YSJ, Academic Development Programme
Professional Development for Learning, Teaching and Research
About: The Discussing Decolonisation Reading Group (DDRG) is a new cross-disciplinary reading and discussion group for YSJ staff and students that will run alongside our Discussing Decolonisation event series for 2024/25. The task of decolonising higher education requires us to engage in sustained thinking, reading and discussion about the history, theory and politics of colonialism […]
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.
For our next RIPPLE breakfast meeting, we will meet online to discuss how – in the face of ever-increasing workloads – we can make our efforts count for as many students as possible through innovative approaches to assessment, pedagogy and practice. We will first hear from YSJ colleagues whose novel cross-disciplinary initiatives have helped to […]
About: For the second event in our 2024/25 Discussing Decolonisation series, we will meet on campus in York for a roundtable discussion featuring three short position papers from YSJ colleagues, followed by collective discussion and debate. The position papers will be delivered by Jude Parks and Tokunbo Olorundami (Geography, representing the Ecological Justice Research Network); […]
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 […]
The third event in our 2024/25 Discussing Decolonisation series will be an in-person / hybrid workshop on decolonising academic writing, led by Dr Amita Nijhawan. More details below. If you would like to receive updates about this and other events in the series, please sign up for our new Discussing Decolonisation mailing list. Summary: Decolonising […]
