KATE WILLIAMS manages the Upgrade Study Advice Service at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has worked with students from Foundation to PhD level and has written a range of books and materials on study skills. She is the Pocket Study Skills series editor.  MARY WOOLLIAMS became a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing at Oxford Brookes University, UK, in 2003 after working as a nurse for several years. In recent years she has been involved in putting together a variety of guides and publications for students on developing their academic skills, including referencing, critical thinking and reflective writing.
JANE SPIRO is Principal Lecturer in Education and TESOL and runs programmes in reflective practice, academic and creative writing. She won a National Teaching Fellowship for the development of online reflective writing resources; and has published books on the use of creative writing in language education.  She is also a published novelist and poet, and has a PhD, papers and articles reflecting on the connections between academic and creative writing.