Writing on Writing

Read the thoughts and processes undertaken by top authors when they approach a large piece of writing.

Postgraduates on Writing

A select group of postgraduates give their views on how best to tackle significant writing projects.

The Writing Across Boundaries Project

The broad objective of this project is to raise the quality of the written output of social science doctoral researchers using qualitative methodologies by organising annual regional workshops for second and third year research postgraduates.

These will explore the relationship between data collection, analysis and interpretation and how these are connected in the act of writing. Writing-up is a phase in the post-graduate experience in which training and support tends to be less available. While supervisors can give expert guidance in the form of responses to drafts, we believe that there is a need for students to engage in a more general exploration of the theory and practice of writing-up qualitative research.

We will organise a programme of annual workshops for second and third stage post graduate researchers, supplemented by on-going support in the form of an on-line community available to qualitative researchers from all the participating institutions in the North East Region and the creation of a 'writing observatory' consisting of experiences, tips, useful references and examples of good writing practice.