1st Edition

Writing Partnerships in Higher Education A Guide for Academics and HE Professionals

Edited By Verity Aiken, Lin Norton Copyright 2026
208 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Writing Partnerships in Higher Education offers a timely account of practical strategies and personal insights designed to help with the process of writing with others. This book articulates the unspoken ‘rules of the game’ for developing effective writing partnerships and brokering new writing networks at individual, institutional and strategic levels. Whether writing with students or... Read more

Foreword - Beyond the Solitary Scholar: Writing Partnerships in a Complex Academic Ecosystem

Pejman Habibie

 

Section 1: insights from writing at the coalface

Chapter 1 - The emotional labour of collaborative writing

Verity Aiken and Lin Norton

Chapter 2 - Pitfalls, pleasures and partnerships: Journeys in collaborative writing

Jonathan Parker

Chapter 3 - Together and apart: successful collaboration over time and distance

Elly Phillips, Fiona Holland, Jane Montague and Steph Archer

Chapter 4 - Writing without Borders: reflections on co-authoring with international students

Tina Byrom

Chapter 5 - Writing collaboratively in groups: reflections on 25 years' experiences of international collaborative writing groups

Mick Healey and Ruth L. Healey

 

Section 2: Cultivating writing cultures

Chapter 6 - How can we sustain the benefits of writing in social spaces?

Rowena Murray

Chapter 7 - An Ecosystem for collaborative writing in academia: What initiaties and sustains it? 

Tanya Hathaway and Namrata Rao

Chapter 8 - Growing Community Outside the Academy Walls

Kate Sotejeff-Wilson

Chapter 9 - “See you on WhatsApp”: Writing groups in a digital age

Jessica Heuser

Chapter 10 - Hand-forged Texts and Ties with Writers: Studying Meanings Associated with Social Academic Writing

Camilla Lindholm and Emilia Luukka

 

Section 3: Writing with others in creative and innovative ways

Chapter 11 - Writing Together: A critical perspective on writing with others

Ron Scapp

Chapter 12 - Our connected experiences: Accounts of writing partnership underpinned by technology

Lydia Arnold, Emily Chapman-Waterhouse, Kate Cuthbert, Sam Elkington, Jane Headley and Sue Lee

Chapter 13 - A thinking (and writing) partnership in the digital space about creative, impactful ways to frame qualitative data insights

Lia Blaj-Ward and Stuart Perrin

Chapter 14 - Conversation-writing: Small Stories Arising Between Spoken Word and Text 

Natasha Mayo and CJ O’Neill

 

From Ivory Towers to Olive Branches: Editors’ Reflections

Verity Aiken and Lin Norton

Biography

Verity Aiken is Senior Lecturer in Education Studies, Nottingham Trent University, UK.

Lin Norton was Professor Emerita of Pedagogical Research, Liverpool Hope University, UK.