WDHE Conference 2012
Professor Gunter Kress, Institute of Education, University of London, UK
Joan Turner, Director, Centre for English Language and Academic Writing Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Theresa Lillis, The Open University, UK; Kathy Harrington, London Metropolitan University; Mary Lea, the Open University, UK; Sally Mitchell, Queen Mary, University of London, UK.
WDHE 2012 aims to offer a vital, educative space where researchers and practitioners can meet to consider the role of writing in higher education. This conference aims to maintain a clear and established commitment to sustaining an academic community for those concerned with teaching, researching, supporting and developing academic writing in its many forms.
Writing practices appear to be central to assessment systems in higher education yet underutilised in learning processes. Here we aim to promote a thoughtful approach to interrogating writing development in order to resist implicit and potentially exclusive educational practices. We welcome papers which recognise the educative potential of writing as a powerful social practice for students and tutors. Of further consideration is the role that writing can play in promoting participation in and across formal and informal learning communities.
Inclusivity in writing practices may be interpreted as the ways in which written and spoken language, image and sound can work together to promote understanding. In considering an enactment of inclusive values in writing development participants may wish to consider the dominant role that language has played in learning and the ways in which we might encourage interaction with multimodal environments where the relationships between different texts can be recognised, encouraged and explored.
Thank you to all who have submitted abstracts for the conference. Feedback has now been provided to all those who have submitted an abstract.
If you have any concerns or would like to make a special request for a late abstract submission, please email wdhe@hope.ac.uk.
Conference booking is now available with generous 'Full Conference' and 'Day Delegate' packages available. Book now to ensure you do not miss our fantastic Early Bird Offer. Early Bird Rate will close on Thursday 31st May
We are offering a generous full conference package for delegates to join us for the duration of the conference. This package includes:
Early Bird Rate (available 5th March – 31st May): £280
Standard Rate (available from 1st June onwards): £350
Student Rate: £280
All payments will be expected prior to the conference taking place.
For delegates who are local or can only attend one of the conference days we are offering a special day delegate package which includes:
Early Bird Rate (available 5th March – 31st May) : £70
Standard Rate (available from 1st June onwards): £100
Student Rate: £70
All payments will be expected prior to the conference taking place.
Please complete and return the WDHE Conference 2012 Registration Form.
Once completed please return to:
Mr Chris Lowry
WDHE 2012
Faculty of Education
Liverpool Hope University
Hope Park
Liverpool
L16 9JD
We also accept scanned copies of the registration form - please send these directly to: wdhe@hope.ac.uk
For further details or any queries, please contact us on wdhe@hope.ac.uk.
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