A Cup of TEA

In this episode, Mike and Catherine meet with Dominic Henri, who splits his time between the University of Hull’s School of Natural Sciences and the Teaching Excellence Academy. Dom is a Senior Lecturer in Zoology whose disciplinary specialism is conservation and ecology, but whose primary focus is Higher Education pedagogy (particularly the interface between assessment, student development, and e...

In this episode, Catherine and Mike meet Karen Hubbard, lecturer in Social Work in the School of Psychology and Social Work. Karen is the Programme Director for BA Social Work and Social Work lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. She is a registered social worker with a passion for social justice, human rights and participation. Karen has practiced nationally and internationally in these fie...

In this episode, we're joined by Michelle Kennedy, from the School of Nursing & Midwifery, who speaks about the Student/Staff Partnership project she and a colleague recently supported with four enthusiastic student partners and what they all learnt from the experience. “We were very keen to work with the students for support but to let them lead and take the direction they wanted to lead...”...

Tune in this week as we meet with Holly Smith from the School of Education, reflecting on her use of Lego in her teaching, including sharing tips for those interested in using it. “We can all build!... being given a focus for our build […] you’re naturally starting to engage which something that could be a completely subconscious idea […] and putting Lego in front of you and having that...

In this episode, Mike and Catherine meet with Claire Carr, from the University of Hull Business School, who discusses with passion her approach to teaching, covering areas such as co-creation with students, playfulness in teaching, ways to support digital literacy and inclusivity in the classroom. Claire is Lecturer in Marketing, Management, and Business Strategy and specialises in learning and de...

In this episode, James Pritchett, from the School of Politics and International Studies, talks all things gamification and simulations, how he uses those within group work and links to authentic assessment. “an engaging activity… helps build skills like cooperation, teamwork, leadership…” Thank you for taking time to listen to the podcast. We hope you enjoy it. Please do subscribe and share with a...

We're joined this week by Aruni Samarakoon, from the School of Politics & International Studies, and Lanre Lawal from the School of Nursing, two postgraduate researchers who share their experiences of teaching, while studying for their postgraduate degree.  Lanre:  "When I see how well my students have done, it makes me very happy!" Aruni:  “In this module there were mostly male...

In this episode, Mike and Catherine talk to Julie Brierley, from Teacher Education. Julie describes one of her projects on special educational needs using an enquiry-based learning approach, along with working collaboratively with students to feedback and reflect. ...“by the end of the module, the students love it, but for the first 4 weeks or so they hate it… and they’ll reflect back on it and sa...

Join us as we talk to Georgios Efthimiou, from the Centre for Biomedicine, and discuss ways of promoting student engagement and a sense of community within modules. Georgios explains how he's used games to help support this and how to scale it across large cohorts. Georgios has kindly provided us with useful links relating to this discussion; Microbes against Humanity paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.n...

To start off this second series, we're speaking to Lizzie Ette from the School of Nursing. We talk about a range of topics including reflection, competence-based education, the use of spiral curriculum, assessing big cohorts and her role in the student support. Lizzie has also kindly provided a list of links related to our discussion, which can be found below. So...pour yourself a cup of tea and e...

In this episode we're joined by Chris Armstrong and Tim Prior, both lecturers in Chemistry, discussing how they promote the active use of feedback and how they support the development of feedback literacy for students and staff. Let's join them! You can find an example of the feedback page discussed in the episode within our student guides . Thank you for taking time to listen to the podcast. We h...

In this episode we're joined by Ed Hurst, Programme Director for Creative Writing, talking about his interest in digital community and the legacy of our Covid-19 lockdown teaching - exploring student community through shared interests and video games So join Ed and listen out for this special cup of tea! @Edmund_hurst Ed's student’s HU Writes podcast page . Thank you for taking time to listen to t...

In this episode, we are joined by Rowan Oliver, lecturer in Music from the School of Arts talking about how he incorporates authentic experiences and assessment within a professional arts setting. Thank you for taking time to listen to the podcast. We hope you enjoy it. Please do subscribe and share with anyone you think might enjoy. Artwork created by Layla Jabbari Did you know? Call for Papers f...

In this episode, we are joined by Neil Gordon from the School of Computer Science, one of the University’s National Teaching Fellows discussing his teaching practice and approaches to large group assessment. So...pour yourself a cup of tea and enjoy the show! Thank you for taking time to listen to the podcast. We hope you enjoy it. We're aware the audio isn't ideal so thank you for your patience a...

In this episode, we are joined by Zach North from the School of Paramedical, Perioperative and Advanced Practice, sharing the steps he's taken to promote peer assisted learning / peer assisted clinical simulation within his modules. Zach touches on authentic opportunities, student designing formative assessment, team-based learning, feedback, community building, workload and more! Let's find out a...

In this episode we're joined by Emma Palmer, a Foundation Year Tutor, who reflects on her research around student sense of belonging and community and how it informs the work she does in supporting students’ transitions. So join Emma with her caramel latte! Emma has also kindly provided links to topics we discussed listed below. - This AdvanceHE report includes the four pronged typology by Thomas...

This week we're speaking to Lee Fallin from the School of Education. We talked about a range of topics including his research on learning spaces and also his recent transition from professional services to academia. Lee is really passionate about education and learning development and we think this comes across brilliantly in this really interesting chat. Lee has also kindly provided a list of rel...

In this week's episode we're joined by Kelly Dockerty, Director of Education and Student Experience and Jess Gleisinger, a student from the School of Education to talk about a project in which students examined a problem-based scenario on a real-world sustainable development issue that was aligned to the National Curriculum. We talk about inclusive and authentic assessment and how the approach has...

In this episode we're joined by Liz Wells from Nutrition and Dietetics who talks about her transition from clinical practice to academia and also how she has supported students in engaging with research throughout their degree programme. Thank you for taking time to listen to the podcast. We hope you enjoy it. We're aware the audio isn't ideal so thank you for your patience as we find our way! We...