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Using storyboards to explore the impact of staff development on student retention in higher education (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Illingworth, S., Cowan, J., Graham, C., Shan, S., & Swanton, K. (2024, December). Using storyboards to explore the impact of staff development on student retention in higher education. Presented at 2024 SRHE International Research Conference, Online

This paper explores how staff engagement and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) can influence student retention outcomes in higher education. Drawing on a detailed research project at Edinburgh Napier University, it highlights the role of acad... Read More about Using storyboards to explore the impact of staff development on student retention in higher education.

Generating AI Alternatives: collaborating and creating intersections (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Drumm, L., Beetham, H., Cronin, C., & McIlwhan, R. (2024, May). Generating AI Alternatives: collaborating and creating intersections. Presented at Fourteenth International Conference on Networked Learning, University of Malta, Valetta, Malta

May 2024 finds us eighteen months on since the release into the wild of unregulated generative AI models and their chatbot front-ends. While Higher Education (HE) has been playing catch-up in terms of policy and regulation (e.g. Russell Group 2023, C... Read More about Generating AI Alternatives: collaborating and creating intersections.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

From Dissemination to Participation: A Creative Approach to Geoscience Communication (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Illingworth, S. (2023, April). From Dissemination to Participation: A Creative Approach to Geoscience Communication. Presented at EGU 2023, Vienna

Science communication exists on a spectrum: from dissemination to dialogue. While participation is likely to be the most effective way of helping to truly diversify science, there is still a need for geoscience communication initiatives that exist ac... Read More about From Dissemination to Participation: A Creative Approach to Geoscience Communication.

The shadowlands of science communication in academia — definitions, problems, and possible solutions (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gani, S., Arnal, L., Beattie, L., Hillier, J., Illingworth, S., Lanza, T., Mohadjer, S., Pulkkinen, K., Roop, H., Stewart, I., Stiller-Reeve, M., von Elverfeldt, K., & Zihms, S. (2023, April). The shadowlands of science communication in academia — definitions, problems, and possible solutions. Presented at EGU 2023, Vienna

Science communication is important for researchers, including those working in the geosciences. However, much of this work takes place in “shadowlands” that are neither fully seen nor understood. With the increasing expectation in academia that all r... Read More about The shadowlands of science communication in academia — definitions, problems, and possible solutions.

Actionable Steps to Improve Inclusivity and Diversity in the Geosciences in Higher Education (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Illingworth, S., Hall, C., Mohadjer, S., Koll, R., Otu-Larbi, F., & Poku, C. (2022, December). Actionable Steps to Improve Inclusivity and Diversity in the Geosciences in Higher Education. Poster presented at AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, US

We propose six action-oriented opportunities for educators to improve diversity in the geosciences as individuals from their classroom to their institution by:
Advocating for institutional change
Incorporating diverse perspectives and authors in cu... Read More about Actionable Steps to Improve Inclusivity and Diversity in the Geosciences in Higher Education.

Searching for Meaning: Exploring Community and Belonging at University (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haddow, C., & Brodie, J. (2022, June). Searching for Meaning: Exploring Community and Belonging at University. Presented at The Gathering 2022, Edinburgh

Enhancing belonging at university has emerged as an area of thematic priority at institutional level, in academic research and for quality enhancement organisations such as Advance HE and QAA Scotland (Campbell, 2019; O’Mahony et al., 2013; Robertson... Read More about Searching for Meaning: Exploring Community and Belonging at University.

Learning from the impact of individual identities on staff’s experiences during Covid-19: Moving toward ethically implementing new styles of working (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zike, J., & Illingworth, S. (2022, June). Learning from the impact of individual identities on staff’s experiences during Covid-19: Moving toward ethically implementing new styles of working. Presented at QAA Enhancement Conference 2022: Resilient Learning Communities – Inclusive, Flexible and Accessible, Glasgow

We will report the findings of our qualitative survey of 118 staff members at Edinburgh Napier University. We found a highly nuanced impact on protected groups with individual situations, resources, and challenges contributing to the perceived impact... Read More about Learning from the impact of individual identities on staff’s experiences during Covid-19: Moving toward ethically implementing new styles of working.

Engaging students in creating a curriculum framework –challenges and enablers (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haddow, C., Zike, J., & Le-Vaul Grimwood, M. (2022, June). Engaging students in creating a curriculum framework –challenges and enablers. Paper presented at Advance HE Curriculum Symposium, Leeds, UK

This session reflects on the challenges of implementing a new curriculum framework during Covid 19, with a particular focus on student engagement. It asks what we have learned from experience and focus group data, as we begin to embed the framework,... Read More about Engaging students in creating a curriculum framework –challenges and enablers.

Evolving ecologies in digital education - A perspective from Scotland (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Drumm, L., & Zike, J. (2022, May). Evolving ecologies in digital education - A perspective from Scotland. Paper presented at Irish Learning Technology Association’s Annual Conference ‘EdTech 2022’, University College Cork

Ecosystems balance in a delicate dynamic of motion and change. When hit with a disturbance, an ecosystem's resilience is tested and any vacuum quickly filled by those well-suited to the new conditions. The ecologies wherein teaching occurs in higher... Read More about Evolving ecologies in digital education - A perspective from Scotland.

Radically reconfigured or just broken? How emergency online teaching has altered staff conceptions of learning and teaching (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Drumm, L., & Zike, J. (2021, December). Radically reconfigured or just broken? How emergency online teaching has altered staff conceptions of learning and teaching. Paper presented at Society for Research in Higher Education’s Annual Conference, Online

The pace of this so-called 'pivot' meant that careful online curriculum design and evidence-based approaches were often lost in the urgency to replicate face-to-face teaching. What are the longer term implications of so much of education operating wi... Read More about Radically reconfigured or just broken? How emergency online teaching has altered staff conceptions of learning and teaching.