YSJ, Academic Development Programme
Professional Development for Learning, Teaching and Research
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 […]
RIPPLE is a network of colleagues interested in and actively conducting research into their professional practice. The group meets monthly to hear about and discuss approaches to researching professional practice. Each session is led by a different colleague. RIPPLE is co-convened by Dr Clare McCluskey and Dr Emma Walker. Strategic links This session links with: […]
Session Facilitators: Professor Vanessa Corby, Professor Abi Curtis and Professor Alison Laver Fawcett Vanessa Corby: Professor of Theory, History and Practice of Art and Chair of the Research Degrees Committee Abi Curtis: Professor of Creative Writing, School of Humanities Research and Knowledge Transfer Lead , Co-ordinator for the MFA in Creative Writing, Senior Fellow of […]
Carving out the time and space to apply for academic promotions can be difficult, especially at the start of semester. Led by Dr Sue Jones and Dr Mark Dransfield, these writing retreats provide time, space and practical support for staff who want to apply for academic promotion this year (April 2022) through the L&T primary […]
This session explores the concept of creativity within the university, including how teaching practices may impact creativity, how creativities may interact with each other, and how creativity may be embraced as a way of being within learning. This session is one of three 'YSJ Pedagogy' sessions, led by Dr Murphy McCaleb. See the event calendar […]
The External Examiners’ system constitutes an important part of quality assurance in the UK. According to the 2018 UK Quality Code, External Examiners have three key roles: maintainers of academic standards, guardians of national standards and process checkers (UKSCQA & QAA, 2018, p.4). Although the External Examiner system is highly regarded for its role in […]
Session facilitator: Dr Daniel Madigan In this session, I aim to provide a summary of meta-analysis for those unfamiliar with this analytical approach. I hope to cover: (1) what meta-analysis is, (2) the types of questions that can be answered with meta-analysis, (3) how to conduct meta-analyses, and (4) what software is available to do […]
Session facilitator: Professor Andy Hill, Head of Postgraduate Research This session will provide guidance on expectations, typical practice, and handy hints and tips regarding how to review for academic journals. As a consequence, attendees will be able to provide more effective reviews and build a reputation as a timely and excellent reviewer. It will be […]
Session facilitators: Professor Andrew Hill, Professor Matthew Reason & Associate Professor Sarah Lawson-Welsh This session will provide the opportunity to ask experienced journal editors from different disciplines questions regarding aspects of the publication and peer-review process. A brief introduction from the editors followed by a Q & A format. Learning Outcome: Novel insight into the […]
Session facilitator: Dr Daniel Madigan In this session, I will draw on my experiences of early career research and I will provide some thoughts on four main topics: (1) Publishing, (2) peer-review, (3) grants, and (4) public engagement/impact. Learning Outcomes: (1) Understand the key aspects of peer-review and publishing in academic journals for the first […]
Facilitator: Dr Maria Fernandes-Jesus RDF Indicator: A1 Programme: PGR Research Skills Programme 2021-22 Theme: Research Methods Taking place in CD/103 Session Overview: Interviews are widely used as a method for data collection in social and human sciences. This session will give you methodological tools to design and conduct qualitative interviews. Learning Outcomes: After participating in […]
Session facilitators: Professor Matthew Clarke, Dr Clare Cunningham and Dr Brett Heasman This session is aimed at researchers interested in considering text and discourse approaches to research. The session will introduce some fundamental theoretical principles common to various discourse analytic approaches and outline how we can view various discourse analytic approaches on a continuum between […]
