YSJ, Academic Development Programme

Professional Development for Learning, Teaching and Research

RIPPLE Reading Group: Employability – or, preparing for alternative futures?

Microsoft Teams --, United Kingdom

For our second RIPPLE Reading Group of the academic year, we will come together online to discuss student employability and how we might mobilise and reimagine employability to help prepare for or even bring about alternative futures. To kick off the discussion, we will consider a 2019 article from the Journal of Higher Education Policy […]

Reviewing your PFS Application: A peer learning workshop Nov 23

CD/106

This workshop is for those preparing to submit their HEA Applications through the Experiential or Developmental Pathways in September 2023. In this workshop, we will guide you through how we review PSF (Professional Standards Framework) based applications for HEA Fellowship (D1-3, Associate Fellow/Fellow/Senior Fellow). You will: learn how we make judgements based on the descriptors and […]

Research Mentorship session 2 – for people offering or considering offering research mentorship

Microsoft Teams --, United Kingdom

This session forms part of the CPD programme (research) for York St John University staff for the academic year 2023-24. Facilitator: Professor Alison Laver Fawcett  When: Thursday 30 November 2023 from 12:30 - 1:30pm Where: Online via Teams meeting (a meeting link will be sent to you a few days before the session)   How […]

Help me help you: coaching students for personal and academic success.

SK/035 - York Campus

Abstract Facilitated by Associate Professor Dr Sarah Crabbe, Director of Student Engagement (YBS), this practical workshop will introduce attendees to coaching frameworks that can be used to support personal success as part of academic tutoring activities. During the session, colleagues will be given the opportunity to practice coaching approaches, as well as develop personal networks […]

Designing impactful personal tutoring: an interactive game-based workshop

SK/128, York St John University

This session introduces the notion of academic tutoring being a structured, purposeful series of interactions mapped to key points in the student journey. Using a game-based design tool, you will consider the journey of your students through their programmes, and how their aspirations and experiences impact on their educational outcomes. The tool suggests a range […]

Research and Teaching at York St John: Symbiotic, Interdependent and Mutually Beneficial

On campus - TBC

This session forms part of the CPD programme (research) for York St John University staff for the academic year 2023-24. Main facilitator: Dr Chris Whiting, Lecturer in Academic Practice When: Wednesday 6 December 2023 from 10:00 - 11:30am   Session overview: Sometimes it can feel like there is not enough time in your day to […]

UKCGE Session 1

York St John University 44 Lord Mayor's Walk, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

This session forms part of the CPD programme (research) for York St John University staff for the academic year 2023-24.     The UK Council of Graduate Education (UKCGE) offers a Research Supervision Recognition Programme to support the professional development of research supervisors. The programme is built on their Good Supervisory Practice Framework (GSPF). To […]

Impact case studies in arts and humanities

On campus - TBC

This session forms part of the CPD programme (research) for York St John University staff for the academic year 2023-24. Facilitators: Professor Nick Rowe and Professor Matthew Reason When: Thursday 7 December 23 from 12:30 - 1:30pm Where: On campus in DG127.   How to book: Use this link to Forms to book your place on the […]

RAW – Research Active Workshop

HG/137, York Campus and Online

The next Humanities RAW session will be a panel discussion on ‘Memory, Myth, and Murder in US Film & TV’ with Sarah Trott, Lauren Stephenson and Rebecca Scott. This workshop will take place from 12.00-1.30pm on Friday 8th December​ in HG137 and online (Teams link below). About Research Active Workshops The RAW research series is […]

Raising Awareness of International Students (RAIS)

Microsoft Teams --, United Kingdom

International student enrolment is increasing at YSJ at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and, whilst this is a fantastic reflection on the experience provided by the University, it also means that academic staff may encounter a different set of student needs.  RAIS (Raising Awareness of International Students) is a project established by International Programmes to […]

HEA Fellowship Writing Retreat (D1 – D4)

MS Teams

Facilitated by Dr Mark Dransfield (HEA Fellowship Scheme Lead), this online writing retreat is for anyone who is developing their HEA Fellowhsip applications for submission in 2024, regardless of whether you are on the Developmental Pathway or the Experiential one. This is a non-taught session, but Mark will present a formal structure, during which there […]

The Conversation Media Training – Session 1

Zoom

This session forms part of the CPD programme (research) for York St John University staff for the academic year 2023-24. Facilitator: The Conversation (External) When: Thursday 14 December 2023 from 12:30 - 1:30pm Where: On zoom How to book: Use this link to Eventbrite to book your place on the session: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/york-st-john-the-conversation-media-training-registration-726113965417?aff=oddtdtcreator Topic: York St […]