No. 37 (2025): Special Edition, ALDinHE Conference Proceedings and Reflections

• Editorial: Navigating landscapes of practice through collaborative writing

  • pdf

Conference Proceedings

• What is lazy metacognition and what can we do about it?

  Samantha Jane Ahern

  • pdf

• Managing expectations: an online resource to support health sciences students with their dissertation

  Charlotte Allen

  • pdf

• Reviewing our asynchronous resources (the ROAR project): using student voice to inform LD support

  Hannah Awcock (Corresponding Author); Lorrae Fox

  • pdf

• Including mature students: the creation of an online resource tailored to the mature student experience

  Suzy Beck, Rachel Walls, Anthony Warde

  • pdf

• Assessment briefings – a space for interdisciplinary collaborations

  Silvina Bishopp-Martin

  • pdf

• Professional development and recognition opportunities for learning development practitioners: international perspectives

  Steve Briggs (Corresponding Author); Ralitsa Kantcheva

  • pdf

• Writing as a form of resistance and professional autonomy

  Carina Buckley (Corresponding Author); Alicja Syska

  • pdf

• Identifying the digital skills needs of study skills teachers through empathy mapping activities

  David Busby

  • PDF

• Reviewing and optimising the impact of self-selecting Learning Development provision on level 6 undergraduates

  Arina Cirstea, Peter Norton, Emily Forster

  • pdf

• Exploring emotional responses to academic reading: a cross-discipline analysis of second year students

  Tasha Cooper

  • pdf

• What do you want from ALDinHE?

  Kate Coulson

  • pdf

• What if misunderstood creativity in learning creates barriers to participation and impacts students' sense of belonging

  Ivelina Cramphorn

  • pdf

• Learning with students about academic integrity: poster

  Lauren Cross

  • pdf

• Practising what you preach: how an evidence-based strategy enables the achievement of transparency in assessment and feedback

  Kimberly Davis, Errol Jones-Rivera, Daphne Nelissen , Ineke van Opheusden

  • PDF

• Student AI guidance – a collaborative approach

  Claudia Espana, Silvina Bishopp-Martin

  • pdf

• Mitigating writing anxiety through creative practices and community building

  Felicity Flynn (Corresponding Author); Alice Stinetorf

  • PDF

• Cultivating cross-disciplinary collaborations to enhance student outcomes: a case-study from London Southbank University

  Lenia Galata (Corresponding Author); Robert Toniolo Wood

  • pdf

• Marketing approaches for learning development engagement: the importance of promotion to enhance students' learning

  Samantha Gridley

  • pdf

• Student empowerment and development through note-taking in one-to-one sessions

  Heather Grierson, Joannah O'Hatnick

  • pdf

• ‘59 Ways to Wellbeing’: enhancing personal resilience in students

  Sarah Hack, Nayiri Keshishi, Hazel Wallace-Williams, Laura Hamilton

  • pdf

• Beyond the s**t sandwich: empowering student learning through action-oriented feedback

  Beverley Hancock-Smith

  • PDF

• Co-creating and researching the appropriacy of a module of study for a community of higher-level students

  Michael Harrison (Corresponding Author); Natasha Ingall

  • pdf

• LD Superpowers An appreciative inquiry (Ai) into the skills and contribution of LDers from minoritised group

  Jen Hayes

  • pdf

• Sowing the seeds of student success the power of learning development in foundation year programmes

  Jen Hayes, Joanna Cooke, Bhupan Haria, John Clay

  • pdf

• Graduate Teaching Assistants: what training do they want?

  Rachel Horrocks-Birss

  • pdf

• Advancing Assessment in Co-design with Students: An evidence informed approach to enhancing practice

  Claire Hughes (Corresponding Author); Simon Walker, Bobbi Moore, Suzanne Albary, Declan Doyle, Louise Squire, Amy Wallington

  • PDF

• Using the EAT (equity, agency, transparency) framework to promote inclusive assessment practices

  Catriona Johnson (Corresponding Author); Debora Catavello

  • pdf

• The LearnHigher Resource-athon! Creative, collective contributions to the LearnHigher resource bank

  Laura Key (Corresponding Author); Sumeetra Ramakrishnan, Clara Hiskey, Karen Hudson

  • pdf

• The Essay Route Map: helping students to navigate their academic writing

  Angela Kilpatrick, Andrea Evans, Francesca Robinson

  • pdf

• Advocating for Learning Development

  Emma Kimberley, Sheryl Mansfield

  • PDF

• Data connections: a model for responding to student learning needs

  Andrew Kitchenham, Debbie Holley, David Biggins

  • pdf

• Climate change education and emotions

  Lovleen Kushwah, Paulina Navrouzoglou, Geethanjali Selvaretnam

  • pdf

• Developing resilience and discernment to feedback

  Lovleen Kushwah, Geethanjali Selvaretnam

  • pdf

• Into the inner circle: a case study of embedding academic skills into PGT provision

  James Lamont

  • pdf

• Vibrant voices: empowering students to communicate and participate

  Vienne Lin (Corresponding Author)

  • pdf

• Fostering staff engagement in investigating practice: A journey through pedagogic research

  Vienne Lin (Corresponding Author); Paul Lam

  • pdf

• Enhancing active learning through gamification: developing research skills with an escape room experience

  Jiani Liu, Xiaowen Liu

  • pdf

• The radical pedagogies project: creating inclusive learning development materials

  Sarah Macdonald, Helena Walsh

  • pdf

• Methods in a place: bringing together language, ecology and geography for a final-year undergraduate field course

  Hannah Mathers, Cara Captain, Millie Bompard, Natasha Walker-Milne; Anna McGregor (Corresponding Author)

  • pdf

• Supporting student carers: inclusive learning development in higher education

  Fabiana Fausto McCracken, Marina de Almeida McLoughlin

  • pdf

• What should high-quality research look like in Learning Development?

  Chad McDonald (Corresponding Author); Alicja Syska

  • PDF

• Working beyond the core – influencing up and out through staff development

  Alison McKay, Tom Edge

  • pdf

• ‘Getting dissertation ready’ – taking a collaborative and innovative approach to events

  Jennifer McLay, Heather Barker, Alice Batchelor, Liz Grant, Julie Lowe

  • pdf

• Supporting the implementation of an inclusive education framework through interactive toolkits

  Frankie Morgan, Jason Balzarano

  • pdf

• Exploring student perspectives on AI-generated feedback using a Socratic method chatbot

  Nurun Nahar

  • pdf

• Building StudySkills@Sheffield through partnership: student-centred development of a university skills hub

  Lynne Newcombe (Corresponding Author); Amy Haworth, Matthew Martin

  • pdf

• Exploring the impact of metaphor on the student experience of articulation

  Deborah O'Neill

  • pdf

• Using documentaries in the classroom to develop critical thinking skills

  Daniel Pearce

  • pdf

• Education without boundaries: removing barriers to university transition through online pre-arrival activities

  Sharon Perera, Amy Sampson

  • pdf

• Unveiling higher education students’ experiences of using artificial intelligence: a cross-institutional qualitative study unveiling higher education students’ experiences of using artificial intelligence: a cross-institutional qualitative study

  Ina Stan (Corresponding Author); Araz Zirar, Jane McKay , Lina Petrakieva, Tribikram Budhathoki, Pauldy Otermans

  • pdf

• Learning outside campus: academic Support OFF-SITE, Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London

  Robert Ping-Nan Chang

  • pdf

• Visual and creative assessments: the Learning Developer perspective

  Carolyn Rickards

  • PDF

• The use of student self-assessment questionnaires to inform practice

  Jack Rundell

  • pdf

• Integrating Generative AI into Undergraduate and Postgraduate Curricula: an interactive workshop

  Lilian Schofield, Xue Zhou

  • pdf

• Stitching together research and data to create evidence for innovation

  Emma Shackleton (Corresponding Author); Shahzeena Ahmad, Graham Barton, Jo Peel

  • pdf

• Academic literacies: learning developers’ perspectives on informing the curriculum

  Emma Shackleton (Corresponding Author); Ralitsa Kantcheva, Ian Johnson, Ed Bickle, Paul Chin, Arina Cirstea, Kiu Sum, Victoria Rafferty

  • PDF

• Quiet spaces, collective voices: creative pedagogies for reflection and renewal

  Sandra Sinfield (Corresponding Author); Sandra Abegglen, Debbie Holley

  • pdf

• Exploring the relationship between theology and learning through the lens of disruption

  Jen Smith

  • pdf

• Developing pre-arrival resources to support student transition into higher education

  Mirjana Sokolović-Perović, Jayne Freeman

  • pdf

• Presenting and publishing with personal tutees to empower international student voices: the tutor’s reflections

  Elina Stylianou

  • pdf

• Designing an inclusive toolkit to empower Early Career Academics in their educational practice

  Kiu Sum, Carina Buckley, Alicja Syska

  • pdf

• Diverse voices, shared vision: EDI narratives and the future of higher education

  Kiu Sum, Bethany McCarthy, Katie Winter, Rachel Stead, Jag Majithia, Edward Powell

  • pdf

• Embedded Teaching or Academic Skills Curriculum: re-thinking how we teach academic skills at university

  Tanja Tolar

  • pdf

• Impact of Generative AI on student engagement in diverse groups

  Yannis Tsafos, Sisir Ramanan, Wenya Cheng, Gorana Misic, Geethanjali Selvaretnam

  • pdf

• A learning strategist’s impact: students’ perceptions of academic support

  Jaclyn Tuason

  • pdf

• Using Design Thinking for Learning Development: problem-solving and authentic student co-creation

  Catherine Turton (Corresponding Author); Lee Fallin

  • pdf

• Tutor training across disciplines: expanding aid and enabling student entrepreneurship

  Jonathan Vandor

  • PDF

• 10 Years of Let’s Talk About [X]: reflections on the University of Glasgow’s multidisciplinary undergraduate research conference

  Aleix Tura Vecino (Corresponding Author); Robyne Calvert, Mona O'Brien, James Rowe

  • pdf

• Conversations with students on self-regulated learning with GAI

  Jovita Vytasek; Christina Page (Corresponding Author)

  • pdf

• Starting from scratch: creating a new learning development provision

  Alexandra Weaver, Sara-Jane Postill

  • pdf

• Developing LDers: a spotlight on resources and framework for the ALDinHE continuous professional development project

  Amy West, Samantha Thomas, Kate Coulson

  • odf

• Are we missing ‘the single most important thing for teachers to know’? Cognitive Load Theory and Learning Development

  Steven White

  • pdf

• Is there more to learning than social constructivism?

  Steven White

  • pdf

• Is this the hardest time to be a student at university?

  Rebecca Wilson

  • pdf

• What is 4IR or Industry 4.0, and how will it impact Learning Development?

  Rebecca Wilson

  • pdf

• Enhancing belonging and vocabulary learning through an interactive engineering map

  Samantha Wilson (Corresponding Author); Alister Drury, Costas Loizou

  • pdf

• Evolution of the journal club: a creative approach to ever-changing student needs

  Katie Winter, Jen McLay, Alice Batchelor

  • pdf

• Role of the learning developer in teaching responsible use of AI: examples and challenges from embedded social sciences

  Katie Winter, Samantha Gridley

  • pdf

• Exploring Learning Development: an unconference approach

  Raghda Zahran

  • pdf