Cultivating life skills through reflective writing in higher education

This book is an educational proposal to improve the writing skills of higher education students. As scholars, we all experience on a daily basis the fundamental role writing plays for our professional development. We write to brainstorm, organize our thoughts, share hunches with close colleagues, revise drafts, plan and monitor complex projects and, last but not least, to disseminate our scientific results. However, the pervasiveness of writing when we act as researchers is not always mirrored when we act as lecturers. Its creation has its origin in the “ORWELL” project (https://orwellproject.eu/), co-funded by the European Union and focused on improving Online Reflective Writing in Higher Education [2022-1-IT02-KA220HED-000086063]. ORWELL was coordinated by the University of Florence and based on a partnership with University of Cantabria, Malmö University, EUDA and WIDE Services.