YSJ, Academic Development Programme
Professional Development for Learning, Teaching and Research
This hybrid session will be delivered face-to-face on the York Campus and online via MS Teams. The session is designed to be a highly practical one, giving attendees the time and space to think about and begin writing their applications for academic promotion. Attendees should come to the session having engaged with the academic promotion […]
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 […]
AdvanceHE's new events portfolio for 2022-23 celebrates good practice and development to support sustainable teaching excellence. The focus on enhancing all aspects of teaching and learning remains a critical issue for those seeking to provide an outstanding student experience at all levels of taught provision. Shaped by your feedback, AdvanceHE has enhanced its conferences offer […]
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: […]
On Wednesday 10 May, we will be joined on campus by Dr Jan McArthur for a talk on assessment and social justice in HE. Speaker bio: Jan McArthur is Senior Lecturer in Education and Social Justice at Lancaster University. Her research interests span two themes: education and social justice, and the nature of higher education. Her […]
Overview It is increasingly recognised how important mental health and wellbeing is for staff and student success. Universities and colleges are fast -developing ‘whole institution approaches’ to mental health and wellbeing, not only to improve academic outcomes and retention, but to provide a holistic and positive experience, even in the most challenging times. This one-day […]
Why don't students make use of all the support we offer? How can we work with our students and offer help effectively? Join the RIPPLE reading group on Thursday, 8th June, 9.30-10.30am (Teams), for a discussion of these issues, introduced by Kate Dexter. We will begin by discussing Adnan Qayyum, 'Student help-seeking attitudes and […]
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 […]
Led by Drs Michael and Christine O'Dea, this interactive session will provide an overview of ChatGPT, some of the common techniques for working with it, and techniques and tools for identifying output generated by it and other similar Generative AI applications. Its limitations and affordances for teaching and learning will be considered, and potential strategies […]
This is the first of two compulsory HEA Fellowship sessions. Do you want to know how to gain HEA Fellowship? This session is for colleagues who want to know about the practicalities to enable them gain Associate, Fellow or Senior Fellow status through our Experiential Pathway. This pathway is for colleagues who have more than […]