Universities into the 21st Century / Writing in the Disciplines

Foreword: Explicit Knowledge: Writing in the Disciplines as Higher Education; J.Monroe.- PART I: CONTEXTS.- Introduction: Writing in the Disciplines: Beyond Remediality; M.Deane & P.O'Neill.- Cross-cultural Approaches to Writing and Disciplinarity; C.Donahue.- Developing Academic Literacy in Context: Trends in Australia; E.Purser.- The Role of Assessment in 'Writing in the Disciplines' (WiD); K.Harrington.- PART II: COLLABORATING TO SUPPORT STUDENT WRITERS.- A Comparison of 'Additional' and 'Embedded' Approaches to Teaching Writing in the Disciplines; U.Wingate.- Enhancing Students' Legal Writing; S.Foster & M.Deane.- Writing Hazards; D.Horne & K.Peake.- Taking Action in Business; M.Emmanuel, P.O'Neill, D.Holley, L.Johnson & S.Sinfield.- Writing for Mathematics Education at Doctoral Level; P.Samuels & M.Deane.- Political Theory, Academic Writing, and Widening Participation; B.Schippers & J.Worley.- Writing Design; D.Bhagat & P.O'Neill.- From WAC to WiD: Trialling Writing-intensive Pedagogies with Academic Staff in UK Higher Education; R.Bell, S.Broadberry & J.Ayodeji.- PART III: WID AND THE INSTITUTION.- Backward Design: Towards an Effective Model of Staff Development in Writing in the Disciplines; J.Bean.- Writing in the Disciplines and Learning Technologists: Towards Effective Collaboration; C.Llewelln-Jones, M.Agombar & M.Deane.- The Writing Centre as a Locus for WiD, WAC and Whole-Institution Writing Provision; L.Ganobcsik-Williams.- Conclusion: Ways forward for WiD; M.Deane & P.O'Neill.- Afterword: Afterword and Onward!; C.Glenn.

MARY DEANE is Senior Lecturer in Academic Writing at Coventry University's Centre for Academic Writing (CAW), UK. The author of a number of publications, she advises academics on research writing and publication strategies. She also offers consultancy on enhancing learning and teaching, discipline-based writing development, and using technologies to teach academic writing. Mary won a Teaching Excellence Award in 2008 and since 2009 she has been an Executive Board member of the European Writing Centers Association (EWCA) and the International Writing Centers Association (IWCA).

PETER O'NEILL is a Senior Lecturer in Academic Writing at the Write Now Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, London Metropolitan University, UK. He works with staff who are interested in teaching writing in the disciplines, helping them to develop effective techniques for teaching writing and to incorporate 'writing to learn' activities within their courses. He has published articles on Writing Centre theory and practice.