In this last episode of Series 4, it seems fitting Catherine and Mike meet with Graham Scott, former Director of our very own Teaching Excellence Academy who reflects on his career in higher education. Graham is emeritus Professor of Bioscience Education at the University of Hull. During a close to 30 year career at the university he held a number of roles in the area of Biology and Science more generally, was recognised as a UK bioscience hence teacher of the year, a National Teaching Fellow an...
Dec 11, 2024•43 min•Season 4Ep. 7
In this episode Catherine and Mike meet with Dr Chris Fear, from the School of Politics and International Studies to discuss his approach to teaching political theory and history. Christopher Fear is a researcher and lecturer in the School of Politics and International Studies. His research and teaching are focused on political theory, especially on the conservative and liberal traditions, on British Idealist political thought, and on European political history. He lives in Hull with his wife, c...
Dec 04, 2024•46 min•Season 4Ep. 6
In this episode, join Catherine and Mike who revisit with colleagues Paula Gawthorpe from Nursing and Katharine Hubbard from Biological Science, their work on the Inclusive Education Framework. First home-grown and now available nationally since it was further developed as part of a QAA collaborative project. Tune in to find out all about it and visit the Inclusive Education Framework website for full information and to download the resources. Paula Gawthorpe is a senior lecturer in Nursing and ...
Nov 27, 2024•50 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Join Catherine and Mike as they meet Catherine Wynne, Reader in English and Lucyl Harrison, PhD student in English, both members of the Living with Death - Learning from COVID research cluster at the University of Hull. They explore how a chance conversation as part of a personal supervision session led to the development of a podcast with a now global listenership and talk all things public engagement, research development, the wider PhD journey and podcasting as a diverse way of engaging with ...
Nov 20, 2024•53 min•Season 4Ep. 4
This week Catherine and Mike meet Emma Palmer and Tim Prior and discuss a new helpful way to look at personal supervision conversations. Drum roll please for the soft launch of their BREADCAKE! Emma Palmer is the Director of Foundation Year at the University of Hull, who oversees the provision for the integrated Foundation Years. She has a keen interest in Student identity and their sense of belonging, depending on how this is influenced depending on their academia, social and environmental circ...
Nov 13, 2024•27 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Join Catherine and Mike in this podcast as they discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on higher education with Dr Dionysios Demetis , Reader in management systems at Hull University Business School. “I think we need to convince also our students that however sophisticated these tools appear to us, they are effectively computational fraudsters in text generation, and they have sort of substituted the human contextual aspect by embedding artificial mechanisms as artificial substitutes for ...
Nov 06, 2024•53 min•Season 4Ep. 2
In this podcast, Catherine and Mike discuss playful learning with Simon and guest John. Simon Grey is the programme director for the Computer Science for Games Programming degree courses at the University of Hull and is an advocate for creating playful and fun learning experiences for students. He also runs regular board games sessions for staff to help encourage collaboration between cross-disciplinary groups. John Lean is a Senior Lecturer in Education at Manchester Metropolitan University, wh...
Oct 30, 2024•40 min•Season 4Ep. 1
In this podcast, Catherine and Mike meet Ann Kaegi, lecturer in English and Lesley Morrell, Faculty of Science & Engineering Associate Dean (Education). They are joined by student partners Ben Ryan and Emma-Rose Walters, respectively under-graduate in History and Criminology*, two of the eight student partners on their project Education for Sustainable Development Changemakers . They passionately report on their achievements last year with the support of Student Organising for Sustainability...
May 01, 2024•41 min•Season 3Ep. 7
In this episode, Catherine and Mike meet Andrea Hilton, Reader in Advance Practice in the School of Paramedical PeriOperative and Advanced Practice, who talks about her experience of blended teaching approaches on the Faculty of Health Sciences non-medical prescribing course. Andrea’s teaching focus and expertise is with non-medical prescribing. This is where qualified health care professionals undertake an advanced qualification which enable them (nurses, pharmacists and some allied health prof...
Apr 24, 2024•28 min•Season 3Ep. 6
In this podcast, Catherine and Mike meet Hannah Worthen, early career academic based at the Energy and Environment Institute who also teaches in the School of Environmental Sciences. She was recently awarded Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, the application for which drew on her work developing inclusive and participatory teaching practices. Asher Donaghy-Roering is a second year student in the School of Environmental Sciences just returning from a fieldtrip to Tenerife. www.queeringth...
Apr 17, 2024•29 min•Season 3Ep. 5
This week Catherine and Mike meet Brian Houston, Knowledge Exchange lecturer based in the Aura Innovation Centre, discussing his academic journey through research, teaching and knowledge exchange (KE). Brian is a Mechanical Engineering Knowledge Exchange Lecturer, and Manager of the Aura InventX initiative. As a KE advocate he is passionate about facilitating collaboration through the delivery of multi-disciplinary Research, Development, and Innovation projects; and bringing together the Aura In...
Apr 10, 2024•28 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this podcast, Catherine and Mike meet Clare Whitfield, Lecturer in Advanced Practice in Faculty of Health Sciences. Clare's focus is on teaching healthcare students and registered practitioners research methods and the use of research to inform evidence-based practice. Clare has over 20 years’ experience teaching research and research methods, across a range of academic disciplines, including Social Sciences and Education. She works with a wide range of student, including undergraduates, post...
Mar 20, 2024•20 min•Season 3Ep. 3
In this episode, Mike and Catherine meet with Dominic Henri, who splits his time between the University of Hull’s School of Natural Sciences and the Teaching Excellence Academy. Dom is a Senior Lecturer in Zoology whose disciplinary specialism is conservation and ecology, but whose primary focus is Higher Education pedagogy (particularly the interface between assessment, student development, and employability). In the podcast, we discuss the journey behind a published study evidencing one way of...
Mar 13, 2024•37 min•Season 3Ep. 2
In this episode, Catherine and Mike meet Karen Hubbard, lecturer in Social Work in the School of Psychology and Social Work. Karen is the Programme Director for BA Social Work and Social Work lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. She is a registered social worker with a passion for social justice, human rights and participation. Karen has practiced nationally and internationally in these fields with particular interests in platforming the voices of poorly served communities. Her previous w...
Mar 06, 2024•34 min•Season 3Ep. 1
In this episode, we're joined by Michelle Kennedy, from the School of Nursing & Midwifery, who speaks about the Student/Staff Partnership project she and a colleague recently supported with four enthusiastic student partners and what they all learnt from the experience. “We were very keen to work with the students for support but to let them lead and take the direction they wanted to lead...” Partners involved in the project: Demi Bell, Emma Marston, Shanna Gray & Izzie Pearson, Adult Nu...
Nov 22, 2023•20 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Tune in this week as we meet with Holly Smith from the School of Education, reflecting on her use of Lego in her teaching, including sharing tips for those interested in using it. “We can all build!... being given a focus for our build […] you’re naturally starting to engage which something that could be a completely subconscious idea […] and putting Lego in front of you and having that form allows you to really get carried away and enjoy play!” Holly mentioned in the podcast, a new course being...
Nov 15, 2023•30 min•Season 2Ep. 7
In this episode, Mike and Catherine meet with Claire Carr, from the University of Hull Business School, who discusses with passion her approach to teaching, covering areas such as co-creation with students, playfulness in teaching, ways to support digital literacy and inclusivity in the classroom. Claire is Lecturer in Marketing, Management, and Business Strategy and specialises in learning and development within the subject group of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management. Claire...
Nov 08, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 6
In this episode, James Pritchett, from the School of Politics and International Studies, talks all things gamification and simulations, how he uses those within group work and links to authentic assessment. “an engaging activity… helps build skills like cooperation, teamwork, leadership…” Thank you for taking time to listen to the podcast. We hope you enjoy it. Please do subscribe and share with anyone you think might enjoy. Cup of TEA artwork created by Layla Jabbari Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Nov 01, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 5
We're joined this week by Aruni Samarakoon, from the School of Politics & International Studies, and Lanre Lawal from the School of Nursing, two postgraduate researchers who share their experiences of teaching, while studying for their postgraduate degree. Lanre: "When I see how well my students have done, it makes me very happy!" Aruni: “In this module there were mostly male students and two female students who were going to withdraw... I was able to convince them to carry on as I brought m...
Oct 25, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In this episode, Mike and Catherine talk to Julie Brierley, from Teacher Education. Julie describes one of her projects on special educational needs using an enquiry-based learning approach, along with working collaboratively with students to feedback and reflect. ...“by the end of the module, the students love it, but for the first 4 weeks or so they hate it… and they’ll reflect back on it and say “it was so helpful!”” Thank you for taking time to listen to the podcast. We hope you enjoy it. Pl...
Oct 18, 2023•27 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Join us as we talk to Georgios Efthimiou, from the Centre for Biomedicine, and discuss ways of promoting student engagement and a sense of community within modules. Georgios explains how he's used games to help support this and how to scale it across large cohorts. Georgios has kindly provided us with useful links relating to this discussion; Microbes against Humanity paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8209641/ Coccus Pocus scary story competition: https://www.biofilms.ac.uk/coc...
Oct 11, 2023•23 min•Season 2Ep. 2
To start off this second series, we're speaking to Lizzie Ette from the School of Nursing. We talk about a range of topics including reflection, competence-based education, the use of spiral curriculum, assessing big cohorts and her role in the student support. Lizzie has also kindly provided a list of links related to our discussion, which can be found below. So...pour yourself a cup of tea and enjoy the show. Core links for the episode: Studying nursing at the University of Hull Nursing & ...
Oct 04, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 1
In this episode we're joined by Chris Armstrong and Tim Prior, both lecturers in Chemistry, discussing how they promote the active use of feedback and how they support the development of feedback literacy for students and staff. Let's join them! You can find an example of the feedback page discussed in the episode within our student guides . Thank you for taking time to listen to the podcast. We hope you enjoy it. We're aware the audio isn't ideal so thank you for your patience as we find our wa...
Mar 08, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In this episode we're joined by Ed Hurst, Programme Director for Creative Writing, talking about his interest in digital community and the legacy of our Covid-19 lockdown teaching - exploring student community through shared interests and video games So join Ed and listen out for this special cup of tea! @Edmund_hurst Ed's student’s HU Writes podcast page . Thank you for taking time to listen to the podcast. We hope you enjoy it. We're aware the audio isn't ideal so thank you for your patience a...
Mar 01, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this episode, we are joined by Rowan Oliver, lecturer in Music from the School of Arts talking about how he incorporates authentic experiences and assessment within a professional arts setting. Thank you for taking time to listen to the podcast. We hope you enjoy it. Please do subscribe and share with anyone you think might enjoy. Artwork created by Layla Jabbari Did you know? Call for Papers for our Summer Teaching & Learning Conference is open! We welcome submissions on the theme 'Asses...
Feb 22, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this episode, we are joined by Neil Gordon from the School of Computer Science, one of the University’s National Teaching Fellows discussing his teaching practice and approaches to large group assessment. So...pour yourself a cup of tea and enjoy the show! Thank you for taking time to listen to the podcast. We hope you enjoy it. We're aware the audio isn't ideal so thank you for your patience as we find our way! We will hopefully improve with our next series. Please do subscribe and share wit...
Feb 15, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this episode, we are joined by Zach North from the School of Paramedical, Perioperative and Advanced Practice, sharing the steps he's taken to promote peer assisted learning / peer assisted clinical simulation within his modules. Zach touches on authentic opportunities, student designing formative assessment, team-based learning, feedback, community building, workload and more! Let's find out about it and how this is relevant to your discipline by joining Zach! (who did not have a cuppa incid...
Feb 08, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episode we're joined by Emma Palmer, a Foundation Year Tutor, who reflects on her research around student sense of belonging and community and how it informs the work she does in supporting students’ transitions. So join Emma with her caramel latte! Emma has also kindly provided links to topics we discussed listed below. - This AdvanceHE report includes the four pronged typology by Thomas and May (2010) - Teaching Essentials: Student Identities - Spotify playlist from FACE students in 20...
Feb 01, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 4
This week we're speaking to Lee Fallin from the School of Education. We talked about a range of topics including his research on learning spaces and also his recent transition from professional services to academia. Lee is really passionate about education and learning development and we think this comes across brilliantly in this really interesting chat. Lee has also kindly provided a list of related links to topics we discuss which can be found below. So...pour yourself a cup of tea and enjoy ...
Jan 25, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In this week's episode we're joined by Kelly Dockerty, Director of Education and Student Experience and Jess Gleisinger, a student from the School of Education to talk about a project in which students examined a problem-based scenario on a real-world sustainable development issue that was aligned to the National Curriculum. We talk about inclusive and authentic assessment and how the approach has had a positive effect on student learning. The pair have also published an article outlining their ...
Jan 18, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 1
