Dr Lauren Hayhurst lectures in Narrative Design on the Game Art and Design degree at the University of Plymouth. Her PhD in Creative Writing, which she completed in 2018 with the University of Exeter, explores the ethics of imagination and introduces the idea of 'fictive responsibility' for creative practitioners representing ideas outside of lived experience. From 2016 to 2020, she lectured in Creative Writing at Exeter, Plymouth, and the Arts University Bournemouth (AUB), before returning to Plymouth to undertake the exciting sidestep into game design. Lauren brings cross-disciplinary working into every project, such as introducing digital narratives into the AUB curriculum, incorporating ethnographic methodologies into 'fictive fieldwork', and building an ethical awareness with game design students at Plymouth. 

  

Most recent teaching at Plymouth includes Disruptive Design Strategies, Experimental Media Lab, Level Design, Introduction to Immersion, Interactive Narratives, Character and Dialogue in Games. I also presented 'Whose Game is in Anyway?' as a visiting lecturer for the Masters degree, discussing ethical practice and representation in video games.

Past teaching at Plymouth includes Apocalypse and the Modern Novel, Contemporary Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction, the Craft of Writing, the Short Story, amongst others.

At the Arts University Bournemouth, teaching spanned short stories, poetry, dramatic writing, creative non-fiction, writing for radio, ethics of representation, crime writing, digital writing, and writing for games. 

At Exeter, modules included Introduction to Creative Writing, Building a Story, and Making a Poem.