YSJ, Academic Development Programme
Professional Development for Learning, Teaching and Research
Discussing Decolonisation 24/25 kicks off in October 2024 with a guest lecture by Dr John Narayan (KCL) on the history of Black radicalism, focusing on The Black Panther Party. This event also ties in with Black History Month 2024, the theme of which is 'Reclaiming Narratives', and will include plenty of time for audience Q&A. […]
A Fellowship standardisation event for colleagues supporting D1 claims for Fellowship. Registration Email Mark Dransfield (Cc. TES) with the title and date of the session, in order to receive an Outlook invitation. Primary audience: Reviewers (mentors welcome) Pathway: DevP / ExpP
This practical session will outline the benefits of structured reflection in a professional context, while offering some methods and models for participants to utilise in creating their own short piece of reflective writing. Participants will be supported to develop pieces of writing towards their Fellowship claims and encouraged to map their writing to the PSF […]
A two-hour standardisation event for colleagues supporting D2 written submissions for Fellowship. Primary audience: Fellowship Reviewers (Mentors welcome) Pathway: DevP / ExpP Registration Email Mark Dransfield (Cc. TES) with the title and date of the session, to receive an Outlook invite.
Following our launch event in October 2024, the second event in our 2024/25 Discussing Decolonisation series will be an in-person roundtable featuring 3 or 4 short position papers from YSJ colleagues, followed by collective discussion and debate. This event will take place from 3-5pm on Friday 22nd November. Colleagues are welcome to join us in […]
This workshop session is designed to support colleagues who are reviewers of D1-D3 claims for Fellowship. Attendees will be introduced to the new requirements of the dialogue option as per the accredited provision. Colleaegues will have the opportunity to discuss the practicalities of hosting a dialogue, as well as practice reviewing and decision-making for a […]
This workshop session is designed to support colleagues who are reviewers of D1-D3 claims for Fellowship. Attendees will be introduced to the new requirements of the dialogue option as per the accredited provision. Colleaegues will have the opportunity to discuss the practicalities of hosting a dialogue, as well as practice reviewing and decision-making for a […]
People often worry about having the time and space to undertake their own professional development. This session gives just that opportunity. It is a facilitated session for colleagues who are preparing evidence in support of a submission for Associate, Fellow or Senior Fellow recognition. Participants will be supported to develop their writing independently in specific […]
This workshop session is designed to support colleagues who are reviewers of D1-D3 claims for Fellowship. Attendees will be introduced to the new requirements of the dialogue option as per the accredited provision. Colleaegues will have the opportunity to discuss the practicalities of hosting a dialogue, as well as practice reviewing and decision-making for a […]
People often worry about having the time and space to undertake their own professional development. This session gives just that opportunity. It is a facilitated session for colleagues who are preparing evidence in support of a submission for Associate, Fellow or Senior Fellow recognition. Participants will be supported to develop their writing independently in specific […]
This workshop takes a reviewer's perspective and guides participants through how Fellowship claims are reviewed. It covers D1–D3 applications. By the end of the session, participants will: learn how we make judgements based on the descriptors and use of the dimensions to signpost examples of practice review two samples as a cohort, drawing together your […]
Decolonising Writing In this workshop, we’ll explore and practice techniques that writers and storytellers use to make their writing come alive. We will explore evocative and descriptive writing, space and character, and metaphor and tension in the context of creative, performative, autoethnographic and academic pieces of writing. We’ll reflect on how these techniques help us disrupt […]
