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July 2025
The 'First Generation Students UK' Website is Live!
I built a website to showcase the written pieces produced by first generation students in the writing workshops and it is now live.
I am so grateful to everyone who has attended a writing workshop and contributed to the website. The pieces are brilliant and I hope you enjoy reading them.
I will be holding more workshops in October 2025 and will continue to add written pieces as they are submitted.
I am so grateful to everyone who has attended a writing workshop and contributed to the website. The pieces are brilliant and I hope you enjoy reading them.
I will be holding more workshops in October 2025 and will continue to add written pieces as they are submitted.
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June 2025
Workshop Proposal Accepted - Cambridge Creative Research Conference 2025
I will be holding a workshop at the Cambridge Creative Research Conference on 25th October 2025:
The Joy (and Pain) of Creative Research: Insights from an Online Writing ProjectÂ
The Joy (and Pain) of Creative Research: Insights from an Online Writing ProjectÂ
The aim of this workshop is to encourage participants to consider the use of creative writing as a research method, using a real-life example of a project which forms part of my PhD research into mental health in first generation students at UK universities (FGS; those whose parents do not have a university degree).Â
After a brief introduction to my research and the project - ‘First Generation Students UK: Mental Health Matters’ - participants will have the opportunity to engage in three writing exercises I use in my workshops (word cloud using Menti, story completion and free writing using Padlet) to give them first-hand experience of attending a writing workshop. We will then discuss and/or share our writing if participants are comfortable doing so (no obligation). To finish, I will share some of the creative writing produced by the participants in my project and featured on the website First Generation Students UKÂ
Participants will come away with knowledge and skills in planning and facilitating a writing workshop, and a demonstration of how short writing exercises can promote creativity and a high calibre of writing which gives unique and impactful insights into the topic being researched. I will give participants a realistic view of the joy (and pain) involved in this project and am more than happy to offer advice and assistance to anyone considering creative writing as part of their own research. Â
For further information about the conference and to register:
Cambridge Creative Research Conference 2025
After a brief introduction to my research and the project - ‘First Generation Students UK: Mental Health Matters’ - participants will have the opportunity to engage in three writing exercises I use in my workshops (word cloud using Menti, story completion and free writing using Padlet) to give them first-hand experience of attending a writing workshop. We will then discuss and/or share our writing if participants are comfortable doing so (no obligation). To finish, I will share some of the creative writing produced by the participants in my project and featured on the website First Generation Students UKÂ
Participants will come away with knowledge and skills in planning and facilitating a writing workshop, and a demonstration of how short writing exercises can promote creativity and a high calibre of writing which gives unique and impactful insights into the topic being researched. I will give participants a realistic view of the joy (and pain) involved in this project and am more than happy to offer advice and assistance to anyone considering creative writing as part of their own research. Â
For further information about the conference and to register:
Cambridge Creative Research Conference 2025