Pages tagged with: english-and-creative-writing
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Students’ book shows value of good food and exercise
A group of students from the University of Plymouth has put together a book for primary school children – A Taste of the World with Bertie – to highlight the importance of healthy eating and exercise.
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Searching Erskine: on art, ancestry, and place
Searching Erskine: on art, ancestry, and place. Searching, Erskine is a multiform project by English academic Dr Arun Sood which responds to the tidal island of Vallay, in the Outer Hebrides.
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Responding to the pandemic through poetry
A University of Plymouth project using poetry to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic has generated huge support from the public and the artistic community.
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Memory, place and decolonisation: discovering through writing what it means to remember
Memory, place and decolonisation: discovering through writing what it means to remember. Learn how Lecturer in English, Dr Arun Sood, explores the relationship between the written word, memory and history
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Plymouth Writers' Group international short story competition
University of Plymouth: Plymouth Writers' Group international short story competition
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FdA English with Creative Writing
Find out more about studying FdA English Studies at Strode College, as part of the University of Plymouth’s Academic Partnerships.
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FdA English with Creative Writing
Find out more about studying FdA English Studies at Strode College, as part of the University of Plymouth’s Academic Partnerships.
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Plymouth Anthology of Young People's Writing
As part of our commitment to the city's Mayflower 400 commemorations, the University is proud to be supporting the young people's anthology of writing for three years to 2020.
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A sense of home: how the books we read shape our lives
A sense of home: how the books we read shape our lives. During this period of self-isolation, Dr Kathryn Gray reflects on her life and career and explores her roots through several key books.
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First find your goat: surviving lockdown with Robinson Crusoe
First find your goat: surviving lockdown with Robinson Crusoe. Dr Min Wild, Lecturer in English, explores what we can learn from Daniel Defoe's classic castaway novel about self isolation.
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Top tips: Literature for the lockdown
University of Plymouth academics suggest some of the must-read works that could help while away the hours during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Thinking reading as the pandemic happens
Thinking reading as the pandemic happens. Dr David Sergeant explores some of the similarities and differences between fictional pandemic apocalypses in literature and the reality of COVID-19.
