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A case study analysis of embedding kindness in higher education curricula. (2025)
Book Chapter
Hislop, J., Angelova, N., Balaam, M., Brodie, J., Stuart James, K., & Younger, R. (2025). A case study analysis of embedding kindness in higher education curricula. In Leading global excellence in pedagogy: Transforming teaching excellence: Future proofing education for all. IFNTF Publishing

The last decade has witnessed a significant increase in higher education students experiencing mental health challenges. This has resulted in a call for universities to exercise a duty of care in supporting students not only to do well academically b... Read More about A case study analysis of embedding kindness in higher education curricula..

Co-Creation of a Continuing Professional Development Toolkit focused on self-management of respiratory health issues in people with learning disabilities (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Leary, L., Dicksit, D., Ring, N., Roberts, N., Dunham, M., Devitt, J., Taylor, J., Mcglade, I., & Theurer, M. (2025, May). Co-Creation of a Continuing Professional Development Toolkit focused on self-management of respiratory health issues in people with learning disabilities. Presented at ENclusion Conference: Connecting EDI Research and Action at and by ENU, Edinburgh Napier University

Introduction

Individuals with ID (intellectual Disabilities) need self-management support from nurses (all fields) to avoid risk of hospital admissions due to respiratory illness. We aimed to co-design a CPD toolkit focused on providing nurses wit... Read More about Co-Creation of a Continuing Professional Development Toolkit focused on self-management of respiratory health issues in people with learning disabilities.

Belonging & Mattering for Criminology Students: Insights from a Research Journey at Edinburgh Napier University (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haddow, C., & Brodie, J. (2025, April). Belonging & Mattering for Criminology Students: Insights from a Research Journey at Edinburgh Napier University. Presented at Centre for Innovation and Research in Legal Education, University of Leeds

A sense of belonging has been identified in salient literature as associated with a number of positive outcomes for students in HE, yet research charts a ‘loss of community’ (see: Boyer, 1990) over time. It follows that enhancing belonging and commun... Read More about Belonging & Mattering for Criminology Students: Insights from a Research Journey at Edinburgh Napier University.

Developing Higher Education Educators’ AI Literacy - An Experiential Learning Method (2024)
Book Chapter
Kurtzke, S., & Brodie, J. (2024). Developing Higher Education Educators’ AI Literacy - An Experiential Learning Method. In Leading Global Excellence in Pedagogy: Augmenting Teaching Excellence: Embracing the future of Education with AI and Emerging Technologies. IFNTF Publishing

In the wake of the rapid rise of Generative AI (GAI) since the end of 2022, this paper focuses on the rapidly emerging need to upskill academics working in higher education (HE) in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and more broadly integrate AI literacy i... Read More about Developing Higher Education Educators’ AI Literacy - An Experiential Learning Method.

Building Communities and Enhancing Belonging: A Route Map for Assessment Design (2023)
Other
Haddow, C., & Brodie, J. (2023). Building Communities and Enhancing Belonging: A Route Map for Assessment Design. [Assessment guide]

A sense of belonging to a community in HE has been linked to positive outcomes for students such as increased engagement, identity development and retention (Masika & Jones, 2015; Soria & Stubblefield, 2015) and has emerged as a buffer to declining m... Read More about Building Communities and Enhancing Belonging: A Route Map for Assessment Design.

Fostering a Sense of Belonging to Support Successful Online Learners (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brodie, J. (2023, September). Fostering a Sense of Belonging to Support Successful Online Learners. Presented at QAA Scotland - The future of Learning and Teaching: Planning and Delivery of digitally Enhanced Blended Learning, Glasgow, UK

This invited round table presentation was given at The QAA Scotland's event on 'The future of Learning and Teaching: Planning and Delivery of digitally Enhanced blended learning'. The presentation discussed the challenges of supporting belonging at a... Read More about Fostering a Sense of Belonging to Support Successful Online Learners.

What Works for 'Authentic Belonging' Enhancement in Criminology? (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haddow, C., & Brodie, J. (2023, September). What Works for 'Authentic Belonging' Enhancement in Criminology?. Presented at European Society of Criminology Conference, Florence, Italy

Enhancing belonging and community is an area of strategic priority in research, within institutions and across the HE sector (Campbell, 2019; Robertson et al., 2019). The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into sharp focus the need to galvanise student com... Read More about What Works for 'Authentic Belonging' Enhancement in Criminology?.

Towards ‘Authentic Belonging’: Exploring the Concept and Enhancing Practice (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haddow, C., & Brodie, J. (2023, June). Towards ‘Authentic Belonging’: Exploring the Concept and Enhancing Practice. Paper presented at QAA Scotland’s 5th International Enhancement Conference 'Shaping the Student Experience Together: 20 Years of Enhancement', Glasgow

Re-Designing an MBA programme to meet the challenge of growth in international student numbers (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yapa, M., & Brodie, J. (2023, May). Re-Designing an MBA programme to meet the challenge of growth in international student numbers. Paper presented at CABS LTSE 2023 Conference, Northport, Wales

The case study demonstrates the novel pedagogy and process undertaken in designing a new MBA programme that would help support increased positive outcomes for international students coming from diverse economic and cultural backgrounds. The case pres... Read More about Re-Designing an MBA programme to meet the challenge of growth in international student numbers.

What Works for ‘Authentic Belonging’ Enhancement in Criminology? (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haddow, C., & Brodie, J. (2023, March). What Works for ‘Authentic Belonging’ Enhancement in Criminology?. Paper presented at Creating Student Communities in Criminology - British Society of Learning and Teaching Network Event, Online

Harnessing innovation approaches to support community and belonging in Higher Education (2023)
Journal Article
Haddow, C., & Brodie, J. (2024). Harnessing innovation approaches to support community and belonging in Higher Education. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 61(6), 1341-1354. https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2023.2176907

The COVID-19 Pandemic has ushered in significant challenges for supporting community and belonging in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs). This paper seeks to provide key recommendations to strengthen such activity, through a critical evaluation o... Read More about Harnessing innovation approaches to support community and belonging in Higher Education.

Sharing International Student Stories: Building Resilient Post-Covid Learning Communities (2022)
Book Chapter
Garden, C., & Brodie, J. (2022). Sharing International Student Stories: Building Resilient Post-Covid Learning Communities. In C. Nerantzi, & A. James (Eds.), LEGO® for university learning: Online, offline and elsewhere (117-119). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7421754

This Quality Assurance Agency Scotland–funded mini project focused on the Resilient Learning Communities Enhancement Theme. We sought to identify enhancement to support building of resilient learning communities for International Postgraduate Taught... Read More about Sharing International Student Stories: Building Resilient Post-Covid Learning Communities.