Toyin is a teaching-focused lecturer in Accounting and Finance. She was recently awarded a Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). Since 2021, she has been a member of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee at AMBS. Toyin is...
Category: Student support
FOMO, burnout, and how to help students do less, better!
Dr Neil Morrison is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics and one of our ITL Fellows. Here he answers some questions about his fellowship topic ‘Study Expenditure’ and its Alignment to the ‘Study Budget’ in Flexible Learning. N.b -‘Study budget’ refers to the...
The role of student partnership in creating a sense of belonging: the case of the Undergraduate Education Research Conference
Authors: Karen Healey, Xinyue Zhang, Lingyi Zhou, Chang Gao, choen Yin Chan, Kate Sapin and Sara Jackson Policy construction of students in higher education as instrumental consumers has led to increasing demands for student participation in the formulation of metrics...
How recognition through UKAT can enhance academic advising
Dr Tom Rodgers has been recently awarded Recognised Senior Advisor (RSA) through the UK Advising and Tutoring Association (UKAT)'s Professional Recognition scheme. Here he answers some questions about his application experience and the benefits of the award. UKAT...
Redefining the Commuter Experience
Dr. Nicholas Weise is a teaching-focused academic who holds several leadership roles, including being the University of Manchester’s Theme Lead for Student Success & Academic Development, as well as the Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health’s Lead for Student...
Agency and advising: a model for conversation
Jennie Blake is the Academic Lead for Student Success at the University of Manchester's Institute for Teaching and Learning, Her remit includes academic advising, student support, induction, transition and a variety of university-wide initiatives and policy. She also...
Applied Employability: Giving students a picture of their future selves.
Jackie is Professor of Statistical Literacy in the Department of Social Statistics at the University of Manchester. In 2022 she was awarded a University of Manchester Teaching Excellence. In 2020 Jackie was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship from Advance HE and an...
Recognising the power of academic advising and diversity in the curriculum
Dr Doron Cohen is a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Psychology and Mental Health (School of Health Sciences, FBMH). In the words of one of his students, “He is the Widening Participation Lead for Psychology and is totally committed to ensuring that irrespective of...
Institute Fellows 2020/21: Steven Broom
In this post Steven Broom, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, continues our series of posts by Fellows of the Institute of Teaching and Learning. Steven's experience as Admissions Lead makes him aware of the breadth of backgrounds that our students come from....
Teaching through the pandemic: always choose connection… and cook wonderful food!
As we reach the end of the academic year, we're going to be looking back at some of our experiences of teaching and living through the pandemic, bringing you the reflections of a few of our colleagues. In this post, Jenni Rose (Senior Lecturer in Accounting and one...