@SHU_SIoE International Writing with Impact Network (IWIN) for Doctoral Students and Emerging Researchers Launch Event #IWINSHU

Background Why did we want to set the I-WIN Network up? We are at different stages in our career but we share some key things: a passionate commitment to feminist politics in our daily lives and in our academic work; a keen interest in the purposes of writing (how writing gets done, for whom, and why), and a concern to do something practical about writing in relation to the pressures emerging scholars face to ‘establish’ themselves in the field and get their work known in an increasingly busy world.

Aims To develop an international, interdisciplinary network of doctoral and emerging researchers working on gender and education with a focus on writing with impact; To provide structured support in skills development across a range of writing formats, through providing advice and expertise from researchers; To empower doctoral students and emerging researchers to develop their confidence and academic writing skills; To provide a platform for participants’ skills sharing and support.  

Purpose To provide web-based support on writing with impact for the international gender and education community of doctoral students and emerging researchers Offer advice, support and resources on writing with impact in a range of different writing genres and format Not about writing the doctoral thesis- but about all the other sorts of writing that doctoral students and emerging researchers want to do – and increasingly have to do – in order to make an impact through your research  

So far... We have held online events with key academics in the field, discussing strategies for writing with impact in a range of different forms, such as: Collaborative Writing with Impact (with Carol Taylor and Jonathan Wyatt, University of Edinburgh) Blog Writing with Impact (with Victoria Showunmi, UCL Institute of Education, and Emily Danvers, University of Sussex) Social Media with Impact (with Yvette Taylor, University of Strathclyde and Deborah Gabriel, Bournemouth University)  

Coming up... Future events will include: Book Reviews Journal articles Book Chapters Peer Reviewing Book Proposals  

Developing the IWIN Network Opportunities for you to get involved in IWIN: Working with us in running one of the up-coming events Helping develop the Network Ideas about how to make IWIN 'international' Talk to us today or email either Carol C.A.Taylor@shu.ac.uk or Rachel rach.handforth@gmail.com