YSJ, Academic Development Programme

Professional Development for Learning, Teaching and Research

Managing Distressed Students (for academic staff)

On campus - TBC

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 […]

RIPPLE – Research Into Professional Practice in Learning and Education

DG/123 De Grey Court, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

We are excited to be launching the RIPPLE series of breakfast meetings 2022-23, with the first meeting taking place in person on Thursday 15th September, 09:30–10:30am in DG/123 (tea and coffee provided).   RIPPLE (Research Into Professional Practice in Learning and Education) was founded as a network of professionals interested in research as a form of […]

Professional Recognition: An Introduction to HEA Fellowship (Cohort 10, Option 2)

Microsoft Teams --, United Kingdom

Do you want to know how to gain HEA Fellowship? This session is for those people who want to know about the practicalities to enable them gain Associate, Fellow or Senior Fellow status. By the end of the session, participants will be aware of the timelines and routes available to enable them to make a […]

Professional Recognition: Getting Started with Fellowship (Cohort 10, Option 1)

Microsoft Teams --, United Kingdom

This is a practical workshop session for those who are committed to gaining Associate, Fellow or Senior Fellow status. By the end of the session, attendees will have mapped their experience and begun to develop their evidence. These sessions will be led by Dr Mark Dransfield. Strategic links This session links with: LTSE strategy 2026 […]

Professional Recognition: Getting Started with Fellowship (Cohort 10, Option 2)

Microsoft Teams --, United Kingdom

This is a practical workshop session for those with two or more years' experience of teaching or supporting learning in HE, who are committed to gaining Associate, Fellow or Senior Fellow status via the Experiential Route to Fellowship. By the end of the session, attendees will have mapped their experience and begun to develop their […]

Library and Learning Services

Microsoft Teams --, United Kingdom

An introduction or refresher session about the resources, services and support Library & Learning Services offer. Learning outcomes – • Understand the resources, services and support Library & Learning Services offer. • Know where to go or who to contact for further guidance and support. This session will take place on Microsoft Teams, and may […]

Speaking and writing your thesis

Microsoft Teams --, United Kingdom

Facilitator: Professor John Tribe Session Overview: PhD students devote a huge amount of time to their research methods, data collection and analysis. They are then often left to get on with the writing and sometimes completely overwhelmed by the task of compiling a thesis of 80000 words. But writing requires just as much care as […]

Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling

Online

Session facilitated by Dr Robert Vaughan A beginners introduction into the popular structural equation modelling software MPlus. This session will introduce beginners to the basic commands and procedures needed to analyses quantitative data using a range of flexible yet powerful analytical techniques. No experience is needed and example results will be provided so that students […]

Creating Your Thesis

Online

Right from the start of writing we recommend you use the features of Word to enhance your work and save you time. Let Word handle all the tables of contents and cross-references - . If you ever manually type a page number then you are missing a trick. Set up your document now so that […]

Working on publication in the arts

Microsoft Teams --, United Kingdom

Facilitator: Professor Matthew Reason RDF Indicator: D1 Theme: Methodologies, tools and techniques   This presentation will guide you through the process for publication in arts journals and gives you an insight into peer feedback and explores strategies for dealing with revision and rejection.    Learning Outcomes: Understand the process of submission, revision and publication for […]

HEA Senior Fellowship – Considering ‘Leadership’ of Learning & Teaching

Microsoft Teams --, United Kingdom

This session is designed to support colleagues who are either in the process of, or considering claiming for HEA Senior Fellowship (SFHEA) in the future. Many colleagues applying for SFHEA lead L&T initiatives from a non-managerial position and often struggle to articulate, or align their practice with the extroverted and 'masculine' approaches to leadership that […]