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Hi Matthew. I know at Lancaster University they have had a "first-year lecture" (the reason I know is that I delivered one of them). This is a one-hour lecture delivered to 150 first-year students. The students also had seminar time in small groups. However, I'm not sure that the staff found this to be a more economical way of teaching, as I think they may be doing something else next year. The person to ask about this is George Green. In my opinion, the best thing we can all do to alleviate the intensity of Creative Writing teaching is to push for HEFCE funding in Band C. Currently, some courses are funded that way but many are funded in the lower D band. The lower band does not recognize the need for small classes, lots of tutorials, visiting writers, etc. If all of us put in for Band C funding, it seems to me that it will be more difficult for HEFCE to justify its position. As for your query about AHRC funding, I attended a workshop in March and asked some of these very questions. The folks at AHRC assured me that they were very sympathetic to the positions of artists and writers. There's a lengthy news item in the current Writing in Education that addresses some of this. If you get stuck with your application, I'd contact the council directly and ask for guidance. Hope this helps. Kathy Flann Course Leader for Creative Writing St Martin's College Lancaster --- Matthew Francis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Some of my colleagues have just brought up the > perennial subject of the intensive teaching required > by creative writing courses. Our basic method of > delivery is a two-hour workshop per week for each > tutor group, with the groups preferably no larger > than 12 - though there are sometimes a few more. Has > anyone found a more economical method? Does anyone > use lectures? I just wanted to get a sense of how > other universities are approaching this problem. > > Dr Matthew Francis > Lecturer in Creative Writing > Dept of English Literature > University of Wales Aberystwyth > Hugh Owen Building > Penglais > Aberystwyth > SY23 3DY > Wales, UK > > Phone: 01970 622469 ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs