Once we got over the feeling of incredulity “What? Already?...” , we started scheduling the recordings wondering if there might be a sense of… déjà vu… Well with our last recording now in the ‘box’, we can happily say… there isn’t! Anticipation there was truly, but each episode brought its own uniqueness and as recordings took place, the thread of excitement wove itself with our colleagues’ passion and eagerness to share their thoughts, their strong willingness to make a difference in their job and for their students.
So, with renewed great delight, we present our latest series of A Cup of TEA where we continue our exploration of the University of Hull’s fantastic teaching and learning and celebrate the work of colleagues across disciplines. Colleagues at various stages in their career, from PhD student to retired professor, brought their passionate voices to our microphone, and even though once or twice we’ve struggled with the sound (your patience is much appreciated!) we hope you hear and feel their dedication to and enthusiasm for their job and can take away inspiring snippets for your own practice.
This season’s themes include:
- A thought-provoking new take on personal supervision… with the soft launch of BREADCAKE!
Emma Palmer, Director of The Centre of Foundation Year and Dr Tim Prior, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
Emma: “if you had a student in that scenario, what would you [a personal supervisor] do… this acronym is a great way of structuring this conversation naturally, as well as being aware of key things you would do as a personal supervisor”
Tim: “learning to learn independently- that’s what University life should be about, isn’t it? […] For me, being able to reflect on what you’ve done is important. I do always encourage students to reflect on their performance- how did those exams go? What did you learn about yourself? what worked? What would you do differently?”
- The impact of generative AI on higher education
Dr Dionysios Demetis, Reader in Logistics and Management Systems in Hull Business School
“I think that we need to convince also our students that however sophisticated these tools appear to us, they are effectively computational fraudsters in text generation, and they have sort of substituted the human contextualised aspect by embedding artificial mechanisms as artificial substitutes for the real thing… and the only way to do that is to put the students in the space between that!”
- Inclusive Education – looking back on their designing of the University of Hull’s Framework, further developed across-sector through a QAA Collaborative Enhancement Project and now part of the QAA resources
Paula Gawthorpe, Senior Lecturer in Nursing, Director of Studies in Nursing & Midwifery and Dr Katharine Hubbard, Reader in Bioscience Education, Director of Education for the School of Natural Sciences
Paula: “How do you evidence that in day to day practice & action and the way your institution function on a daily basis… how do you demonstrate that?”
Katharine: “The Framework is a starting point for discussion [...] and a really useful tool to show the depth and breadth of inclusive practice."
- PhD Supervision, podcasting and a twist
Dr Catherine Wynne, Reader in English and Lucyl Harrison, PhD Researcher in English
Catherine: “When you’re working with PhD students, you need to start thinking about developing them for the knowledge exchange and creating all of those other professional skills sets that can be adaptable in various ways”
Lucyl: “When I started my PhD I kind of needed to be practical about the academic space and jobs because not everybody gets a job in academia afterwards… so part of the reason of doing the podcast was building a digital portfolio […] trying to set myself up outside… [but it’s been so much more!]… and a really good networking tool.
- Playful Learning, soft toys & umbrellas, agency, experimentation, appropriation and democracy
Simon Grey, Lecturer in Computer Science and special guest Dr John Lean, Senior Lecturer in Education, Manchester Metropolitan University
Simon: “If you believe that every module has a goal and rules, voluntary participation and feedback, [then] it’s already a game!”
John: “As an education philosophy, it’s about empowerment and agency and having the freedom to do things differently.”
- Discussion-based teaching
Dr Chris Fear, Lecturer in Politics in the School of Politics and International Studies
"I treat the text as occasions for having a discussion about something, it’s a stimulus”
- Reflecting back on his career and touching on what does teaching look like, a community of people, assessment, technology, student & staff support and more
Professor Graham Scott, former Director of the Teaching Excellence Academy
“in that wider institutional community, it’s important that when we ask staff to support students, we make sure the staff is supported to be able to do that.”
"... look beyond but also value the expertise you’ve got in your own institution and don’t always think the answers are outside...”
"my signature pedagogy: finding ways to enable students to reflect on the value of their own work when they are given ownership of that work"
Our gratitude goes to our colleagues, students and guests for making the time to come and talk to us! If you wish to share an aspect of your practice on a future podcast, please contact us.
So if you are ready, grab your favourite cuppa and let’s join them! Enjoy the show!
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