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Welcome to the Garage of Books

… which is, literally, a garage full of books.

Training and support

I train, coach and support academics in writing and publishing, and help universities to design and deliver mentoring schemes.

Sector research

I carry out research in the HE sector, analyse policy, write reports, and offer recommendations on culture, OD, development and digital.

Writing

I write and publish regularly either from my own work or (by translation) from others.

Recent blog posts

  • Adding support for 2024/5
    In 2021, I ran the Academic Writing Programme at the university of Bristol. We had about 50 people sign up. In 2022, I did the same, and we had about 40 more. In 2023, the same again… and another 40. Along with other support (career development writing programme, support for the South West and WalesContinue reading “Adding support for 2024/5”
  • Light…
    ‘Air and light and time and space’ is the title of Helen Sword’s analysis of “how successful academics write”. I have air in the garage, and time, and space. Light, however, has been sadly missing – which really shouldn’t be the case since the back of our house is often bathed in beautiful, golden afternoonContinue reading “Light…”