Study support

Katharine Quarmby has written non-fiction, short stories and books for children. Her debut novel, The Low Road, based on a true story from her hometown from the 1800s, was published by Unbound in 2023. In 2024 Katharine published seven educational books for children and continues work on her second novel, as well as on environmental journalism. 

Katharine is also an investigative journalist and editor, with particular interests in disability, the environment, race and ethnicity and the care system. She has worked for over a decade for BBC and other broadcasters and served in a variety of correspondent and associate editor roles for outlets including the Economist, Newsweek Europe and Prospect. She has been production and digital editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and is currently editor at Investigative Reporting Denmark. 

Availability: Katharine is available to London-based students on Mondays from Monday 7 October 2024.

For further information, please contact katharine.quarmby@rlfeducation.org.uk

Satinder Kaur Chohan is a primarily a playwright and audio dramatist, whose stories explore hidden glocal South Asian worlds and characters. She has worked with established, diverse community and youth theatres and companies. Her plays include ‘Zameen’, ‘Made in India’ and ‘Lotus Beauty’, and her BBC radio plays include an audio adaptation of ‘Camille’ and ‘Southall Uprising’.

Satinder has also worked extensively as a journalist and magazine/online editor and researcher/assistant producer in radio, television and film. From Southall, West London, her immigrant hometown continues to inspire her storytelling and more recent forays into film and fiction. Satinder strongly believes in the power of language and stories to embolden and transform, especially amongst marginalised people and communities like her own.

Availability: Satinder is available to London-based students on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from Tuesday 1 October 2024. 

For further information, please contact satinder.chohan@rlfeducation.org.uk 

Becca Heddle is the author of over 60 books for children, both fiction and non-fiction. Her speciality is expressing complex ideas in accessible text, and she has been awarded the junior COPUS prize for contributing to the public understanding of science. She has worked with students at all levels including from Adult Functional Skills to PhD, to help them learn how to improve their own writing.

Availability: Becca is available in Fountain House on Wednesdays from Wednesday 2 October. 

For further information, please contact becca.heddle@rlfeducation.org.uk 

The Royal Literary Fund fellowship scheme places professional writers in higher education institutions to offer writing support to students. 

Nii, Kim and Becca can give you: 

• a confidential one-to-one tutorial 

• advice based on your own writing, tailored to your needs and aims 

• help with planning and structure 

• time to consider and benefit from feedback 

• advice on improving clarity and working to a word limit 

• help in tackling any issues with grammar and punctuation 

• the opportunity to improve any academic writing – essays, reports, theses, dissertations, book chapters.  

What we don’t do: 

• read all of lengthy works 

• proof-read or edit your work 

• teach English as a second language 

• provide specialist support for specific learning disabilities. 

Appointments last 50 minutes – contact us in advance to book a session. 

• For more information, please visit the RLF Fellowship Scheme website.