A Cup of TEA

In this last episode of series 6 of A Cup of TEA podcast, Catherine and Mike meet Joanne Black and James Bray both working in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Passionate about good health and well-being and doing something for our campus population, staff and students, they embarked on a collaborative project with catering staff to add nutritious, affordable and culture diverse menu options in our...

Professor in Global Education in the School of Education, in the Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences & Education Sarah shares her deep interest in intercultural understanding and presents the University of Hull Global Education framework, how it came about, was developed collaboratively across the University using design-based thinking and where it is going next! You will also find out about the...

his week Catherine and Mike are joined by Stuart Lilford, Lecturer in Game Design, in the School of Arts & Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences & Education. Stuart reflects on his journey from working in the industry to lecturing in an area he’s always loved. “the best job I’ve ever had, teaching a subject I’m passionate about and enjoy, meeting lots of interesting people i.e. stud...

Join Catherine and Mike this week with Dr Stephanie Brown, Lecturer in Criminology, in the School of Criminology, Politics & Law, in the Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences & Education. Stephanie is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Hull. She is a BBC / AHRC New Generation Thinker. She is a historical criminologist, exploring change and continuity in crime, punishment, and pol...

This week Catherine and Mike are joined by Dr Bianca Kronemann and Dr Steven Forrest who present A step into the future, an AdvanceHE funded project which explore personalised student education and career pathways using AI and virtual reality, to solve global sustainability challenges. As well as numerous quality project outcomes, they will share hints and tips to take on board! Bianca is a lectur...

This week Mike and Catherine are joined by Jonathan Squirrell, Academic writing support tutor within the Foundation Year Team, who reflects on his work with Foundation Year students, bridging gaps and breaking barriers. Jonathan Squirrell signed a short-term contract with the University of Hull in 2010 and since he is still here it can only be assumed he has been making himself useful. Since 2018...

Join us this week as we meet Daniel Preece, Lecturer in Forensic Science in the Centre for Biomedicine in the Hull York Medical School, discussing learning technologies, constructive failure and AI.  Dr. Daniel Preece is the Programme Director for Forensic Science at the University of Hull, where he leads curriculum design, teaching innovation, and student experience within the forensic scien...

Join Catherine and Mike who meet Dom Henri, Senior Lecturer in Biological Science, Andrew Holmes, Senior Lecturer in Education Studies, and Kate Bridgeman, Teaching Enhancement Officer in the Teaching Excellence Academy, relating their journey on a QAA collaborative project on competence-based assessment.  Dr Dom Henri completed a PhD in ecology at Exeter, before starting as an education-focu...

This week, join us and Dr Gillian Jackson, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Palliative Care at Hull York Medical School reflecting on the start of her journey in teaching, building an online community for the MSc in Palliative Care and enhancing her pedagogical practice. Gillian's research interests focus on improving equity in access to and quality of palliative care, cancer care, and the detect...

This week we are joined by Dr Gareth Few, Lecturer in Physics in the Faculty of Science and Engineering, discussing the student voice, leading change and resolving conflict with the move to competence-based teaching & assessment. “...the philosophy of learning to love failing and taking the shame out of it… so if you can change your mind set around failure to be like…”oh well… I did that wrong...

Today we are joined by Olivia Jobson, MBBS Medicine Graduate, Hull York Medical School (HYMS) and 1st year junior doctor; Jordan Curry, HYMS Academic Clinical Exercise Physiologist and researcher & Paul McKeegan, HYMS Lecturer in Human Physiology. Olivia recounts how she drew a map of her physiology programme as a revision tool while studying, which was then recognised by Jordan and Paul as a...

This week Clare Killingback, Reader in Physiotherapy in the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, joins us and discusses compassionate & person-centred practice pedagogy and pedagogic research, touching on team-based & flipped classroom learning and facilitation along the way. Dr. Clare Killingback is a Reader in Physiotherapy at the University of Hull, where she leads inn...

This week, we're joined by Ifeoluwa Wuraola, PhD student in the Data Science, AI and Modelling Centre, who discusses transitioning to teaching & mentoring, PEER teaching skills and her use of role-play to engage students in complex ideas.  Ifeoluwa Wuraola is a third-year PhD student in the Centre of Excellence in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Modelling (DAIM) at the Universit...

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 g...

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 Brit...

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...

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 engag...

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 belon...

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 subst...

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-discip...

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 pas...

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 profession...

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...

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 deliver...

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 S...