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Dr

Ashley Chantler

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

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  • Senior Lecturer
    Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

BIOGRAPHY

Dr Ashley Chantler is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and English Literature and course leader of MA Creative Writing: Writing and Publishing Fiction.

 

He has research and teaching expertise in Creative Writing, English Literature, editing, and publishing.

 

He is founding co-director of the International Flash Fiction Association, co-editor of Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine and Flash: The International Short-Short Story Press, and founding director of the University's creative-writing hub Pandora's Box.

UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER APPOINTMENTS

  • Senior Lecturer in English Literature
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom2005
  • Lecturer in English Literature
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom2001 - 2005

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Course Leader, MA Creative Writing: Writing and Publishing Fiction
    University of Chester, UK2004
  • Assessment Officer, Creative Writing and English Literature
    University of Chester, United Kingdom2016 - 2024
  • Course Leader, BA (Hons) Creative Writing
    University of Chester, UK2013 - 2014
  • External Examiner, MA Creative Writing
    Edge Hill University, UK2011 - 2015
  • Organisational Audit Sub-Committee
    University of Chester, UK2009 - 2010
  • Careers Link Tutor, Department of English
    University of Chester, UK2008 - 2009
  • External Examiner, BA and MA Creative Writing
    University of Cumbria, UK2007 - 2011
  • Learning, Teaching and Assessment Co-ordinator, School of Humanities
    University of Chester, UK2004 - 2006

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Editorial Board
    Short Fiction in Theory and Practice, UK2014
  • Editorial Board
    Cowper and Newton Journal, UK2011 - 2019
  • Executive Committee
    Ford Madox Ford Society, UK2006 - 2017
  • Editor, Ford Madox Ford Society Newsletter
    Ford Madox Ford Society, UK2006 - 2014
  • Secretary
    Ford Madox Ford Society, UK2006 - 2011

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of Leicester, UK
  • MA English Literature and Literary Research
    University of Leicester, UK
  • BA (Hons) English
    University of Leicester, UK

CERTIFICATIONS

  • PGC Learning and Teaching in the Wider Context of Higher Education
    University of Liverpool
  • Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
    University of Liverpool

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in the Wider Context of Higher Education
    University of Liverpool, UK1 Oct 2003 - 30 Sep 2004

RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE INSTITUTE

  • Culture and Society Research and Knowledge Exchange Institute

SCHOOL

  • School for the Creative Industries

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision