Outputs (61)

Fail again, fail better : the case for formative assessment in first year undergraduate creative practice-based modules (2014)
Journal Article
Naray-Davey, S., & Hurley, U. (2014). Fail again, fail better : the case for formative assessment in first year undergraduate creative practice-based modules. International Journal of Arts Education, 8(3), https://doi.org/10.18848/2326-9944/CGP/v08i03/57760

This article identifies an intrinsic paradox in creative practice-based degree programmes that use outcome-led curricula and summative assessment in their first year undergraduate practical modules. Offering a personal reflection by two teachers-pra... Read More about Fail again, fail better : the case for formative assessment in first year undergraduate creative practice-based modules.

Durable goods, issue 83 (2013)
Other
Hurley, U. (2013). Durable goods, issue 83. U.S.A

Poetry microzine. Contains three commissioned poems: 'After A Long Walk Above Hebden Bridge', 'Farewell' and Sunrise Sunset' presented with commissioned art work.

'The Delicate One - With Sugar' (2012)
Other
Hurley, U. (2012). 'The Delicate One - With Sugar'

A collection of visual poems, produced in response to Jo Langton's 'Poetea' project and published on the Zimzalla website.

Standing on deep shale : the problem of originality (2012)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2012). Standing on deep shale : the problem of originality. In P. Perry (Ed.), Beyond the Workshop (85-104). Kingston upon Thames: Kingston University Press

Writers are often plagued by the apparent impossibility of saying something new, finding a unique voice; how to add something worthwhile to the almost infinite body of pre-existing literature? We stand at the edge of a vast uncharted sea – the unform... Read More about Standing on deep shale : the problem of originality.

Walking in the world of ruins : explorations in the processes and products of autobiographical fiction (2011)
Journal Article
Hurley, U. (2011). Walking in the world of ruins : explorations in the processes and products of autobiographical fiction. International Journal of the Arts in Society, 5(6), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.18848/1833-1866/CGP/v05i06/35941

I continue his [Sebald's] walks in the world of ruins, of what is dead. I continue his contact with a stimulating tendency of the contemporary novel, a tendency that opens new ground in between essay, fiction and autobiography... So writes Enr... Read More about Walking in the world of ruins : explorations in the processes and products of autobiographical fiction.

Truths and their telling : a novel with complementary discourses (2011)
Thesis
Hurley, U. Truths and their telling : a novel with complementary discourses. (Thesis). Manchester Metropolitan University

Comprising a novel and complementary discourses, this thesis blurs the traditional distinctions between critical theory and creative practice, and contributes new insights into the practice, craft, and theory of the contemporary novel. It stages a pr... Read More about Truths and their telling : a novel with complementary discourses.

'Upper Derwent Water' (2011)
Exhibition / Performance
Hurley, U. (2009). 'Upper Derwent Water'. [Poetry chapbook]. 1 May 2011. (Unpublished)

An experimental audio-visual treatment of a poem, performed as part of the 'Word Musicians' show at the Chorlton Festival.

Look back in wonder : how the endings of short stories can be their most powerful and effective distinguishing features (2011)
Journal Article
Hurley, U. (2011). Look back in wonder : how the endings of short stories can be their most powerful and effective distinguishing features. Short Fiction in Theory and Practice, 1(1), 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1386/fict.1.1.25_1

Drawing on her experiences as a writer and teacher of short fiction, the author offers an interrogation of the defining qualities of short stories, with a particular focus on how the ending of a narrative can be one of the most useful ways of teasing... Read More about Look back in wonder : how the endings of short stories can be their most powerful and effective distinguishing features.

All the love in the world (2011)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2011). All the love in the world. In Balancing Act and Other Poems. Abercynon: Leaf Books

This poem was commended in the Leaf Books poetry competition 2011, and published in the winners' anthology, entitled Balancing Act and Other Poems.

Two poems : 'In her sunporch' and 'Her garden, my lure' (2010)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2010). Two poems : 'In her sunporch' and 'Her garden, my lure'. In R. Loydell (Ed.), From Hepworth's Garden Out (27 and 34). Exeter: Shearsman

Selected for publication in the Shearsman poetry anthology themed around painters and St Ives.