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	When shutting up brings us together: Some affordances of scholarly writing groups in the neoliberal university
	Fegan, Suzanne
通讯作者	Fegan, S
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LANGUAGE AND LEARNING
ISSN	1835-5196
出版年	2016
卷号	10 期号:2 页码:A20-A31
英文摘要	HDR writing groups have been a standard offering in many universities for some time, encouraging a collegial space for furthering the writing practice of staff and students. A writing group variation known as 'Shut Up and Write' (SUAW) has become popular, with its intense writing 'pomodoros' intersected by short social breaks. The SUAW model does not include peer reviews of writing; instead it offers a quiet, communal space for scholarly writing. As a writing oasis, SUAW seems to be effective by virtue of people simply being together and writing in the same physical space. Indeed, as Elbow and Sorcinelli (2006) noted, writers "will be more apt to do the solitary work of writing if they surround themselves with other writers pursuing the same goal" (p. 18). This paper discusses the practice of a SUAW group in an Australian university, in which Higher Degree Research students meet weekly to further their progress as academic writers. While the university underwent a major restructure that included a significant reduction in staff numbers, the SUAW group maintained regular attendance and a spirit of encouragement, with group members acknowledging each other's advances and celebrating achievements, from ethics approval to thesis submission. The broader context of this scenario is the neoliberal policy framework in higher education which, among other impacts, has meant that funding for student services is being continually squeezed (Forbes-Mewett & Nyland, 2012; Warburton & Macauley, 2014; Phipps & Young, 2015). This paper argues that as a result there is an increasing need to support HDR students, among others, in ways that are cost and time-effective. Scholarly writing groups, while not sufficient as a stand-alone support, can add value to the PhD journey through provision of skills development, social contact and other affordances.
英文关键词	Doctoral writing groups neoliberal affordances collegiality resilience
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000384487700003
WOS关键词	HIGHER-EDUCATION ; PERFORMATIVITY ; PERSISTENCE
WOS类目	Education & Educational Research
WOS研究方向	Education & Educational Research
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/331630
作者单位	[Fegan, Suzanne] La Trobe Univ, Student Learning, Melbourne, Vic 3086, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Fegan, Suzanne. When shutting up brings us together: Some affordances of scholarly writing groups in the neoliberal university[J],2016,10(2):A20-A31.
APA	Fegan, Suzanne.(2016).When shutting up brings us together: Some affordances of scholarly writing groups in the neoliberal university.JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LANGUAGE AND LEARNING,10(2),A20-A31.
MLA	Fegan, Suzanne."When shutting up brings us together: Some affordances of scholarly writing groups in the neoliberal university".JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LANGUAGE AND LEARNING 10.2(2016):A20-A31.

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