Write Now

I am lucky enough to work for the London Metropolitan University Writing Centre, part of the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Write Now. In my former life, I was a classicist. I too have come to the conclusion that we don't need an old science - we need a living, joyful science! And the students need this too, because any education which drains the life and joy out of them is failing in its task miserably.

Thankfully, there is a wonderfully active and energetic teaching and learning community at London Met and many true educators, who put the needs of the students first and are not afraid to take risks and do things differently. Neverthelss, writing essays remains a task which very many students dread. It is too often seen as a joyless task. The London Met Writing Centre exists not only to help students achieve success in writing. More importantly, we aim to put the joy back into writing. Those who work for the centre (and most of the staff are undergraduate students) know the joy of writing and are keen to share this joy with the students who come to the Writing Centre.