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Facilitated and chaired by: Dr Mark J.P. Kerrigan and Dr Simon Pratt-Adams who are the convenors of the Newer Researchers Network. For more details about the network and its activities, please click here.

Overview

This workshop will focus on pedagogic research and the role of the pedagogic researcher in higher education. The focus is to support those transitioning into pedagogical research from another discipline. It will explore the interrelationship between learning, teaching and research at a time when there is increasing emphasis on multidisciplinary research across the HE sector. It will consider the dual relationship between discipline-centred research and pedagogic research areas and the transitioning between these, with a focus on research methodologies and publication.

Action research will be used as a named example. Taking an interactive approach, this workshop will be an opportunity to share knowledge, experiences and develop strategies and networks between participants.

By the end of this workshop, successful participants will be able to:

1. Discuss the opportunities for developing as a dual-researcher and the position of a pedagogical researcher within the HE environment;
2. Critically evaluate the similarities and differences between research areas and how to manage and transition between these;
3. Explore research methodologies and paradigms, aligned to pedagogical research and develop a critical understanding of how these may differ to one’s own current practice;
4. Evaluate the role of ‘action research’ in Higher Education and how this can be used as a transitional mechanism into pedagogical research;
5. Develop a strategy, and networks, to support the successful transition into research into educational research in Higher Education.

Schedule  

Speaker bios

Dr Mark J.P. Kerrigan is a National Teaching Fellow (NTF) and Principal Fellow of the HEA (PFHEA) with professional interests in educational strategy and policy, inclusive leadership, curriculum design and delivery, assessment, digital learning and AI in education. He holds a PhD from Edinburgh University and is a published researcher and an experienced PhD supervisor. Mark is currently the Head of Learning, Teaching Enhancement and Online Programmes at SOAS University of London. Prior, he was the Head of Digital Learning at LSHTM and before worked as an Associate Professor in Learning & Teaching (Allied Health) at Anglia Ruskin University. He was the Dean of Learning & Teaching (senior leadership team) at Plymouth College of Art and prior, the Director of Learning & Teaching and University Teaching Fellow in the Faculty of Medical Science at Anglia Ruskin University. Previously, he worked in the Educational Development Unit at the University of Greenwich and was a programme leader and Teaching Fellow for the University of Westminster. Mark is a co-convenor for the Society of Research into Higher Education, Newer Researchers’ Network and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology. He was a founding member and co-led the national Jisc-funded Change Agents Network and was the project manager for the Jisc-funded Digital Literacies in Higher Education project.

Dr Simon Pratt-Adams (TBC)