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The Association of National Teaching Fellows Symposium and what we did last year: an example
Save the dates: Join us at Newcastle University on Tuesday, 12th and Wednesday, 13th May 2026, with the iconic Gateshead Millennium Bridge beautifully illuminated by night. (Image credit ANTF symposia call) The call for abstracts just coming out.. deadline 15th December This is the work that colleague Ben and I submitted last year, but the NTF symposium encourages creativity, innovation and engagement. So we decided to reframe our face-to-face session as a murder mystery, and


And the National Teaching Fellows Roadshows for 2025/6 are now up and running!
The Roadshow panel! L-R - top Holly Earl, Awards Advisor AdvanceHE; Emerita Professor Debbie Holley (facilitator NTF 2014); David James Uni of Staffs (NTF 2025) - bottom row L-R Carys Kennedy UoA London (NTF 2025) Dr Danielle Tran UCL (NTF 2025) Louise Lumsden, Head of teaching Excellence Awards, AdvanceHE; Emerita Professor Angela O'Sullivan, ANTF Chair (not pictured) (NTF 2017) The National Teaching Fellowship (NTF) Scheme celebrates and recognises individuals who have made


Welcoming students: reflections on large group teaching
As an ‘newbie’ Emerita Professor this autumn is about opportunities and finding a balance between ongoing projects at the University,...


Reflections
“The fact is that given the challenges we face, education doesn't need to be reformed — it needs to be transformed. The key to this...


‘How to’ enhance student satisfaction: murder your HoD
Colleagues, Professor Sam Porter kindly agreed to be ‘murdered’ by his team, but in the best possible cause – creating an interactive...


Spaghetti Symphony to Tech Harmony
Dr Holly Henderson, NTF, PFHEA, Professor Debbie Holley, NTF, PFHEA Introducing Prof Ed McFly our personalised Artificial Intelligence...


Professor Debbie Reinvented. How IA Bots are Changing Teaching and Learning
Education 4.0 is conceptualised as a set of choices through a lifelong pathway whereby learners have ownership and control of their...
Empowering and enabling: leveraging technology for a student-centred future
Abstract Notions of a digital future frame this chapter, and from this starting point the affordances of technology in a higher education...


#Take5 #92 Exploring the Metaverse through Metaphor.
This #Take5 is brought to you from Professor Debbie Holley – Bournemouth University. We have all experienced the pandemic pivot – and now...
Expectations of A-Level and BTEC students on entry to university and the impact of Covid19
Those interested in the student experience may be interested in a new national report, published today and hosted on the AdvanceHE...


The Association for Simulation Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH)
The Association for Simulation Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) held their annual conference and showcases in Brighton this month, and HSS...
#Take5 #77 Talking Heads: The Learning Development Project Podcast
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Hybrid learning spaces: book chapter published
Delighted to collaborate with Professor John Cook and the Springer team on this new publication. This interesting chapter responds to the...


The ‘Scale up challenge’: simulation for authentic learning
A presentation to the ALT Evaluations of Learners’ Experiences of e–Learning Special Interest Group (ELESIG) group by Debbie Holley,...


Project: Virtual Reality (VR) Chillout – distraction from itchy eczema – please complete
Please complete our questionnaire! Do your children, or friends’ children have itchy eczema? We are trying to find out how we can use...


Jisc #DigiFest21
Reimagining education and the student experience This year the Digifest’s focus was on learning, teaching and libraries, and took place...


Take 5 #47
Promoting Digital wellbeing image credit: Debbie Holley Digital wellbeing is one of the fast-emerging ‘hot topics’ for HE, evident in its...


Digifest 2021 theme of ‘culture and resilience’.
image credit: Anne Quinney Our earlier panel report…culture and resilience [first published on the NTF blog Nov 27 2020] What do we...


DIGIFEST is on its way!
Panel: Cameron Mirza Chief of Party for IREX (Jordan) top left, Debbie Holley, Professor of Learning Innovation, Faculty of Health and...


LD@3 ”Using google cardboard to engage students’
Dr Heidi Singleton is co-presenting with Debbie Holley as part of the ALDinHE webinar series called LD@3.00 on Tuesday 2 March at 3pm....
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