A Membership History
Writing PAD Project | Writing-PAD Network | Journal of Writing in Creative Practice.
Inception (2002)
- Writing-PAD was as an initiative of Goldsmiths, University of London, in collaboration with:
- It was funded by the Higher Education Academy Funding Council for England
- We are still growing and developing
- Funded for four years through HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) FDTL (Funding for the Development of Teaching and Learning) Phase 4, the Writing-PAD project offered art and design institutions an arena in which to explore and develop the notion of thinking through writing as a parallel to visual discourse in art and design practice.
We encouraged tutors from across the disciplines and roles: studio staff, theory staff, learning development, and learning and teaching (L&T) coordinators, to collaborate in order to better understand the writing needs of their students. This has proved inspirational to many across the sector, as this kind of forum for debate was unusual. In 2006, we became the internationally recognized Writing-PAD Network (http://www.writing-pad.org/wiki) and five years ago, we founded the Journal of Writing in Creative Practice (JWCP) (http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=154/) as a showcase and discussion space for members of the growing network. JWCP is co-edited by Julia Lockheart (Senior Lecturer, CELAW) and John Wood (Emeritus Professor in Design at Goldsmiths). *The Network is now self-funding and will announce new initiatives early in 2014. Through her role as Writing-PAD Network director, Julia Lockheart has energetically maintained the international network through the Jiscmail (WRITING-PAD@JISCMAIL.AC.UK), Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Writing-PAD/219826771252?ref=ts), Twitter presence (http://twitter.com/#!/WritingPAD), and run the main Writing-PAD Centre from CELAW. There are now eleven institutions across the world hosting Writing-PAD Centres. Many of them have already guest edited the JWCP to highlight their own writings. As such, Writing Between the Disciplines: A celebration of writing at Goldsmiths, is intended to bring together writing between departments, staff and students across Goldsmiths, but also to promote the uniqueness of writing at Goldsmiths to the international Writing-PAD Network.
Phase One Partners (after 2003)
- Birmingham Institute of Art and Design
- University College for the Creative Arts Surrey
- Liverpool John Moores University
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Nottingham Trent University
- University of Wolverhampton
Phase Two Partners (from 2005 onwards)__
- Bath Spa University College
- Bradford College
- University College for the Creative Arts Maidstone and Kent
- Falmouth College of Arts
- Leeds Metropolitan University
- Northbrook College
- Northumbria University
- University of Plymouth
- Sheffield Hallam University
- Somerset College of Art & Technology
- York St John University College
Phase Three Partners (after 2006)
- University of Bolton
- University of Brighton
- Byam Shaw School of Art
- Chelsea College of Art and Design
- Dartington College of Arts
- University of Derby
- Kingston University
- London Metropolitan University, Sir John Cass
- University of Lincoln
- University of Leeds
- London College of Fashion
- London College of Communication
- Norwich Schools of A&D
- Plymouth College of Art and Design
- University of Salford
- Southampton Solent University
- Staffordshire University
- City of Wolverhampton College
- York College
Writing-PAD Centres (after 2006)
- We now have eight official Writing PAD Centres. Each of these Centres have hosted or will be hosting a Writing PAD event which will be followed by their own themed issue(s) of the Journal of Writing in Creative Practice. Please view the Writing PAD Centre pages below and use the contact addresses to get further information about Writing PAD in your country or region:
For England:
- Writing PAD Centre West Midlands Contact Jane Cooksey, University of Wolverhampton: H.J.Cooksey at wlv.ac.uk
- Writing PAD Centre East Midlands Contact Julia Reeve, De Montfort University: jreeve at dmu.ac.uk
- Writing PAD Centre North Contact Claire Hinds, York Saint John University: c.hinds at yorksj.ac.uk
- Writing PAD Centre South Contact Julia Lockheart, Goldsmiths, University of London: j.lockheart at gold.ac.uk
(collaboration between three institutions in the South West:
- Writing PAD Centre Plymouth Contact Pete Davies: pete.davis at plymouth.ac.uk, University of Plymouth;
- Writing PAD Centre Falmouth Contact Nancy Roth: nancy at falmouth.ac.uk, University College Falmouth and
- Writing PAD Centre Dartington Contact Jerome Fletcher: j.fletcher at dartington.ac.uk, Dartington College of Arts.
For Wales:
- Writing PAD Centre Wales Contact Jo Walter, Swansea Metropolitan University: jo.walter at smu.ac.uk
For Scotland:
- Writing PAD Centre Scotland Contact Neil Mulholland, Edinburgh College of Art: n.mulholland at eca.ac.uk
Centres outside the UK:
For Ireland:
- Writing PAD Centre Ireland Contact David Brancaleone, Limerick College of Art: David.Brancaleone at lit.ie
For Norway:
- Writing PAD Centre Oslo Contact Maziar Raein, KiHO (Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo): maziar.raein at khio.no
For Australia:
- Writing PAD Centre Swinburne Contact Keith Robertson at Swinburne Design, Swinburne University of Technology: KRobertson at groupwise.swin.edu.au
New Partners
Our network has been self-funding since 2007. This has meant that we have not been constrained to stay within England. We now have both institutions and individuals joining our network. In 2007 we launched the Journal Writing Creative Practice and this Wiki website.
For England:
- Newcastle University
For Wales:
- Swansea Metropolitan University
- University of Wales, Newport - Newport School of Art, Media and Design
- University of Wales Institute Cardiff
For Scotland:
- Edinburgh College of Art
- Robert Gordon University, Grays School of Art and Design
International:
For Ireland:
- Limerick College of Art
For Norway:
- KiHO (Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo)
For Iceland
- Iceland Academy of Arts
For Sweden
- Linnaeus University
For Australia:
- Swinburne Design, Swinburne University of Technology
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