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Learned words: how poetry can be used to reflect on staff belonging in higher education (2024)
Journal Article
Illingworth, S., & Grimwood, M. (2024). Learned words: how poetry can be used to reflect on staff belonging in higher education. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 48(2), 208-225. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877x.2023.2301006

This research uses poetry as a form of data to explore a sense of ‘belonging’ for staff working in higher education. Poetic content analysis was explored as a research method and using poetry in this way has allowed for a nuanced exploration of quest... Read More about Learned words: how poetry can be used to reflect on staff belonging in higher education.

Co-creating The Learning and Teaching Journey with Postgraduate Research Students Who Teach (2023)
Journal Article
Dencer-Brown, A., Carlson-Webster, T., Piccio, B., Anderson, C., Adewale, O., & Taylor, S. (2023). Co-creating The Learning and Teaching Journey with Postgraduate Research Students Who Teach. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 11(3), 97-110. https://doi.org/10.56433/jpaap.v11i3.588

Post-graduate research students (PGRs) often have teaching roles during their studies with little formal training or support (Lueddeke, 1997). Previous support at Edinburgh Napier University consisted of voluntary, unpaid on-campus Learning and Teach... Read More about Co-creating The Learning and Teaching Journey with Postgraduate Research Students Who Teach.

Learned Words: A Poetic Content Analysis of 'Belonging' in Higher Education (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Illingworth, S., & Grimwood, M. (2023, December). Learned Words: A Poetic Content Analysis of 'Belonging' in Higher Education. Paper presented at SRHE Conference 2023 Higher Education Research, Practice, and Policy: Connections & Complexities, Online & Conference Aston, Birmingham, UK

RLT 30 YEARS Research in Learning Technology: making friends and influencing people (2023)
Journal Article
Brunton, J., Bennett, L., Drumm, L., Flavin, M., Honeychurch, S., Thomson, S., & Varga-Atkins, T. (2023). RLT 30 YEARS Research in Learning Technology: making friends and influencing people. Research in Learning Technology, 31, https://doi.org/10.25304/rlt.v31.3212

The first issue of Research in Learning Technology (RLT) was published in 1993. Over 30 years, the journal has comprised an informal research and development facility for new ideas and practices in technology enhanced learning. This paper takes nine... Read More about RLT 30 YEARS Research in Learning Technology: making friends and influencing people.

A spectrum of geoscience communication: from dissemination to participation (2023)
Journal Article
Illingworth, S. (2023). A spectrum of geoscience communication: from dissemination to participation. Geoscience Communication, 6(4), 131-139. https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-131-2023

This review article is a written contribution to accompany the 2023 Katia and Maurice Krafft Award from the European Geosciences Union. Through a consideration of my own practice and that of the wider literature, I explore how creative approaches (pr... Read More about A spectrum of geoscience communication: from dissemination to participation.

A transdisciplinary model for teaching and learning for sustainability science in a rapidly warming world (2023)
Journal Article
Kelly, O., White, P., Butera, F., Illingworth, S., Martens, P., Huynen, M., Bailey, S., Schuitema, G., & Cowman, S. (2023). A transdisciplinary model for teaching and learning for sustainability science in a rapidly warming world. Sustainability Science, 18(6), 2707-2722. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-023-01407-z

Transdisciplinary sustainability science integrates multiple perspectives, promotes internal reflexivity and situated learning, and engages with multiple stakeholders to solve real-world sustainability challenges. Therefore, transdisciplinary approac... Read More about A transdisciplinary model for teaching and learning for sustainability science in a rapidly warming world.

Rehearsing empathy: exploring the role of poetry in supporting learning (2023)
Journal Article
Jack, K., & Illingworth, S. (2024). Rehearsing empathy: exploring the role of poetry in supporting learning. Arts and Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 16(3), 303-316. https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2023.2256361

Empathy is an important aspect of therapeutic relationships in health and social care settings. Health educators can foster empathy development in learners through creative writing activities. Drawing on the humanities, specifically poetry, this pape... Read More about Rehearsing empathy: exploring the role of poetry in supporting learning.

'ChatGPT & Me' Student Padlet Data With Reactions (2023)
Data
Drumm, L., Illingworth, S., Graham, C., Calabrese, P., Taylor, S., Dencer-Brown, I., & van Knippenberg, I. (2023). 'ChatGPT & Me' Student Padlet Data With Reactions. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.17869/enu.2023.3200728

These data are from a project which aimed to collect and analyse student attitudes to artificial intelligence (AI) and their own learning and assessment while they are studying with Edinburgh Napier University. AI tools such as ChatGPT make it easier... Read More about 'ChatGPT & Me' Student Padlet Data With Reactions.

Ethical questions of longitudinal research with students: Using duoethnography to critically reflect on the interview process (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ratz, S., & Janssen, L. (2023, June). Ethical questions of longitudinal research with students: Using duoethnography to critically reflect on the interview process. Paper presented at The Gathering, 2023: Learning & Teaching Conference, Edinburgh

From 2016-2020 Sibylle conducted a longitudinal study on the trajectory of undergraduate language students at ENU. In their current project, Sibylle and Lisa (a participant of the original study) revisited this research by reflecting on six interview... Read More about Ethical questions of longitudinal research with students: Using duoethnography to critically reflect on the interview process.

Understanding international students' experiences with assessments through rich pictures (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M., & Ratz, S. (2023, June). Understanding international students' experiences with assessments through rich pictures. Paper presented at The Gathering 2023: Learning & Teaching conference, Edinburgh

Higher education institutions continue to see an increasing number of international students who bring with them diverse forms of assessment ‘literacies’ acquired from previous sociocultural and educational contexts. This presentation explores the ex... Read More about Understanding international students' experiences with assessments through rich pictures.

Citizen Science in Australian Higher Education: Emerging Learning and Research Communities (2023)
Journal Article
Quinnell, R., Motion, A., Illingworth, S., Calyx, C., Bray, H., & Borda, A. (2023). Citizen Science in Australian Higher Education: Emerging Learning and Research Communities. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 31(1), https://doi.org/10.30722/ijisme.31.01.001

Citizen science, though well established in Australia has not yet found wide use in tertiary science education. We offer case studies to illustrate that Citizen Science approaches are slowly being adopted and we highlight the spectrum of experiences... Read More about Citizen Science in Australian Higher Education: Emerging Learning and Research Communities.

ChatGPT and Me: The Student Voice on Future Learning in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Drumm, L., Graham, C., Taylor, S., van Knippenberg, I., Illingworth, S., Calabrase, P., & Opaleye, O. (2023, June). ChatGPT and Me: The Student Voice on Future Learning in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Presented at EDEN Dublin Annual Conference 2023, Dublin, Ireland

The pandemic accelerated the use of digital tools for teaching, learning and assessing in universities, but the future of digital education is being challenged by user-friendly large language models and generative artificial intelligence (AI) platfor... Read More about ChatGPT and Me: The Student Voice on Future Learning in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.

Decolonisation, Inclusion and the Biological Sciences: Getting Started (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bossoni, A., Kenny, S., O'Brien, R., Calabrese, P., Veitch, N., & Malone, E. (2023, June). Decolonisation, Inclusion and the Biological Sciences: Getting Started. Presented at QAA Scotland's 5th International Enhancement Conference, Glasgow

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

Tempered radicalism: A model for navigating academic practice and identity in the twenty-first-century neoliberal university? (2023)
Journal Article
Vaul-Grimwood, M. L., Naik, V., Graham, C., Moir, Z., & Smart, F. (2023). Tempered radicalism: A model for navigating academic practice and identity in the twenty-first-century neoliberal university?. Learning and Teaching, 16(2), 32-54. https://doi.org/10.3167/latiss.2023.160203

This article explores Meyerson and Scully's concept of ‘tempered radicalism’ (1995) in the context of contemporary academic practice and identity. We report on a collaborative autoethnographic study which addressed the question: ‘What does the concep... Read More about Tempered radicalism: A model for navigating academic practice and identity in the twenty-first-century neoliberal university?.

How poetry can be used to better understand undergraduate students’ course experiences (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Illingworth, S., & Radhakrishnan, M. (2023, May). How poetry can be used to better understand undergraduate students’ course experiences. Paper presented at SEDA Spring Conference 2023, Online

This session will present a study that investigates the use of poetry as a reflective tool for first-year undergraduate students in introductory STEM courses. Using poetic content analysis (Illingworth, 2022), the study analyses students’ responses t... Read More about How poetry can be used to better understand undergraduate students’ course experiences.

Learned Words: how poetry can be used to reflect on staff belonging in Higher Education (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Illingworth, S., & Grimwood, M. (2023, May). Learned Words: how poetry can be used to reflect on staff belonging in Higher Education. Presented at Change Agents’ Network Conference 2023, Hertfordshire

This research uses poetry as a form of data to explore a sense of 'belonging' for staff working in higher education. Poetic content analysis was explored as a research method and using poetry in this way has allowed for a nuanced exploration of quest... Read More about Learned Words: how poetry can be used to reflect on staff belonging in Higher Education.