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 and a Principal Fellow of the HEA. Latterly Graham was Associate PVC (Learning and Teaching) and Director of the Teaching Excellence Academy.

"...my signature pedagogy: finding ways to enable students to reflect on the value of their own work when they are given ownership of that work... and I think that comes through in the competence-based education framework where we're placing that self-awareness, that self-regulation right in the centre of the curriculum..."

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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, children, and dogs.

"... and I hope that the main thing I want them to get from that is familiarity with the text, with the method of sitting down and reading one thing, and not seeking a shortcut or a summary on the internet, actually making contact with the primary text yourself, having the confidence to do that, even when it is difficult and accepting you aren’t necessarily going to understand everything, but also being able to converse and make mistakes, find your voice I suppose, it’s impossible to do that if you don’t have any knowledge and common content to talk about… "

Useful link

Chris' fitting reference to George Orwell's nice cup of tea!

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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 Director of Studies (Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Programmes). Paula's areas of interest include student retention, academic and pastoral support. Paula is a Senior Fellow of AdvanceHE.

Katharine Hubbard is a Reader in Biology Education and Director of Education (School of Natural Sciences). Her expertise is in inclusive education and awarding gaps, as well as effective laboratory based teaching within the Biosciences. Katharine is a Senior Fellow and National Teaching Fellow of AdvanceHE.

Paula: “How do you evidence that in day to day practice & action and the way your institution function on a daily basis… how do you demonstrate that?”

Katharine: “The Framework is a starting point for discussion [...] and a really useful tool to show the depth and breadth of inclusive practice."

Useful link The Inclusive Education Framework

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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 learning & assessment.

Dr Catherine Wynne is Reader in Victorian and Early Twentieth-Century Literary & Visual Cultures and Associate Dean for Research and Enterprise in the Faculty of Arts, Cultures and Education. Catherine supervises Lucyl's PhD thesis on the language and literature of COVID & pandemics and as Associate Dean, leads a team responsible for the faculty's postgraduate researchers.  

Lucyl Harrison is a PhD researcher specialising in how viral experience narratives are archived during pandemics with a focus on the emerging genre of Covid fiction. She founded the podcast, Pandemic Pages, which explores how writers have responded to the coronavirus pandemic through literature. Featuring in-depth conversations with authors, academics, and creative voices, Pandemic Pages brings listeners an insightful look into the cultural and emotional impact of pandemics on storytelling. She is also a 'Story Maker' at the National Centre for Writing in Norwich, Norfolk.

Catherine: “When you’re working with PhD students, you need to start thinking about developing them for the knowledge exchange and creating all of those other professional skills sets that can be adaptable in various ways”

Lucyl: “When I started my PhD I kind of needed to be practical about the academic space and jobs because not everybody gets a job in academia afterwards… so part of the reason of doing the podcast was building a digital portfolio […] trying to set myself up outside… [but it’s been so much more!]… and a really good networking tool.

Further links

Listen to Pandemic Pages podcast

Follow Pandemic Pages on Instagram

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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 circumstances.

Tim Prior is Head of Chemistry and Senior Tutor in the School of Natural Sciences. He has been heavily involved in promoting the use of the student voice as a positive force for change at the University. He is a strong advocate for the transformative power of education and the importance of personal supervision. He has won faculty and university awards for his contribution to student experience in Hull.

He is expecting to leave the University in July 2025 at the closure of Chemistry and the cessation of Chemistry teaching. 

Emma: “if you had a student in that scenario, what would you [a personal supervisor] do… this acronym is a great way of structuring this conversation naturally, as well as being aware of key things you would do as a personal supervisor”

Tim: “learning to learn independently- that’s what University life should be about, isn’t it? […] For me, being able to reflect on what you’ve done is important. I do always encourage students to reflect on their performance- how did those exams go? What did you learn about yourself? what worked? What would you do differently?”

What is a Personal Supervision BREADCAKE?

Be available

Reassure

Empathise

Advise

Direct to support

Create action

Ask

Keep records

Enjoy

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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 the real thing… and the only way to do that is to put the students in the space between that!”

Reference

Dionysios' latest book: The Technological Construction of Reality, co-written with Ian O. Angell. Edward Elgar Publishing, July 2024.

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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, where he leads the award-winning co-curricular experiential programme Rise. His background is in philosophy teaching and education innovation, and he focuses on using play to develop agency and democracy in university students. In his spare time he plays too many videogames, drinks too much coffee and tries to encourage a four-year old to listen to Steely Dan.

Simon: “If you believe that every module has a goal and rules, voluntary participation and feedback, [then] it’s already a game!”

John: “As an education philosophy, it’s about empowerment and agency and having the freedom to do things differently.” 

Useful links and references

• The Playful Learning Association site is the best place to start for anyone who wants to get involved. Details of the conference on there too: https://playfullearningassoc.co.uk/
• John's quote "playing a game is a voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles" is from Bernard Suits' book The Grasshopper, John's favourite work on play.
• Simon's definition of a game is from Dr Jane McGonigal's book “Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World”
• and also mentioned by Simon: Ryan and Deci’s theory of motivation – self-determination theory (Ryan, R.M. and Deci, E.L., 2024. Self-determination theory. In Encyclopedia of quality of life and well-being research (pp. 6229-6235). Cham: Springer International Publishing)

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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 UK

Emma-Rose has now moved to another institution to undertake P/G studies.

... "It's important for us to understand that without an understanding of the role of humanities, the social sciences and the arts, we will not be able to pivot towards the sort of revolutionary changes in our behaviour, in our technology, in our outlook about what we need to do individually and collectively to create a more sustainable world."...

… “one of the conclusions we came to is that science is what’s going to save the world but humanities is why it’s worth saving!”...

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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 professionals such as physiotherapists) to prescribe medication. Andrea has been directly involved with this course since 2006. Andrea is enthusiastic about using the virtual learning environment to support a variety of teaching and learning strategies and enable a digital pedagogical approach. She is designing her sessions to be both blended and future proofed if fully online is needed.

Andrea is an active researcher in the field of clinical pharmacy/applied health research with a particular focus on prescribing and dementia. 

“Its’ not ‘one size fits all’! It’s almost like you want to cherry pick techniques and then… that will work, that won’t work! […] Try it, refine it and don’t underestimate time… be open to change and developing your own competence.”

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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.queeringthemap.com was referred to in the recording.

Hannah: "Just listen and be willing to learn... accept that there are gaps in your knowledge and in your experiences... there is always more work to be done and in particular if there is any work that we can do as teachers that gives students a voice, then I think that's really important"

Asher: “... include trans people in the conversation, have their input rather than you think might be best for them!!

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