YSJ, Academic Development Programme
Professional Development for Learning, Teaching and Research
A series of mini Lunch and Learn Webinars for Higher Education practitioners and faculty leaders who are seeking to improve racialized student outcomes. Topics include: Engaging everyone towards equity in HE (12 May, 12:00pm) Delivering racially aware and culturally informed personal tutoring/advising (19 May, 12:00pm) Addressing the next sector challenge: The non-completion gap' (26 May, […]
What does inclusive education mean? How can we design more inclusive universities and degree programmes? How can individuals and institutions make a difference to inclusivity on the ground? This two-hour interactive in-person workshop will be delivered by Dr Katharine Hubbard and Paula Gawthorpe, both Senior Fellows of the University of Hull Teaching Excellence Academy. Katharine and Paula […]
The second AdvanceHE EDI colloquium on decolonising pedagogies will focus on progress made in the last year around decolonising higher education, both in relation to our teaching of HE students and looking at our role as educational developers of HE staff. This colloquium will look at decolonising pedagogy and the curriculum within higher education, a […]
A 3.5 hour, in-person, skills-based training opportunity for student-facing colleagues across York St John University. This session will concentrate on practical ways for professional service staff to engage with, and reduce, a student’s distress. During the session, participants will: • Explore the nature of distress • Look at a case study involving a distressed student […]
A 3.5 hour, in-person, skills-based training opportunity for academic colleagues across York St John University. This session will concentrate on practical ways for academic colleagues to engage with, and reduce, a student’s distress. During the session, participants will: • Explore the nature of distress • Review a case study involving a distressed student and member […]
In response to extremely positive feedback from previous delegates, Open Forum Events are pleased to be once again hosting the highly insightful Student Mental Health conference on 9 November 2022. Focusing on the many challenges that students face throughout their educational journey that can impact on their mental wellbeing, this fourth event is well anticipated and […]
Following the University’s successful Athena SWAN Bronze Award earlier this year, one of the University's Athena SWAN actions is focused on supporting female academic colleagues with their promotion aspirations. In particular, our data shows that fewer women are advancing through Associate Professor or Professor via the Research Pathway and the University is committed to addressing […]
Taking place on Thursday 23 March, 09:30 – 10:30 (Teams), the second session of the RIPPLE Reading Group uses the reading below as a starting point to instigate discussion around inclusive pedagogy. We invite participants from academic and professional services backgrounds to share their experience and reflections so that we might look for ways to […]
On Tuesday 4 April, we will be joined by Jo Byrd from University of Derby for an in-person / hybrid session on inclusion / inclusivity in Higher Education. The session will take place in HG136 but with a hybrid option for colleagues to join remotely via MS Teams, if needed. Aims of the session include: […]
Taking place on Thursday 22 June, this Talk About Teaching event invites members of our community to come together on campus to learn and talk about inclusion, anti-racism and decolonisation in higher education. The event will be held in person but there will be a dedicated online-only panel in the morning, as well as hybrid options […]
Taking place on Thursday 22 June, as part of Talk About Teaching (to Transgress), this online panel event will explore ways of creating and sustaining an anti-racist pedagogy and inclusive curriculum in higher education. Colleagues are welcome to join this session by itself, or as part of the Talk About Teaching event taking place at […]
International student enrolment is increasing at YSJ at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and, whilst this is a fantastic reflection on the experience provided by the University, it also means that academic staff may encounter a different set of student needs. RAIS (Raising Awareness of International Students) is a project established by International Programmes to […]
