We are delighted to launch the SHED Yearbook, celebrating 25 years of Scottish Higher Education Developers.
You can access the book here via a PDF: SHED25_FINAL_October2018
Happy reading!
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SHED Residential November 6 and 7, 2018
THE SHED Residential at SAMS in Oban has proved a great success.
We have curated a range of content from across the two days and included it here for you to engage with and refer back to.
Thanks to everyone for their input.
The SHED Executive
SHED Residential November 6 and 7, 2018
Updates from #SHEDResidential2018
Find out about the activities and discussions from Day 1 of SHED Residential 2018.
SHED Residential 6/7th November @SAMS, Oban
This year’s SHED Residential will be held on the 6th and 7th November, 2018, at the Scottish Association for Marine Sciences, Oban.
View draft programme | Register here to attend in person or online
During this 2-day CPD residential event we will have an opportunity to come together as a community of practice to explore a range of topics related to academic development. Even if you are unable to make both days, you would be welcome to join us as and when you can!
The event is a wonderful opportunity to come together to learn and to reflect on our own and others’ practice in a warm (notwithstanding the November weather in Oban!) and supportive environment. This year we have a number of international participants and presenters including Klodiana Kolomitro from Queens University, Canada and Charlie Reis from Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.
The event will be hosted at the Scottish Association for Marine Sciences, part of the University of the Highlands and Islands. Here are directions of how to get there.
Please note: Over the course of the 2 days tea and coffee will be provided but we will ask people to bring their own lunch with them or eat on campus.
For residential participants we have secured special rates at two local hotels:
| The Columba Hotel, North Pier, Oban PA34 5QD | Oban Bay Hotel, Corran Esplanade, Oban, PA34 5AE |
| £65.00 (£10 seaview supplement)
Single occupancy in a double/twin room with breakfast arriving on Tuesday 6th November for one night. All reservations must be guaranteed by credit card details and payment has to be arranged before or on arrival, latest on the day of departure. Flexible cancellation applicable only on multiple room bookings, ask for details when booking. When booking quote “University Conference 11/2018” Contact – call 01631 562 183 or email Karina Tvrda (Karina.Tvrda@sgehotelgroup.com) |
£70 (non refundable rate)
Single occupancy in a double/twin room with breakfast arriving on Tuesday 6th November for one night. Rooms held until 2 weeks prior, leaving a few for any late bookers (subject to the hotel still having availability when they reach this point) When booking quote “SHEDUHI” Delegates to book their own accommodation – credit card details will be taken upon booking Contact – call 01631 564395 direct for bookings |
For those of you who do not wish to stay over or plan to attend single days, you are welcome to join us for dinner at the hotel – please book direct with the hotel.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the CPD Co-ordinator, Cameron Graham.
View draft programme | Register here to attend in person or online
SHED 27th September 2018 University Of The West Of Scotland Paisley Campus – A Sense Of Belonging – What Does It Mean? Why Does It Matter?
Join the SHED Community to unpack the meaning of a Sense of Belonging. Reflect on Insights from Associate Professor, Colin Smith, ENU and debate with us why a Sense of Belonging might matter across the fabric of the University and on its relevance to you in your role.
Joining Information
The meeting will take place in A100 in the Lord Smith of Kelvin Centre, University Of The West Of Scotland Paisley Campus – see campus map and travel guidance. We start at 10.30 and finish by 16.00. Please note: Lunch is not provided but there are places to eat at UWS. As always you are welcome to bring your own packed lunch.
To have an indication of numbers can you please email SHED Secretary Amanda Pate to confirm your attendance or to send in your apologies.
Please note: you don’t have to be an educational developer to be in SHED!
SHED 18th May 2018, University of Strathclyde – Evaluating teaching-related CPD in Higher Education
Evaluating teaching-related CPD in Higher Education
This session provides an opportunity to reflect on how teaching-related Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is currently evaluated in educational development practice. The session is based on the outcomes of the HEA/PedRIO project ‘Evaluating teaching-related CPD in Higher Education’ (Kneale et al. 2016).
Educational Developers are increasingly being asked to evidence the value of their work in higher education institutions but this is tricky business. The links between intervention and changes to lecturers’ conceptions, beliefs and practices can take time and are subject to other influences. This situation prompted the HEA/PedRIO project upon which this session is based, the project developed a research-informed Toolkit for good practice in evaluating teaching-related CPD. In this session the Toolkit will be introduced and participants will have a chance to consider their own practice in relation to the Toolkit’s recommendations. The session will then examine how these recommendations have been embedded into practice by PedRIO at the University of Plymouth. Participants will be invited to critique this work and to make suggestions for next steps in this and their own practice.
Publications relating to this work:
- Spowart, L., Winter, J., Turner, R., Muneer, R., McKenna, C. & Kneale, P. (2017) ‘Evidencing the impact of teaching-related CPD: beyond the ‘Happy Sheets’. International Journal for Academic Development.
- Winter, J., Turner, R., Spowart, S. Muneer, R. and Kneale, P. (2017) Evaluating academic development in the higher education sector: Academic developers’ reflections on using a Toolkit resource. Higher Education Research and Development.
- Turner, R., Spowart, l., Winter, J., Muneer, R., & Kneale, P. (2016). ‘The lecturer should know what they are talking about’: SU Officers perceptions of teaching-related CPD and implications for practice. Innovations in Education and Teaching Special Issue: Pp 1-9
- Kneale, P., Winter, J., Spowart, L., Turner, R. and Muneer, R. (2016) Evaluating teaching development activities in higher education: a toolkit. Higher Education Academy, York. https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/evaluating-teaching-development-higher-education
- Hughes, J., McKenna, C., Kneale, P., Winter, J., Turner, R., Spowart, L., & Muneer, R. (2016). Evaluating teaching development in higher education: Towards impact assessment (Literature Review). York: Higher Education. Retrieved June 3, 2016, from https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resource/evaluating-teaching-development-higher-education
The session will facilitated remotely by Dr Jennie Winter Associate Professor in Educational Development at the Pedagogic Research Institute and Observatory (PedRIO), Plymouth University.
Dr Jennie Winter is an Associate Professor in Educational Development at the Pedagogic Research Institute and Observatory (PedRIO), Plymouth University. She is a National Teaching Fellow, Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy and a representative of the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA).
Jennie is interested in a range of academic development themes including the student voice, education for sustainable development and evidencing the impact of academic development. Significant recent work includes a national research project on evaluating the impact of academic development in UK higher education (Kneale et al. 2016; Spowart et al. 2017; Winter et al. 2017), and international comparative work investigating how sustainability concepts are taught in Business and Economics in the UK and China (Winter and Cotton 2017). Jennie’s research has been utilised by the European Commission, presented at international conferences and by invite to selected institutions. You can find out more about Jennie’s work at this link – https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/jennie-winter.
Outline for the Day
10:30am Arrival
11:00am Welcome: Jane MacKenzie
11:05am CPD Session: Evaluating teaching-related CPD in Higher Education
12:30pm Lunch Please note: Lunch is not provided.
1:30pm SHED community discussion of sector issues – As we are no longer a lobbying group, this will now be an open meeting for all.
3:30pm Close of day
The meeting will start at 10:30am with an opening welcome at 11:00am and here is the draft agenda for the day along with minutes of the previous meeting.
Joining Information
The meeting will take place in Room GH208J, Graham Hills building, University of Strathclyde – see campus map and travel guidance. Please note: Lunch is not provided but attendees may like to visit the Nourish Café in the TIC building. As always you are welcome to bring your own packed lunch.
To have an indication of numbers can you please email SHED Secretary Janis Davidson to confirm your attendance or to send in your apologies.
Sector Agency Updates
SHED 22nd February 2018, Heriot-Watt University – Academic Leadership as Practice: The Practices of Leadership [Cancelled]
Notice: As you will be aware, several Scottish universities will be participating in industrial action this month and next and one of the strike days coincides with our SHED meeting scheduled for 22nd February at Heriot-Watt University. We have therefore decided to cancel this meeting without rescheduling it because of the ongoing nature of the industrial action.
We apologise for any disappointment caused and look forward to seeing you at the next SHED meeting on 18 May.
Academic Leadership as Practice: The Practices of Leadership
There are many ways of demonstrating leadership through the practices that we adopt as Academic and Educational Developers. Leadership for many of us is contextual, it can involve working with, guiding and influencing others, it can be direct, subtle and/or strategic, it can be through projects, change agendas or working with individuals and small groups. The practices which we draw upon to demonstrate our academic leadership are also just as varied (Gibbs, Knapper & Piccinin, 2009).
This reflective workshop will support you to explore your own practice within your own institution and the sphere of influence in which you currently operate. We will work collectively to consider the routes to success through the various practices of leadership that we can utilise to support our activities through contextualising our thinking to a current project or scheme of work.
To get the most out of the session you should come along with a project or piece of work which you are currently working on where you need to demonstrate some form of academic leadership.
The session will facilitated by Alison Nimmo, Glasgow Caledonian University, and Mark Charters, Glasgow School of Art.
Outline for the Day
10:30am Arrival
11:00am Welcome: Jane MacKenzie
11:05am CPD Session: Academic Leadership as Practice: The Practices of Leadership
12:30pm Lunch Please note: Lunch is not provided.
1:30pm SHED community discussion of sector issues – As we are no longer a lobbying group, this will now be an open meeting for all.
3:30pm Close of day
The meeting will start at 10:30am with an opening welcome at 11:00am and here is the draft agenda for the day, along with minutes of the previous meeting.
Joining Information
The meeting will take place in Court Room, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh Campus on the first floor of the Lord Balerno Building (right next to the campus main reception) – see campus map and travel guidance. Please note: Lunch is not provided but the EBS Bistro on campus has confirmed lunches can be pre-ordered and they can be collected and paid for at lunchtime. A menu will be circulated at the meeting. It would be helpful to know if there are any dietary requirements so that suitable options can be included. As always you are welcome to bring your own packed lunch.
To have an indication of numbers can you please email SHED Secretary Janis Davidson to confirm your attendance or to send in your apologies.
Sector Updates
