Anarchy in the H.E.

Dr Nick Mount is Academic Director at the University of Nottingham Online. This is a strategic role which heads the University’s multi-million pound investment in online learning for all.

By trade, Nick is a physical geographer and Associate Professor of Hydroinformatics. He has worked far and wide striving for sustainable peace through socio-physical-political systems.

Nick is also an established folk musician, having played guitar for Northampton’s now dis-banded folk band The Cordwainers.

Join us as Nick gives us his views and perspectives on curriculum design, digital learning, and a future of micro-credential learning.

Nick Mount:

University of Nottingham

Linkedin

ResearchGate

Nick’s Punk (metal actually) Song of Choice – Iron Maiden, Aces High

Mike Pascoe PhD teaches anatomy at the University of Colorado, USA. This is his passion. Mike talks about his neurophysiology education and transition into Physical Therapy programs, and tells us about his innovative research and teaching practice with innovative ways of helping students learn. 

The Website of Mike Pascoe - everything you need to know about Mike

Barenaked Ladies - Baby Seat - Mike's punk song

Elena Rocca is a researcher specialising in issues at the interface between scientific evidence, practice, policy and philosophy. Elena has a multi-disciplinary background that includes Pharmacy (MSc), Molecular Medicine (PhD) and Philosophy/Ethics of Science (post-doctoral experience and collaborative research).

She is particularly interested in responsible science-based decision-making and in the conceptual premises of sustainability in biotechnology, medicine and innovation. She has a specific focus on risk and safety of new biotechnologies, both from a practical, methodological and philosophical perspective.

Elena is also interested in educating young practitioners and researchers to interdisciplinarity, starting from a critical understanding of their own and others’ basic assumptions.

Join us now as Elena discusses her experiences developing interdisciplinary courses and the importance of critical thinking in higher education.

Elena Rocca - WordPress

Elena on Twitter

Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)

There is more to education than teaching and learning! Says Tim Ingold, a British Anthropologist, and now Emeritus Professor and the University of Aberdeen. 

In his book "Anthropology and/as Education",  Tim Ingold argues that both anthropology and education are ways of studying, and of leading life, with others. 

 Education, he contends, is not the transmission of authorised knowledge from one generation to the next but a way of attending to things, opening up paths of growth and discovery. What does this mean for the ways we think about study and the school, teaching and learning, and the freedoms they exemplify? And how does it bear on the practices of participation and observation, on ways of study in the field and in the school, on art and science, research and teaching, and the university?

Enjoy this episode!

Links:

For the anthropologically-minded, have a listen to Tim's engaging YouTube lectures:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tim+ingold+education 

And here is 'Punk' Tim playing Beethoven on his gestural cello:

https://youtu.be/1NEwABxLAJY

Lisa Kelly is an English Lecturer currently researching the way we frame Higher Education as a consumer experience. 

In Lisa's own words: "The idea of ensuring a level of quality in our provision comes from an aspirational and well-meaning place. However some of these aspects are not compatible with a fully engaged learning process and lead to problematic scenarios where intent and expectation do not meet."

Lisa teaches in H.E. in a Further Education College setting and will also discuss the ups and downs of this.

Enjoy:)

LINKS:

Web: https://www.thetiredlecturer.com/

Building Houses on Sand (page 98): https://www.blackpool.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/B%26FC%20Scholarship%20Review%202020.pdf

SoMe: @thetiredlecturer @lisakellytweets 

Sophie Green - artist: https://www.sophie-green.com/

Lisa’s poetry: http://www.elbowsinsession.co.uk/search/label/Lisa%20Bower

Dr F Scott Feil is concerned about the rising costs of healthcare education. Listen to our conversation about his journey in higher education and his thoughts on a future of healthcare education.

Dr. F Scott Feil is a physical therapist and educator focused on improving the lives of individuals in the geriatric space. He began his career in 2007 as a traveling physical therapist taking contracts in Texas, Hawaii and North Carolina.

In 2008, Dr. Feil began the outpatient therapist portion of his career as a worker’s compensation physical therapist for seven years. He then spent three years in Waco, Texas working in home health and skilled nursing facilities. He subsequently completed his Doctor of Education (EdD) at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) in 2018.

He began teaching at USAHS in September 2020. Dr. Feil’s teaching experience also includes one year as an adjunct professor for geriatrics and advanced movement analysis courses for Baylor University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program.

Scott's punk song choice - Ramones: Teenage Lobotomy

Insta - pteducator

Twitter - @FScottFeil_DPT

LinkedIn - F Scott Feil

Scott's book - PT Educator's Student Debt Eliminator: Multiple Streams of Revenue for Healthcare Clinicians and Academicians

PT Educator blogsite

The Healthcare Education Transformation Project podcast

Dr Paul Greatrix is the Registrar at University of Nottingham and a bit of a punk. Well, he likes The Stranglers and The Fall, and has 14 years of blogging about hot H.E. matters at least. 

Listen to our conversation about a wide range of H.E. matters including Paul's story of his time in the higher echelons of H.E. and his thoughts on regulation, league tables and essay mills.

Paul's chosen punk song for you to listen to is Something Better Change from The Stranglers' 1977 (and best, in my opinion) album 'No More Heroes'

Although I think this album was the best, for Paul's interest, here are some league tables of Stranglers albums which place it at various positions: 

#10 Rate Your Music

#3 Classic Rock History

#2 Best Ever Albums

Paul's blogging site

Paul's Twitter

As always, enjoy, and many thanks for listening:)

Roger

Susan and Marcus talk through the ideas and arguments from their recently published book "Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead)". This episode explores the idea that if we grade our students, which negatively affect their learning. 'Going gradeless' is a challenging, but ultimately rewarding task. 

The book is an excellent and very accessible resource - a must read  for all anarchic educators!: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ungrading-Students-Undermines-Learning-Education/dp/1949199827 

Marcus' choice of punk song in this episode is 'School Days' by female rockers The Runaways - listen to it here: https://youtu.be/HYxUAeEs8mE

Susan's punk choice is Pink Floyd's 'Another Brick in the Wall', which shows the sausage machine metaphor of our conventional education system: https://youtu.be/HrxX9TBj2zY 

Susan D Blum is Professor of anthropology at Notre Dame University, Indiana. Her other books on higher education include 'My World! Plagiarism and College Culture' and 'I Love Learning; I Hate School' http://www.susanblum.com/

Marcus Schultz-Bergin teaches political philosophy at Cleveland State University and wrote the chapter 'Grade Anarchy in the Philosophy Classroom' in 'Ungrading' https://schultzbergin.xyz/about/

Please listen, enjoy, be motivated, be chaotic, and share!! 

The "theory-practice" gap, or whatever you want to call it, has always been a central concern regarding the relationship between the activity of higher education and the real-world. Despite best efforts of 'knowledge transfer' initiatives etc, there are few signs that this gap is narrowing, in fact it is most likely widening. Dr Shubhra Hajela is a Psychologist with a PhD from the University of Allahabad, India with an interest in occupational health and wellbeing. She left higher education, however, in favour of a career in the corporate world. In Episode 3 of Anarchy in the H.E., Shubhra talks about her journey in and out of H.E., and what academia can learn form the cut-throat, fast-moving corporate world of industry. 

Why does H.E. not reflect the real-world? Look out for the full episode coming soon!