The English Subject Centre at seven: the range of activity

•Intelligence gathering and research

•Events, workshops

•Publications (web and print)

•Commissioned work

•Department projects and case studies

The subject community

• A vexed relationship: English at School and at University

• Practically, the ESC is based in literature – though widely defined

• We aim to build bridges• We are working with Creative Writing• And to some extent with English Language

Practical Interventions

• What teaching resources do people in our subjects look for?

• Re-usability vs. ideas, parables and hints• Three examples:

• Teaching Topics and Texts• Case Studies• Seminar Teaching

T3 – Teaching Topics and Texts

http://www.english.heacademy.ac.uk/explore/resources/t3/

Sharing practice: case studies

http://www.english.heacademy.ac.uk/explore/publications/casestudies/seminars

Teaching seminars and small groups

• Pages of ideas and suggestions

• http://www.english.heacademy.ac.uk/explore/resources/seminars/index.php

E-Learning Advocates

http://www.english.heacademy.ac.uk/explore/projects/archive/technology/tech22.php

Teaching the New English

• The Subject Centre – Palgrave Book Series

• Six volumes so far published

Major Subject Centre themes

•Cross-phase work and transition

•Developing new colleagues – the renewal of the profession

•Subject-oriented pedagogic research

•E-learning and its implications

Themes prioritised by the Subject Centre Network

•Graduate employability and ‘employer engagement’

•Training/development of early career staff: ‘academic practice’ in the disciplines

•Assessment

Themes emerging from the subject community (1)

•Emerging/declining areas of curriculum

•The implications of the rise of Creative Writing

•Student expectations and preparedness: the gap between school and university

•‘Close Reading’

Themes emerging from the subject community (2)

• Recruitment, support and conditions of part-time staff

• Emergence of new communities: e.g. Creative Writing

• Future of the taught MA