Approach: Expertise.

Developing fit to purpose workshops expresses my philosophy of learning and teaching in respect of their content and processes. Examples of workshops are:

Writing development

• Writing to learn: developing writing skills (PhD)

Writing development series

• Getting going
• Finding your voice
• Argument and critique
• Using your sources

Assessment

• Assessment Strategies
• Peer and Group Assessment
• Encouraging independent learning: problems co-dependent learners face
• Diversifying Assessment

Teaching approaches

• Managing Large Groups
• Managing Small Groups
• Preparing to teach
• Collaborative Learning
• Designing out Plagiarism
• "Write" to Learn : Improving student academic writing
• Discussion as a way of teaching
• Creating inclusive university classrooms
• Getting students Active (Teaching for active learning).
• Supervising Students at PhD and Master's Level

Curriculum design and planning

• Writing Programme and Unit Specifications
• Writing Module or Unit Descriptions
• Aligning Teaching Approaches, with Learning Outcomes and Assessment

Widening participation

• Planning for Diversity in the Lecture Room : Strategies for Reaching Lost Learners
• Race, Gender and Equality: broadening your curriculum

Developing Teachers

• On Being a Reflective Teacher in Higher Education
• Evidencing Teaching : Building Teaching Portfolios
• Developing Peer Observation Schemes
• Improving Student Feedback on Teaching
• Joining the Higher Education Academy (formerly ILTHE)
• Project Management for Teachers

Institutional planning

• Developing Personal Academic Records
• Developing Faculty and School Learning and Teaching Strategies
• Training for Research Students

Personal Growth Development

• Facing co-dependence: how to assert yourself
• Inner bonding: working through rejection and aloneness
• The wounded self: interacting with work colleagues

Reviewing, examining and evaluating…

Occasionally I am called on to produce book reviews, to examine PhD theses, or to act as external examiner for courses such as the Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education. I have occasionally been asked to evaluate programmes and virtual learning environments (VLEs).