In this episode, Kathy talks to both Lorraine Warde and Dr Sally Cooke from the

Nottingham School of Art and Design. Sally is a Research Fellow and Lorraine is a

Principal Lecturer on the BA (Hons) Fashion Design course.

Together, they discuss the Fashion Fictions project, founded by Associate Professor

Amy Twigger Holroyd, which invites people around the world to imagine alternative

fashion systems through creative storytelling and participatory exploration. The

project brings individuals and communities together to reflect on how we live with

clothing and to challenge the dominant fashion model, one shaped by economic

growth and linked to global social and environmental harms, by speculating on

more sustainable and equitable ways of engaging with fashion.

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In this episode, Kathy talks to Dr Stuart Burch about teaching and scholarship. Stuart

is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of International Media, a Beijing-based unit of

Communication University of China which forms a joint institute with NTU.

Stuart talks about the lasting influence that university has had on his life, how the

physical architecture of the classroom has changed and how he works hard with his

students to draw out their voices in all his teaching. Stuart also sets us some great

homework too, challenging listeners to start drawing - no matter how good or bad

you think you may be!

In this episode, Kathy is at our City Campus to talk to Dr Michael McCann about teaching and scholarship. Michael is a Principal Lecturer in Economics and the Learning and Teaching Manager for the Nottingham Business School. Michael shares with us how he got into economics in his teens, which, after graduating, led him to start teaching the basic principles of economics at the University of Greenwich. He has a real passion for teaching undergraduates about finance and financial concepts from an economics perspective, something that most students have had little exposure too when they start their HE study. He is passionate about finding innovate ways to bring economics to life, a passion which has also led Michael to head up the TILT Practice & Scholarship group for Innovative Pedagogy.

In this episode, Kathy is at our City Campus to talk to Dr Ana Souto about teaching and scholarship. Ana is an Associate Professor of Architecture and Inclusive Practises, and she is the Director for Doctoral programmes in the School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment. Ana shares with us her passion for working with students through the TILT SPUR scheme and how embracing the student voice and working with the students is essential and incredibly rewarding. You can also hear about the beautiful Arkwright Building where Ana is based.

In this episode, Kathy visits the Clifton Campus to talk to Dr Edward Breeds about teaching and scholarship in Physics. Ed is the Undergraduate Courses Manager for the physics cluster of courses and sits on the National Degree Accreditation Committee for the Institute of Physics. He is also the Chair of the regional branch of the Institute of Physics. In this podcast we chat about his passion for the subject and how he brings physics alive in the classroom by making it personal to his students. In the spirit of the festive season, we also hear about what it takes for Santa to deliver hundreds of millions of presents on Christmas Eve in his sound barrier breaking sleigh.

In this episode, Kathy Charles is at our City Campus to talk to Rose Gann about our teaching and scholarship promotion pathway. Rose is a Professor of Politics Education and Head of Academic Scholarship in the School of Social Sciences at NTU. She also chairs her learned society the Politics Studies Association of the UK. Rose shares how her passion for getting the female voice heard in politics really shaped her early career and is what brought her in to teaching. Rose’s first teaching was to 300 students covering the feminist section of a political ideologies' module. Her interest in politics also drove her ask questions around scholarship in particular colleagues understanding and practice of scholarship.

Article References

1. Kern, B., Mettetal, G., Dixson, M. and Morgan, R.K., 2015. The role of SoTL in the academy: Upon the 25th anniversary of Boyer’s Scholarship Reconsidered. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, pp.1-14.

2. hooks, b., 2014. Teaching to transgress. Routledge.

3. Collins, P.H., 2022. Black feminist thought: Knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment. routledge.

4. Martinovic, D., McGinn, M.K., Scott, R.M. and Obradović-Ratković, S., 2022. Conceptualizing Generous Scholarship. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 10(1).

5. Godbold, N., Matthews, K.E.E. and Gannaway, D., 2024. Theorising new possibilities for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and teaching-focused academics. Higher Education Research & Development, 43(1), pp.92-103.

In this episode, Kathy Charles is at our City Campus to talk to Mark Sergeant about his award winning scholarship in academic integrity.  Mark was awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s award for excellence in Scholarship in its first year (2022-23) and he shares his experience of applying in this discussion.  Mark also explores his compassionate approach to academic integrity, his experience as a journalist, his early research and teaching on the psychology of sex, and shares some hidden voices and homework.  Mark has his eyes set on the other AI now – artificial intelligence – which has uses beyond assessment into a range of areas in psychology such as therapeutic training.

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