Our first "Inclusivity Friday" blogpost by James Derounian, De Montfort/ Society of Local Council Clerks Ageing and inclusivity in the Academy? James Derounian, a Tiggerish 60-something lecturer in community engagement, and 2007 NTF, takes aim at ageism within academia……. The aphorism runs, ‘with age comes wisdom’! Even if this was half true then, surely, we… Continue reading Aging and Inclusivity in the Academy?
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A Badged Open Course on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
For anyone interested in gaining professional recognition for their academic practice such as Advance HE Fellowships, read on! The Open University’s Centre for STEM Pedagogy, eSTEeM, is delighted to bring you a new Badged Open Course (BOC) titled Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM which is available on OpenLearn, the university’s free learning platform.… Continue reading A Badged Open Course on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
An increasing focus on embedding mental wellbeing
Zoë Allman PFHEA, NTF The last year has had an incredible impact on the sector, education more broadly, and across many aspects of our lives. Prior to the pandemic activity was occurring around mental wellbeing in the curriculum but the pandemic has acted as a catalyst that has raised this as key topic of discussion… Continue reading An increasing focus on embedding mental wellbeing
