Caroline Hawthorne
Academic Skills Advisor
- c.hawthorne@uos.ac.uk
- School/Directorate
- Learning and Teaching
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Caroline joined the Library and Learning Services team at the University of Suffolk as an Academic Skills Advisor in 2023. She has extensive experience teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in the UK and internationally, and has worked across a range of educational settings including private language schools and Further Education colleges.
More recently, she worked as an Academic Skills Tutor at a UK university, supporting foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate students across a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds.
Caroline holds a PhD in English Language Teaching from the University of Essex. Her doctoral thesis, Healthcare students’ experiences of writing at university: negotiating theory, practice and identity formation, explores student writing on Health and Social Care programmes, with a particular focus on writer identity and positioning. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA).
Publications:
Hawthorne, C. and Cronin, C. (2019) Developing academic literacy: A team teaching approach between the School of Health and Human Sciences and the Talent Development Centre. In: Addressing the State of the Union: Working Together = Learning Together. University of Bristol, 7–9 April 2017 (pp. 117–127). Reading: Garnet Publishing Ltd.
Cronin, C. and Hawthorne, C. (2019) ‘Poetry in motion’: A place in the classroom—Using poetry to develop writing confidence and reflective skills. Nurse Education Today, 76, 73–77.
Conference presentations:
BALEAP Annual Conference 2016, University of Bristol (Hawthorne, C. and Cronin, C.) Developing academic literacy: A team-teaching approach with the School of Health and Human Sciences
BALEAP PIM Conference 2018, University of Essex (Hawthorne, C. and Mason, M.) Perspectives on academic writing: L1 and L2 student experiences within healthcare and hospitality foundation degree programmes
BALEAP Annual Conference 2019, University of Leeds (Hawthorne, C. and Mason, M.) Lecturers’ perceptions of student writers: Implications for academic literacy and EAP
Caroline is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA).