Samantha Roden

Experience

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  University of Wolverhampton

  Apr 2005 - now

  Annual SVO on the Creative and Professional Writing BA, delivering sessions based on Reading as a Writer/Approaching Literature through Drama. Responsible for English Teach First trainees and departmental development as well as whole-school CPD.Teacher of KS3, 4 and 5.

  • Specialist Visiting Lecturer

    Jan 2014 - now

  • Lead Practitioner

    Apr 2005 - Sept 2017
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  Cambridge University Press

  Jul 2014 - Jan 2015

  Commissioned author

  Writer of the digital assets for the GCSE English Language 2015 resource package and featured expert in the accompanying video tutorials

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  AQA

  Jul 2015 - Jul 2015

  Author/Presenter

  Writer/Presenter of the AQA E-library pedagogical guide. Used as a national training resource.

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  ACLS Humanities E-Book

  May 2016 - May 2016

  Co-author of Philip Roth Through the Lens of Kepesh - available through Amazon

  Book length monograph of Roth's oeuvre, considering the significance and influence of the Kepesh trilogy.

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  Artsfest

  May 2016 - May 2016

  Featured Poet

  Featured Poet in 'Vernacular Spectacular: a celebration of dialect writing' alongside Niall Griffiths, Liz Berry, Russ Litten, Rob Francis.

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  Permission to Speak

  Aug 2016 - Aug 2016

  Headline Poet

  Permission to Speak is one of the Black Country's premiere spoken word events, held every 1st Thursday of the month with a different headline act and supporting slots.

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  AQA

  Aug 2016 - Aug 2016

  Author/Presenter

  Webinar entitled 'Developing Student Autonomy in A Level Literature' using the Cambridge Elevate platform. Available on the AQA website from early September 2016.

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  Ormiston North East Wolverhampton Academy

  Sept 2017 - now

  Assistant Director of English