Nottingham Stylistics Toolkit: New Tools for A-level Lang/Lit (EMC Free)
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Availability -
Places available
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Price - £0 per place
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Location - University of Nottingham
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Duration - 10-4pm
This is a free full-day on-campus CPD training course at the University of Nottingham, principally devised for teachers of A-level English Language and Literature.
Led by Peter Stockwell and Jessica Norledge of the University of Nottingham, and Dan Clayton from the English & Media Centre, the course offers adaptable tools and tips for teaching prose, poetry, non-fiction, drama and spoken discourse in the A-level classroom.
The day runs from 10am to 4pm at the University of Nottingham, and is being held on the occasion of the launch of the full online Nottingham Stylistics Toolkit – a free, online, open access resource for teachers and students. This is now accompanied by a new book, The Nottingham Stylistics Toolkit: A Companion for Teachers, will also be launched at the event.
Attendance must be registered but is completely free, and includes all training and materials, lunch and refreshments, and a pack of classroom handouts from the full Nottingham Stylistics Toolkit.
Book your place here.
Enquiries about the day: [email protected]
The Senate Chamber is located on the ground floor of the historic Trent Building (Building No. 11) on the University Park Campus at the University of Nottingham (NG7 2RD).
Getting to University Park Campus
By Bus: From Nottingham city centre or the train station, take the Nottingham City Transport (NCT) Orange Line (such as the 34 or 34C) directly onto the University Park Campus.
By Tram: Take the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) tram toward Toton Lane and get off at the University of Nottingham tram stop, then walk onto campus.
By Car: Access the campus via the main entrances off the A52 (Westbound) or Beeston Road. Use RingGo for campus parking (enforced Monday to Friday, 9:15 am – 4:00 pm). The What3Words location for the Trent Building is they.mimic.doing.
Finding the Senate Chamber Inside Trent Building
Enter the main entrance of the Trent Building (Building 11 on the campus map).
Go to the lower-ground/ground floor level where the central Senate Chamber is situated near rooms LG101 and LG508. Look for directional signs pointing toward the Senate Chamber or the Great Hall.
Dr Jessica Norledge
Jess is Assistant Professor in Stylistics at the University of Nottingham and the author of The Language of Dystopia. Jess’s research sits at the interface between English literature and English language, and she has particular expertise in the cognitive poetics of emotion, and worlds theories in dystopian fiction.
Professor Peter Stockwell
Peter Stockwell is Professor of Literary Linguistics at the University of Nottingham, and a Fellow of the English Association. He has written and edited over 20 books and over 100 articles and chapters, across the fields of language and literature, stylistics, applied linguistics, educational linguistics, science fiction, and surrealism.
Dan Clayton
Dan Clayton is an education consultant at the EMC and specialises in English Language work at A Level and language education across the secondary curriculum. He has been a teacher of A Level English for over 20 years, senior examiner and moderator for different awarding bodies and is author/editor of many books for A Level English Language, including ones for Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press & Routledge, as well as publications for the EMC and NATE. Dan has worked closely with many universities to help develop links between A level and HE, worked as a research fellow at UCL and runs the EngLangBlog site and @EngLangBlog Bluesky account, as well as being part of the Lexis Podcast team. He has also taught Media and Film Studies and is Associate Editor of emagazine and MediaMagazine.
- Bookings for this free, on-campus CPD day are being handled by the University of Nottingham.
- To reserve your place, click here.
- Queries? Contact the team here.
