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Higher Education Committee

Vision The HE Committee will provide a voice for HE English in dialogue with other elements of the education sector, with government and public bodies, and with the wider public. It will engage proactively with the broad range of issues affecting researchers and teachers in English literature, language and creative writing across the HE sector…

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Secondary Education Committee

Vision Secondary practitioners will recognise the work of the English Association through its three core activities in: raising the profile of the English subjects in schools; disseminating information to support the teachers of English; supporting excellent English teaching in schools across the full age range and sectors of secondary education. Strategy The Committee will fulfil…

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Primary Education Committee

Vision Early Years and Primary practitioners will recognise the work of the English Association through its  core activities, in order to make a significant contribution to supporting teachers:   Promoting English (speaking, listening, reading, writing and multi-modal communication) as well as linked research informed pedagogies;   Curating high quality resources and acting as a forum for sharing best practice and high quality children’s literature. Strategy The Committee will…

Fellows Nomination Form

Before you start Check the list of Current Fellows before making your nomination. Repeat nominations will not be considered. You will need the following information to complete the nomination form: the nominee’s full name and email address; the name of the nominee’s current institution/place of work; a brief summary of your relationship to the nominee; a…

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Loneliness and Technology

Loneliness and Technology is a Special Interest Group (SIG) that has been set up to think about the challenges of this moment and literature’s role in helping us navigate them. It’s designed to initiate discussion around how we think about loneliness as a political history of emotion, how literature offers us a space to nurture…

Networks and Interest Groups

About networks and special interest groups (SIGs) Our Networks and Special Interest Groups (SIGs) offer Fellows and members the opportunity to develop events, publications, and research with administrative support from the EA Office. How to join a networks or special interest group (SIG) Email us on hello@englishassociation.ac.uk for more information. We’re happy to help! How…

List of Fellows 

Honorary Fellows 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2013 2012 2011 2001-2010 Professor Bernadine Evaristo, (2020) Professor Susheila Nasta (2020), Queen Mary College, University of London Adrian Barlow (2019) Elaine Feinstein (Emeritus 2019) Professor Dame Janet Beer, University of Liverpool (2018) Dame Hermione Lee, Wolfson College, Oxford (2017) Helen Lucas, English Association (2017) Professor Stan…

Fellows Regulations

Becoming a Fellow Fellows are nominated by their colleagues. Nominations are considered by the Fellowship Committee and ratified by the Board of Trustees. Categories of Fellows The Fellows of the English Association shall be such Fellows, Honorary Fellows, Emeritus Fellows and Corresponding Fellows as may be elected in accordance with the Fellowship Regulations of the…