LITE Podcasts

In this second episode in the LITE Bites series exploring Educational Gain and Student Futures, Bee Bond is joined by Rebecca Padgett from Leeds University Business School to explore how enterprise consultancy projects support students’ educational gain and future employability. Rebecca discusses the design of the Level 6 Enterprise Consultancy module, where students work on live consultancy brief...

This episode of LITE Bites is hosted by LITE Student Partner Bianca Joseph. She talks to LITE Strategic Lead for Students as Partners and LITE Higher Education Research Support Officer Tanya Hathaway about her experience working as a student in collaboration with University staff. For more information about student partnership, read: Cook-Sather, A., Bovill, C. and Felten, P. (2014) Engaging stude...

In this first episode of the LITE Bites series on Educational Gain and Student Futures, Bee Bond is joined by colleagues Caroline Campbell and Geoffrey Nsanja to explore how their pedagogical research sheds light on what students value, how they experience learning, and how we might meaningfully understand “educational gain” across different disciplines. Together, they discuss the role of inclusiv...

In the latest episode of LITE Bites, Alba del Pozo Garcia (LITE Fellow & Feedback Incubator Lead) joins Robert to discuss her pedagogical research on inclusive formative assessment, its practice-based implications, and the ways this has fed into her role as LITE Feedback Incubator Lead. Adding to the discussion is Izzy Harvey (Research Assistant at LITE), who is in the early stages of PhD rese...

Manoj Ravi and Mohsen Besharat join Robert Averies for Part Two of their popular LITE Bites episode on their LITE Fellowship 'Assessment Flexibility to Embed Real-professional practice' . Listen to Manoj and Mohsen discuss their findings from the second phase of their pedagogical research and its relevance to colleagues considering innovations to their authentic assessment and formative feedback p...

In this episode of LITE Bites, Hayley Bullard is joined by Clare Wright (Professor of Linguistics & Language Teaching), Alison Leslie (Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes) and student partner Sally Heier (Research and Innovation Service) who will be discussing their recently completed project titled Stepping Up, Standing Out: Supporting international taught postgraduates to make the most...

In the second episode from LITE Graduate Interns Oliver Bingham (Ollie) and Yu-Hsuan Lin (Lynda), they dive deeper into seminar spaces. Do students care where they learn? This podcast explores student and staff preferences for teaching rooms, and how these spaces can impact learning. Learn more about the Student Education & Experience Programme and Ollie and Lynda's research on the LITE intran...

LITE Graduate Interns Oliver Bingham (Ollie) and Yu-Hsuan Lin (Lynda) undertook a study into the provision of seminar rooms as part of the Student Education & Experience Programme, an Estates development programme which ensure University spaces provide a welcoming and inclusive experience where all our communities can belong, learn, thrive and succeed. In this podcast, they share some of their...

In the latest episode of LITE Bites, Robert Averies and Hayley Bullard are joined by Jenny Brady (Inclusive Learning and Teaching Manager & LITE Incubator Lead for Inclusive Education and Belonging) and Mike Kerr (University of Leeds Alumni & former LITE Research Assistant) to reflect on their previous LITE research, 'Listening to disabled students for an inclusive curriculum'. Jenny and M...

In the latest episode of LITE Bites, Emma Peasland is joined by Anne Tallontire (School of Earth and Environment), Thomas Cooper (Sustainability Service) and William Young (School of Earth and Environment) to reflect on their LITE Fellowship: 'Redefining Sustainability in the Curriculum' The research aimed to generate an institutional understanding of sustainability, climate change and equality th...

In the latest episode of LITE Bites, Robert Averies is joined by Andrew Kirton (Philosophy) to reflect on his recently completed LITE Fellowship: 'Removing dominance and gatekeeping in higher education'. Andrew's research set out to explore how academic standards and disciplinary norms might be 'opened up', challenged, and owned by students - rather than imposed upon them. He reflects on his Fello...

In the latest episode of LITE Bites, Robert Averies is joined by Angela Newton (Library) to reflect on her recently completed LITE Fellowship: 'Developing Object Based Learning at Leeds'. Angela's research sought to 'build accessible evidence-based OBL scenarios that could be used in teaching, both within the School of Sociology and Social Policy and across Faculties, giving students new, unique a...

Welcome to the final episode of the first LITE Methods mini-series: a Q&A special with members of the LITE Research Team! Robert is joined by colleagues Izzy Harvey, Matthew Bachmann and Lucy Hemingway to discuss your questions on all things pedagogical research. From collaborative methods, 'safe(r)' spaces and working with pre-university students, to the relationships between generalisability...

It's already the third and final episode of our new methods mini-series (time flies, right!). Today, three guests join Robert to discuss listening rooms in pedagogical research: Clare Taylor (Disability Contact Liaison Officer, Disability Services), Stacey Mottershaw (Associate Professor, Leeds University Business School), and Lauren Mottle (Academic Development Consultant, Organisational Developm...

In the second episode of LITE's new methods-mini series, Robert's guests reflect on the use of story circles in pedagogical research. He is joined by: Beth Norfolk (mature BA student, School of English) and Jenna Isherwood (Deputy Head of International Student Office) Join us to reflect on what makes story circles such a powerful way of involving students in pedagogical research, consider tips and...

Welcome to LITE's brand new research methods mini-series! In this first episode, Robert is joined by three guests to discuss the use of reflective journals and logs in pedagogical research: Rachael O'Connor (Associate Professor in Legal Education, School of Law), Sedek Abrahem (Masters student, School of Law), and Sarah Joyce (Lead Instructional Designer, Digital Education Service) This episode in...

In the latest episode of LITE Bites, Emma Peasland is joined by Samantha Stark (Digital Education Service) to discuss what she learned during her recent LITE fellowship. Samantha's research set out to evaluate the efficacy of a new pedagogical framework to support the design of online master’s degree modules at the University of Leeds, with a focus on building capacity for active learning. You can...

In the latest episode of LITE Bites, Emma Peasland asks Chiara La Sala (School of Languages, Cultures and Societies) to reflect on her recently completed LITE Fellowship, its findings, and potential next steps. Chiara's research sought to understand the ways in which Postgraduate Research students (PGRs) engaged in teaching might positively impact pedagogic practices at the University of Leeds. Yo...

In the first of our 'En-LITE-ning Dialogues', a new occasional series of in-depth discussions exploring educational topics, Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence (LITE) Director Gabriel Cavalli is joined by two guests with a shared interest in sustainable innovation and design. The first guest is Margaret Bearman, Research Professor at the Centre for Research Assessment and Digital Learning (CRA...

In the latest episode of LITE Bites, Manoj Ravi and Mohsen Besharat bring us up to speed on the first year of their LITE fellowship. Listen in for the preliminary findings of their research into authentic assessment delivery, its application to an upcoming module assessment pilot, and the duo's wider reflections on their fellowship journey to date. Part 2 will be released in autumn 2025. You can s...

In the fifth episode of the LITE Bites series, Emma Peasland asks Emily Crosbie about her recently completed fellowship investigating the impact of in-module student engagement with business professionals through the Leeds University Business School Leaders in Residence Programme. Emily shares insights from students and business professionals and shares recommendations for those wanting to offer s...

Episode 4 of LITE Bites features a conversation with Jiani Liu who shares her fellowship on assessment literacy and student success, which was completed in early 2023. Jiani explored how students develop their confidence and readiness for assessments in undergraduate modules. You can see more of our research fellowships here, and read more about Jiani's research and access the outputs here .

Hear from LITE Fellow Gillian Proctor who discusses her fellowship: Authenticity and Connection Online. Gillian has spent two years researching the psychology of online learning using the interesting method of Action Research Groups. Gillian shares the findings from the research as well as discussing outputs that educators can use to structure synchronous online sessions. You can see more of our r...

In the second LITE Bite of the series, Dave Riley asks Laura Loyola-Hernandez about the innovative methodologies that she has used over the course of her LITE fellowship "Community-led Pedagogies to Diversify the Curriculum".

Hear from LITE Fellow Michelle Schneider who discusses her research into student and staff perceptions of the Learning Development team's provision here at Leeds. You can see more of our research fellowships here and read more about Michelle's research here . The Learning Development Team at Leeds aims to develop the academic literacies of all taught students through a dual model of embedded and c...