In this episode we chat to Dr Peter Wolstencroft from Liverpool Business School. Peter is an author of "Achieving Teaching Excellence: Developing your TEF Profile and Beyond" and has introduced innovative new approaches to workload management at LJMU to drive creativity and individuality to each course leader.We chat abouty student engagement and attendance, the changing needs of the modern student and how best to meet the challenges of the day.Pick up his book here : https://www.mheducation.co.uk/achieving-teaching-excellence-developing-your-tef-profile-and-beyond-9780335249299-emea-groupFollow Peter on Twitter: @Peter_wolst

In this episode we talk to Dr Raj Sachdev, author of the new Digital Marketing text from McGraw Hill. We talk about the ever changing face of digital marketing and the approach he takes to keeping students engaged and educated when learning in a field that is constantly changing

In this episode Wes Hallam interviews Yurtsev Uymaz, an associate professor in finance from the Norwich Business School at the University of East Anglia. Yurtsev discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected finance courses and why he believes that whilst other disciplines have seen a decline in student numbers, finance courses have seen a rapid expansion. Yurtsev believes that the lockdown and the shift to online learning have changed students' habits, and they now see finance as a discipline that can prepare them to survive in a post-COVID world. We also talk about his conservative perpective on ChatGPT in the Finance education world.

In this episode of blended we chat with Dr Bo van der Rhee from Nyenrode Business school in the Netherlands. Bo is a celebrated educator who's won awards for his early adoption of flipped/digital learning and has worked with McGraw Hill as a Digital Faculty Consultant to help us understand student data better.Bo has published a white paper with us looking at the effectiveness of digital solutions (referenced in the episode) that you can view here - https://www.mheducation.co.uk/media/wysiwyg/EMEA/Higher-Education/Connect/EMEA_Connect_Whitepaper.pdf

In this episode we chat with Alex Janes - Senior lecturer in Strategy at the University of Exeter & Author of Crafting and Executing Strategy: the Quest for Competitive Advantage

Alex has been an avid user of Simulations, digital learning resources and changing the way in which students can be motivated. We talk about incentivisation of students, the role of applying skills in learning and the Modern student.

In this episode we chat with George Hulene - Associate Dean for Student Experience (Faculty of Business and Law) at Coventry University. We discuss the return of students to campus and the impact that has had on the whole ecosystem at the institution, as well as the wider challenges being faced in Higher Education. Every conversation had with George is enlightening and enjoyable, and this is no exception

Wondering about ChatGPT and its impact on Higher Ed?

In this episode of the podcast we chat to Dominik Lukes from the center for teaching and Learning at the University of Oxford.

Dominik has spoken and published at length on the rise of ChatGPT and we dive in to understand the common misconceptions about what it is, how it is used and what's next for the AI language model in Higher Education. Tune in to hear our fascinating conversation! #ChatGPT