YSJ, Academic Development Programme
Professional Development for Learning, Teaching and Research
Are you interested in enhancing your own practice and learning more about becoming an effective personal tutor? As an institutional member of the UK Advising and Tutoring Association (UKAT), YSJ staff have access to free online courses to support your development. The Professional Development Curriculum The UKAT Professional Development Curriculum (PDC) provides a suite of […]
‘Discussing Decolonisation’ is a six-part mini-series taking place in person and online across the academic year 2023-24, hosted by the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Team at York St John University (YSJU). The series aims to showcase and critically engage with the vital work that staff and students across the sector are undertaking to develop anti-racist […]
A two-hour workshop, led by the TLE team, exploring mentoring activities and approaches when working with D1-D3 candidates. This session is designed to support colleaegues who are current or future Fellowship mentors on the AdvanceHE accredited YSJ Fellowship Scheme. REGISTER TO ATTEND
Session facilitated by Professor Robert Mortimer This session will cover the basic approach to writing external research grant applications, and how to maximise your changes of being within the funding frame. It will cover the process from forming an initial idea to submitting the final proposal. Particular focus will be given to what grant reviewers […]
Session facilitated by Professor Helen Sauntson, Professor of English Language and Linguistics Facilitator: Professor Helen Sauntson RDF Indicator: B3 Programme: Continuous Professional Development Programme (Research) Theme: ECR Session Overview This session explains the process of writing a book proposal and provides advice and guidance on how to maximise the chances of writing a proposal that […]
This year's Talk About Teaching Conference, 'Building the YSJ Learning and Teaching Community', will take place on Monday 17th June 2024. To enable as many colleagues as possible to take part, some sessions will be delivered as hybrid - please see the conference website for the full programme. To receive links for the hybrid sessions, […]
This is the last event of our ‘Discussing Decolonisation’ series for 2023-24. You can find out more about the other events we've held in the series here, and read about our intentions and community expectations here. Decolonial Horizons – A York Community Event: This creative, community-building event is the culmination of a series hosted at […]
A two-hour standardisation event for colleagues supporting D1 claims for Fellowship. This session will be of use to colleagues who are either existing or potentially future mantores and/or reviewers on the AHE accredited YSJ Fellowship Scheme. REGISTER TO ATTEND
Delivered by Dr Lorna Hamilton and Dr Ruth Knight (YSJU), this CPD session was rescheduled from 1st May and will now take place on Wednesday 26th June, 13.00-15.00pm, in FS/034 and online (hybrid). Abstract: In this session, we aim to facilitate discussion around the drawbacks of traditional models of engagement in the higher education classroom, […]