Reading in Practice Student Conference

Friday 6^th February 2009, 2.00 - 5.00pm, Room 1.15, 126 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool

In 2008 the School of English at the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with The Reader Organisation, was awarded funding by the English Subject Centre to deliver a ‘Reading in Practice' project. The project places undergraduates as reading-group leaders in the Merseyside community, as part of the Get into Reading project. So far, the ‘Reading in Practice' project has placed students in Get Into Reading groups in settings as diverse as homeless hostels, dementia care homes, mental health day centres and drug rehabilitation units.

We're looking for new recruits - vibrant, thinking individuals who care about books to take part in this flourishing project - to build on the success of the student volunteer project and take it forward into 2009. This is a wonderful opportunity for students wishing to extend their minds, their reading, their usefulness to the community and the ‘work-related experience' sections of their CV. Come and hear about it from students who are already devotees!

Click here to view the Reading in Practice Student Conference programme.

The conference is likely to appeal most to first or second year students of English or related subjects (Classics, Irish Literature, Latin American Studies, Modern Languages); it may also appeal to medical students interested in reading and health. To guarantee a place at the conference, or for further information, please contact Dr Josie Billington.