Academic Writers in Residence

The University of Worcester’s three Academic Writers in Residence are here to help.

Professional, published writers and Royal Literary Fund Fellows, Mike Woods, Sarah Hilary and Rosalind Harvey, offer confidential, one-to-one tutorials for students in all subject areas and to support all aspects of academic writing. This includes essays, reports, theses, dissertations, or personal statements. Sessions last up to 50 minutes. Our free service is provided by the Royal Literary Fund (RLF) which sponsors over 80 writers to work in universities across the UK.

Students of any discipline, at any level of study – from 1^st year to postgraduate, and also staff – are welcome to book a session.

Express your ideas more clearly
Increase understanding of grammar and punctuation
Improve your writing and editing skills
Benefit from more efficient time management
Potentially raise your marks

Michael Woods

Michael is a poet with three collections - Absence Notes, Algebra and Opening Time published by Templar Poetry. His poems have appeared in several magazines and anthologies, including Answering Back, Out of Fashion and Empty Nest - all edited by Carol Ann Duffy. Others have won prizes in the Bridport, Ledbury, Writers’ Handbook, Hungry Hill and Poetry on the Lake competitions. He is currently working on his fourth collection.

Email: mike.woods@rlfeducation.org.uk

Sarah Hilary

Sarah is an award-winning crime writer whose debut, Someone Else’s Skin, won the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year. Her short stories have won the Cheshire Prize for Literature, the SENSE prize, and the Fish Criminally Short Histories Prize. As well as writing, Sarah teaches crime fiction and mentors its rising stars. Her ninth book, Sharp Glass, came out in 2024.

Email: sarah.hilary@rlfeducation.org.uk

Rosalind Harvey

Rosalind is a critically acclaimed literary translator, focusing on contemporary Latin American fiction. Her work has been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, the Guardian First Book Award, and the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, an Arts Foundation Fellow, and co-founder of the Emerging Translators Network. She is currently working on an experimental memoir about translation and therapy.

Email: rosalind.harvey@rlfeducation.org.uk

Booking sessions

Tutorials with Mike (who covers Mondays and Tuesdays on campus), Sarah (who covers Wednesdays on campus and Thursdays online) and Rosalind (Fridays online) last up to 50 minutes, and can be booked by emailing them direct. Face to face sessions take place in Edward Elgar G107 on the St. John’s campus.

mike.woods@rlfeducation.org.uk or sarah.hilary@rlfeducation.org.uk or rosalind.harvey@rlfeducation.org.uk

Please ensure that you use your UW email address.