Abstract
A multi-literate community presents unique challenges in the teaching of Creative Writing, a practice-based discipline in which cultural awareness, identity and language skills are of central importance. Creative Writing also offers unique benefits in terms of social cohesion and personal development, by providing students with a forum in which to express their experiences, share their perspectives and discuss the issues that confront them in their lives. Situated in West London and drawing students from areas that have been transformed by immigration in the past decades, such as Southall, Heathrow and Slough, Brunel University has one of the most diverse campus communities in Britain. The complexity of our students' racial, national and cultural backgrounds is so great that broad concepts of race or nationality cannot be applied to them. In this community, new approaches to teaching practice and curriculum design have been adopted in developing a creative writing programme.
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