The Teaching and Scholarship Podcast

In episode 39 we chat to Niamh Stack who is the Deputy Head and Director of Teaching and Learning of the School of Psychology at The University of Glasgow (although not for much longer as she is leaving 😞). Niamh is interested in research on effective pedagogy, curriculum enhancement and graduate skills, so she is the perfect guest for the podcast! We chat about all things related to that and lif...

In Episode 38 we have a chat with senior medical student Charlie Taylor who, during his time studying medicine at Southampton, has entered into business with some friends to develop Sina Medical Technology. Sina enables patients to diagnose, monitor and rehabilitate their injury directly from their phone. We chat to Charlie about his story and how he manages to balance his degree alongside launchi...

In episode 37 we chat with Chris Finlay who is a Professor of Life Sciences Education within the School of Life Sciences at The University of Glasgow. His key role is Chief Advisor of Studies, so Chris has been at the heart of student related matters and welfare throughout the pandemic. We catch up with him about that, plus what it is like being on a learning, teaching and scholarship contract and...

In episode 36 we chat to Simon Guild who is the Head of The School of Life Sciences within the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow where he has oversight of 20 undergraduate and 5 PGT Masters degrees.  We talk to to Simon about all manner of stuff, ranging from strategic planning, leadership, innovation and research-led teaching, right through to staff developme...

Episode 35 of the podcast collects a number of reflections from Southampton students who have been involved in sustainable  staff/student partnership projects. We briefly hear from Neil Ford (once again - hurrah!) about his passion for this practice, and he introduces a few perspectives from some of the students he has worked with. We also listen to the thoughts of some undergraduate medical stude...

In episode 34 we ask sustainability big dog Simon Kemp back on to the podcast to chat about all things education during and beyond Covid-19. No script, no plan, just education chat and a weird man standing at the window trying to signal to us a couple of times! Stephan is back with his feature from The US, this time reflecting on Adam Procter's episode, plus he has a few literature recommendations...

In episode 33 we make a return to a face to face conversation for the first time in 18 months. In this one we sit down with Charlotte and Emily who have been supporting the integration of Blackboard Ally across the University of Southampton via their internship with The Digital Learning Team. We had a great conversation about ways in which we can reduce barriers to learning, plus their top 5 tips...

Episode 32 sees us catching up with Adam Procter, who is the Programme Lead for Games Design and Art at The Winchester School of Art, at The University of Southampton. We have a fascinating discussion covering everything from retro gaming and innovative tech right through to open-source, free-software. Plus, I also give my Pocket Operator (PO12 Rhythm) a spin just to give it that old school 'Super...

In episode 31 we have a nice chat with Chris Downey who is the Current Deputy Head Education in the Education School at The University of Southampton. His research interests are in the allied fields of educational improvement and effectiveness, especially in how the associated data can be utilised to both inform and evaluate educational improvement from Early Years through to Higher Education. We...

Once again, we catch up with David Read for a bonus mini podcast to talk about the CHEP festival of teaching and learning. This year there is a fringe event taking place on Thursday 15th July 2021 (14:00-16:30)on MS Teams. This includes workshops and discussions focused on teaching practices over the last academic year. David talks to the T&S Podcast about how the idea of a fringe event came about...

In episode 29 we have a lovely chat with Kieron Broadhead, who is the Executive Director of The Student Experience at The University of Southampton. Kieron leads the professional services that deliver on student facing activity as well as driving the strategic leadership of the student experience across The University. Nearly every conversation about the future of higher education involves the top...

In episode 28 we chat to Stephan Caspar, who is an Assistant Teaching Professor of media creation and multi-cultural studies at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, USA. Stephan has a background in creative media and design, working initially as a filmmaker before moving into education. He continues to work as an artist practitioner, in VR creation, immersive design, and 360 docu...

In Episode 27 we chat to Naomi Winstone who is The Director of the Surrey Institute of Education at the University of Surrey. Naomi's background is in cognitive and educational psychology, where she has sustained a track record of integrating innovative teaching methods and formative assessment into her teaching. She has influenced practice across the sector through her research on student engagem...

In Episode 26 we chat to Johann Malawana, who just happens to know a thing or two about educational innovation! He is the founder and director of The HealthCare Leadership Academy, as well as the founder and CEO of Medics. Academy. Johann is known to many for his leadership role of the BMA during the junior doctors strike in 2015. Since then his career has focused on developing leadership skills i...

Episode 25 of the T&S podcast sees us reaching out beyond The University of Southampton to speak with Sam Nolan. Sam is currently Assistant Director at Durham University's Centre for Academic Development but is also well known nationally and internationally for developing a number of scholarly development initiatives across the sector. He is a strong advocate for celebrating the contributions and...

In episode 24 we catch up with the one and only Jane Wilkinson, who is is Associate Dean, Education in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton. As a consultant, Jane has developed a home ventilation service, contributed to the lung cancer team, and worked with the sleep-disordered breathing service. She has been hugely influential within Medical Education at Southampton and we dis...

In episode 23 we catch up with one of our well known former students, Jess Sainsbury. Jess is a newly registered nurse working at Solent NHS trust. While studying at Southampton she threw herself into extra-curricular projects and academic representation roles including working as an Intern for CHEP, taking on the Academic President of Nursing role, and more recently as Chair of the Royal College...

In episode 22 we chat to Claire Hart who is an Associate Professor within Psychology at the University of Southampton. Claire researches the fascinating subject area of narcissistic dysfunction. Her current projects focus on its manifestation in different contexts, one of which is the pursuit of educational goals. Claire leads on the innovative module called the 'psychology of attractiveness' wher...

In episode 21 we catch up with Dr Phil Higham, who is a Reader in Cognitive Psychology within Psychology at the University of Southampton. His research focuses on long-term human memory and metacognition and identifies methods to ensure that student learning endures over time. We discuss strategies for the role of feedback in learning-  something which is very relevant to the move towards blended...

In episode 20 we chat to Neil Ford who is a Principal Teaching Fellow (Education Development) in the Business School at The University of Southampton and a member of the CHEP team. We catch up with Neil (remotely of course, since we were all in full lockdown mode at the time of recording) to talk about all things related to student partnership, co-creating resources with our students and the educa...

In episode 19 we have a lovely chat with Professor Sally Curtis (our first Covid lockdown interview!) who is the newly appointed Deputy Head of School Education in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton. Despite talking remotely, Sally's passionate and committed enthusiasm towards widening participation is abundantly clear. We discuss her inclusive approach and how she fosters se...

Episode 18 features Professor Rachel Mills, who is the Dean of The Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences at The University of Southampton. We catch up with Rachel to talk about her career which includes leading on both research and education strategies. She has developed and delivered undergraduate and postgraduate programmes but more recently she has led the development and delivery of a MOO...

Welcome to a bonus lockdown episode of the teaching and scholarship podcast from The University of Southampton. In this one we catch up with Prof David Read about his plans to deliver the Centre for Higher Education Practice's festival of learning and teaching to an entirely online format for 2020. Event. Time: 10:00 - 16:00; Date: 16 September 2020 https://sotonac.sharepoint.com/teams/chep/SitePa...

In Episode 16 we have a coffee and chat with none other than Professor Alex Neill, who is the Vice-President (Education) and a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. As the key person to have University-wide oversight of all activities relating to education, we asked Alex, what is a typical (non-covid-19) day like for you, and other important questions like do you get time to ea...

In episode 15 of the T&S Podcast we catch up with Prof Anna Barney who is the Associate Dean Education within Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton. In 2019 Anna was appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor (education). Since then she has been working closely with Professor Alex Neill, the University's Vice-President (Education) to further develop and deliver the University's edu...