coventry University opened this, our first writing symposium, with a keynote that discussed how to support students' writing in the first year and beyond. A range of speakers then addressed the symposium themes during the parallel sessions. The day finished with a second keynote by Dr Tony Cook, Project Director of the Student Transition and Retention (STAR) Project, who explored the nature of student transition to higher education.
