The Writing PAD Network

A history of the Writing PAD Project, The Writing PAD Network and The Journal of Writing in Creative Practice.

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• Writing PAD began in 2002
• Writing PAD was initially funded by the Higher Education Academy Funding Council for England
• The Network is now self-funding and will announce new initiatives soon.
• We are still growing and developing

Founding Consortium (from 2002 onwards)

• Goldsmiths, University of London
• Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
• Royal College of Art

Writing PAD Centres (from 2006 onwards)
We now have eight official Writing PAD Centres. Each of these Centres will be hosting a Writing PAD event which will be followed by their own themed issue(s) of the Journal of Writing in Creative Practice. Please view the Writing PAD Centre pages below and use the contact addresses to get further information about Writing PAD in your country or region:

For England: -
Writing PAD Centre Midlands Contact George Marks, University of Wolverhampton:
Writing PAD Centre North Contact Susan Orr, York Saint John University:
Writing PAD Centre South Contact Julia Lockheart, Goldsmiths, University of London:

For the South West there is a collaboration between three institutions:
Writing PAD Centre Plymouth Contact Pete Davies: , University of Plymouth;
Writing PAD Centre Falmouth Contact Nancy Roth: , University College Falmouth and
Writing PAD Centre Dartington Contact Jerome Fletcher: , Dartington College of Arts.

For Wales:
Writing PAD Centre Wales Contact Jo Walter, Swansea Metropolitan University:

For Scotland:
Writing PAD Centre Scotland Contact Neil Mulholland, Edinburgh College of Art:

International:

For Ireland:
Writing PAD Centre Ireland Contact David Brancaleone, Limerick College of Art:

For Norway:
Writing PAD Centre Oslo Contact Maziar Raein, KiHO (Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo):

For Australia:
Writing PAD Centre Swinburne? Contact Keith Robertson at Swinburne Design, Swinburne University of Technology:

Phase One Partners (from 2003 onwards)

• Birmingham Institute of Art and Design
• University College for the Creative Arts Surrey
• Liverpool John Moores University
• Manchester Metropolitan University
• Nottingham Trent University
• University of Wolverhampton

Phase Two Partners (from 2005 onwards)

• Bath Spa University College
• Bradford College
• University College for the Creative Arts Maidstone and Kent
• Falmouth College of Arts
• Leeds Metropolitan University
• Northbrook College
• Northumbria University
• University of Plymouth
• Sheffield Hallam University
• Somerset College of Art & Technology
• York St John University College

Phase Three Partners (from 2006 onwards)

• University of Bolton
• University of Brighton
• Byam Shaw School of Art
• Chelsea College of Art and Design
• Dartington College of Arts
• University of Derby
• Kingston University
• London Metropolitan University, Sir John Cass
• University of Lincoln
• University of Leeds
• London College of Fashion
• London College of Communication
• Norwich Schools of A&D
• Plymouth College of Art and Design
• University of Salford
• Southampton Solent University
• Staffordshire University
• City of Wolverhampton College
• York College

Further Partner Institutions joining from 2007 onwards
From 2007 our network has been self-funding. This has meant that we have not been constrained to stay within England. From this period onwards we have launched the Journal Writing Creative Practice as well as this Network Wiki. We now have both institutions and individuals joining our network:

For England:
Newcastle University

For Wales:

• Swansea Metropolitan University
• University of Wales, Newport - Newport School of Art, Media and Design
• University of Wales Institute Cardiff

For Scotland:

• Edinburgh College of Art
• Robert Gordon University, Grays School of Art and Design

International:

For Ireland:

• Limerick College of Art

For Norway:

• KiHO (Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo)

For Australia:

• Swinburne Design, Swinburne University of Technology

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