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Profiles
Dr Helen Bowstead
In-sessional Academic Manager and EFL Lecturer
English Language Centre - Academic Development (Library and Academic Development)
Biography
Biography
Helen Bowstead manages the English Language Centre and its in-sessional provision, which includes credit-rated modules, subject specific language support, academic English workshops, and online courses and resources. She is a full-time lecturer in English for Academic Purposes and also coordinates the UoP TESOL, which provides students and staff with the opportunity to gain an entry-level qualification in English Language Teaching. As part of the Learning Development team, she established the unique and highly successful Writing Cafe and she is a trained PALS supervisor. Helen also oversees the Hello Project which welcomes newly arrived international and exchange students to the university by matching them with a more experienced 'buddy'. She has also secured funding to provide Community English classes to refugees and asylum seekers and works alongside the EDI team to help facilitate the sanctuary scholarships. Helen is a Mental Health First Aider and a Wellbeing Champion.
Qualifications
PhD Education
MA Education
PGCE (Post-compulsory Education and Training)
PgCTEAP (Teaching English for Academic Purposes)
Professional Certificate TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
Advanced Certificate TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
BA Hons Communication Studies
PGCE (Post-compulsory Education and Training)
PgCTEAP (Teaching English for Academic Purposes)
Professional Certificate TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
Advanced Certificate TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
BA Hons Communication Studies
Professional membership
Senior Fellow HEA
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
Developing writing confidence.
Staff serving as external examiners
External Examiner, University of Reading
Research
Research
Research interests
Posthumanism/new materialism/post structuralism. Creative/innovative approaches to educational research. Immanent writing practices. Social justice.
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
JournalsBowstead, H. (2022) Not-knowing-in-advance: Trying to Think and See as if Not Doing a PhD. Reconceptualizing Educational Research Methodology: Thought in Motion: Erin Manning’s Imperatives for Educational Research and Qualitative Inquiry.
Bowstead, H. (2020) Doctoral Thesis as Entangled Becomings: Moments that Tremble with Potential. International Review of Qualitative Research. Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp. 122-136. DOI: 10. 1177/ 1940 8447 20968190
Gröppel-Wegener, A., Raven, L., Bowstead, H., Vigurs, K. and Walton, G. (2015) Exploring ‘academic depth’ in Higher Education. Innovative Practice in Higher Education Vol.2 (2) April 2015. ISSN: 2044-3315
Gale, K. and Bowstead, H. (2013) Deleuze and collaborative writing as method of inquiry. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. Issue 6 [online] Available from: http://www.aldinhe.ac.uk/ojs/index.php?journal=jldhe&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=222. ISSN: 1759-667X
Bowstead, H. (2011) ‘Coming to writing’. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. Issue 3: March 2011. ISSN: 1759-667X
Bowstead, H. (2009) ‘Teaching English as a Foreign Language – a personal exploration of language, alienation and academic literacy. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. Issue 1: February 2009. ISSN: 1759-667X
Articles
(2020) 'Doctoral Thesis as Entangled Becomings: moments that tremble with potential' International Review of Qualitative Research 0, (0) 0-0 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2013) 'Deleuze and collaborative writing as method of inquiry' Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education (6)
(2009) 'Teaching English as a foreign language – a personal exploration of language, alienation and academic literacy' Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education (1) Publisher Site
Chapters
Bowstead, H. (2015) Telling Stories: Investigating the Challenges To International Students’ Writing Through Personal Narrative in Lillis, T., Harrington, K., Lea, M. and Mitchell, S. (eds.) Working With Academic Literacies: Case Studies Towards Transformative Practice. Perspectives on Writing Series. Fort Collins, CO: The WAC Clearinghouse and Parlor Press.
Bowstead, H. (2011) ‘Narrative Writing as a Research Practice’ in Mansfield, C. and Seligman, S. Narrative and the Built Heritage - Papers in Tourism Research, Saarbrücken, VDM. ISBN 9783639277333
(2014) 'Telling Stories: Investigating The Challenges To International Students’ Writing Through Personal Narrative' in Lillis T; Harrington K; Lea M Working With Academic Literacies: Case Studies Towards Transformative Practice. The WAC Clearinghouse and Parlor Press
(2011) 'Devenir ecrivain(e) - Narrative writing as a research practice' in Mansfield C; Seligman S Narrative and the Built Heritage VDM Verlag
Conference Papers
(2014) 'Space Pirates of the Ocean City' Higher Education Academy conference: Heroes and monsters: extra-ordinary tales of learning and teaching in the arts and humanities The Lowry, Salford Quays, Manchester 6-/-0/20146-/-0/2014
(2014) 'A tent for the ‘nomad’: Welcome to the Writing Café’' Learning Development Spaces and Places University of Huddersfield 4-/-0/20144-/-0/2014
(2014) 'Successfully designing assessments across in-sessional modules in English for Academic/English for Specific Purposes' Internationalisation and the Student Experience Conference University of Plymouth 2-/-1/20132-/-1/2013
(2013) 'Telling stories, breaking down barriers - the power of personal narrative to trouble notions of the 'other'' Discourse, Power Resistance Conference 13 University of Greenwich 4-/-0/20134-/-0/2013
(2013) 'In response to the internationalisation agenda: Five consecutive "lightening talks" with subsequent discussion' 10th ALDinHE Conference Plymouth University 3-/-0/20133-/-0/2013
(2011) 'Creating intercultural exchanges - In response to the Internationalisation Agenda' Teaching and Learning Conference University of Plymouth 7-/-0/20117-/-0/2011
(2011) 'Telling stories, breaking down barriers' BALEAP Research and Training Presentation Series: Methodologies for researching EAP contexts, practices and pedagogies. University of Leicester 6-/-0/20116-/-0/2011
(2011) 'Telling stories, naming names' 8th ALDinHE Conference Queen's University Belfast 4-/-0/20114-/-0/2011
(2011) 'Narrative writing as a research practice' Narrative and the Built Heritage Colloquium University of Plymouth 3-/-0/20113-/-0/2011
(2011) 'The importance of international students' life stories in breaking down barriers' Higher Education Academy: Teaching international students workshop. King's College London 2-/-0/20112-/-0/2011
(2010) 'Coming to writing: developing the confidence to transgress academic boundaries' Writing Development in Higher Education Conference - Sustainable writing development: approaches and challenges. Royal College of Physicians 6-/-0/20106-/-0/2010
(2010) 'Creating a Webfolio: Trainee teachers engage with PebblePad' 5th Plymouth University e-conference. University of Plymouth 4-/-0/20104-/-0/2010
(2010) 'Collaborative Writing: Transgressing the academic divide' 7th ALDinHE Conference Nottingham Trent University 3-/-0/20103-/-0/2010
Presentations and posters
'Not-knowing-in-advance: trying to think and see as if not doing a PhD'
'Space Pirates of the Ocean City'
'Researching without method' Open access
'The trouble with sustainability education … Challenging Western-centric discourses in sustainability education' Open access
Personal
Personal
Conferences organised
Writing Development in Higher Education 16th International Conference. University of Plymouth, 27 - 29 June 2016Adventures in Posthumanism Conference. University of Plymouth, 3 July 2018
Adventures in Posthumanism Doctoral Conference. University of Plymouth, 2 June 2021
Adventures in Posthumanism Doctoral Conference. University of Plymouth, 2 June 2021
Adventures in Posthumanism Doctoral Conference. University of Plymouth, 17 April 2024