The LondonMet Writing Studio is a pilot project set up in October 2024 by Emma Davenport, Head of Student Experience and Academic Outcomes for the School of Architecture, Art and Design at London Metropolitan University. By adapting the writing as social process approach pioneered by Professor Rowena Murray, as well as art and design pedagogy, the LondonMet Writing Studio offers a weekly online place for writing to everyone at the university.
Structured writing groups are known to address barriers to productive academic writing, enabling staff and students to develop more sustainable writing habits through a community of practice. This in person seminar is an opportunity to hear directly from Professor Rowena Murray about structured writing groups, to consider how these could be embedded in a range of teaching, learning and research contexts and share reflections on the LondonMet Writing Studio pilot project. Refreshments will be provided but places are limited so do book early!
This event is hybrid - LondonMet staff and students can also attend in person if they wish
Rowena Murray graduated MA (Hons) from Glasgow University, PhD from the Pennsylvania State University and is a Principal Fellow of the UK’s Advance Higher Education. Formerly Professor in the School of Education and Social Sciences at the University of the West of Scotland, she is now an independent scholar and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of Leeds. Her research focuses on academic writing, the subject of her research, articles and books. Her book How to Write a Thesis is in its fifth edition (2025). She runs online, in-person and hybrid writing retreats, groups and courses for academics, researchers, PhD students, Early Career Researchers, creative writers and others through her company, Anchorage Educational Services. Online writing groups on Facebook: Rowena Murray Writing Group. Details on the new website: professorrowenamurray.com.
