Professor Rowena Murray graduated MA (Hons) from Glasgow University and PhD from the Pennsylvania State University. Formerly Professor in Education at the University of the West of Scotland, Head of Business Writing at Strathclyde Business School and Honorary Visiting Scholar at Liverpool University, she is now Adjunct Professor at Strathclyde Business School.

A Principal Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, she was nominated for the Research Culture Award at Stirling University in 2021. She researches academic writing, the subject of her articles, books and chapters.

She does online and in-person writing retreats, courses and 1-2-1 sessions with academics, researchers, doctoral students and others through her company, Rowena Murray Educational Services (www.rowenamurray.co.uk), on FB (Rowena Murray Writing Group) and Twitter (murray_rowena).

Now, I’m freelance. I run courses: Rhetoric and Writing, Thesis Writing, Writing for Publication, Preparing for the PhD Viva and Training for Retreat Facilitators. I do workshops and retreats for groups and universities across the UK, Scotland and beyond.

I aim to bring the benefits of social writing to doctoral students, early career researchers, academics, practitioners and professionals. Through my company I support projects and charities, like the Lochwinnoch Arts festival and St Vincent’s Hospice.

Finally, I retired from volleyball some years ago and now do swimming, weight training, running, spin and fitness classes, badminton and cycle-commute. But I miss the volleyball, and if I still lived in the USA or Europe I’d probably still be playing.

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