Recordings from the enormously successful #EnglishCreates Futures Symposium 2026 – University English are now available to view! Watch panels on: ‘English, Reading, and Advocacy’, ‘Social Media, Influence, and Online Communities’,…
University English, the Institute of English Studies, The English Association and Bloomsbury Press took the case for English Studies to Westminster at a Parliamentary Breakfast hosted by the Rt. Hon.…
By Charlotte Wong, Hanna Fischer, Sin Ka Lau (Reading University) AI is negatively impacting our own creativity These are a few concerns that researchers have raised. 1. Cognitive…
By Charlotte Wong, Hanna Fischer, Sin Ka Lau (Reading University) Did you know that there are different stages to the process of creative writing? Here’s what they are,…
By Charlotte Wong, Hanna Fischer, Sin Ka Lau (Reading University) AI-written texts are on the rise through the widespread use of large language models (LLMs). This means that…
This month the social media accounts of English Creates Futures will be curated by a group of English Language students from the University of Reading. The work you will…
Reflections on lifelong learning Richard J. Jones (The Open University) Recently, I met a professor of eighteenth-century literature, who had been teaching for over fifty years. I was pleased to…
How a ‘geography of ideas’ can help us reimagine English heritage Philip Seargeant (The Open University) There used to be a pub on the corner of Downing Street.…
The Writers’ Nook The Writers’ Nook is a corner of a café at the University Hospital of North Tees. It is part of a project to look at how…
