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This hub provides access to resources that can help to enhance learning and teaching across the University. Here you will find the latest blogpost, tweets, and more to help keep you up to date with the work and ideas of CAITE, its colleagues, and peers. If you have any questions or want to share your own good practice then get in touch

The Learning and Teaching Podcast

Introducing new ideas for teaching and learning in higher education. A series of short interviews looking at practical methods for enhancing academic activities and student engagement.

Getting Started with UDL with Jennifer Pusateri.
Getting Started with UDL with Jennifer ...
In this brilliant episode we speak about getting started on the journey with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) w...
00:37:55
April 16, 2024
Digital Inclusion with Luis Perez
Digital Inclusion with Luis Perez
In this fabulous episode we speak with CAST's Disability and Digital Inclusion Lead, Luis F. Perez. Specifical...
00:29:22
April 16, 2024
Learning Spaces with Sam Elkington
Learning Spaces with Sam Elkington
Following on from the Society for Research into Higher Education's excellent Landscapes of Learning for Unknow...
00:58:52
January 16, 2024
AI and the future of Learning, Teaching and Assessment with Steve Nordmark
AI and the future of Learning, Teaching...
In this brilliant episode, Steve Nordmark talks to us about the possibilities for learning, teaching and assessmen...
00:44:12
December 15, 2023
The Attendance Question with Tom Lowe
The Attendance Question with Tom Lowe
In this fascinating episode, we're talking student attendance in higher education with Tom Lowe. Tom explores ...
00:40:35
December 15, 2023
Supporting Learners with Dyslexia with Ivan Newman
Supporting Learners with Dyslexia with ...
In this fabulous vodcast, we talk to Dyslexia Handled's Dr Ivan Newman about how best to support learners with...
00:53:44
December 11, 2023
Academia, Stress, Burnout & Wellbeing with Petia Petrova
Academia, Stress, Burnout & Wellbeing w...
In this fabulous episode, Dr Petia Petrova talks to us about academia, stress, burnout and wellbeing. Petia discus...
00:25:46
December 04, 2023
Delivering Inclusive & Impactful Instruction: Book Preview with Kevin Merry
Delivering Inclusive & Impactful Instru...
In this episode I provide a short preview of my new book, Delivering Inclusive & Impactful Instruction: Univer...
00:08:48
October 26, 2023
Episode 25: Reflection with Rebecca Rochon & Matthew Smith
Episode 25: Reflection with Rebecca Roc...
In this great episode, Buckinghamshire New University's Rebecca Rochon and Matthew Smith discuss reflection as...
00:40:42
October 13, 2023
Episode 24: The PhD Journey with Amal Abuzeinab
Episode 24: The PhD Journey with Amal A...
In this fascinating episode, De Montfort University's Amal Abuzeinab discusses her approach to supporting the ...
00:28:01
October 02, 2023
MH&W Series: Episode 7: Academia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome with Lewis Stockwell
MH&W Series: Episode 7: Academia and Ch...
In this fascinating 7th instalment of our Mental Health & Wellbeing series, Lewis Stockwell from the Universit...
00:38:50
September 20, 2023
Episode 23: Supporting Students with Neurodevelopmental Disorders with Jon Devine
Episode 23: Supporting Students with Ne...
In this episode, Buckinghamshire New University's Jonathan Devine talks to us about his research investigating...
00:28:46
September 15, 2023
Episode 22: Assessment Briefs with John Knight & Elaine Walsh
Episode 22: Assessment Briefs with John...
In this fascinating episode, John Knight and Elaine Walsh discuss the assessment brief. John and Elaine provide so...
00:53:46
September 10, 2023
MH&W Series: Episode 6: The Academic Environment with Kelly Sisson
MH&W Series: Episode 6: The Academic En...
In this episode, Kelly Sisson from the University of Lincoln discusses the influence of the academic environment o...
00:26:23
September 06, 2023
Episode 21: The Pracademic with Di Turgoose
Episode 21: The Pracademic with Di Turg...
In this fascinating episode, De Montfort University's Di Turgoose talks all things "Pracademia" in h...
00:37:24
July 24, 2023
AI and Special Education with James Basham
AI and Special Education with James Bas...
In this awesome episode, Professor James Basham from the University of Kansas talks to us about how Artificial Int...
00:32:36
July 20, 2023
MH&W Series: Episode 5: The Professional Services Angle
MH&W Series: Episode 5: The Professiona...
In this episode Jodie Calleja from Canterbury Christchurch University provides use with some fascinating insights ...
00:35:12
July 11, 2023
MH&W Series Episode 4: Boundaries and Other Things
MH&W Series Episode 4: Boundaries and O...
In this fascinating episode, Aga Buckley from Kingston University, London discusses the importance of maintaining ...
00:32:54
July 07, 2023
MH&W Series Episode 3: The Academic with ADHD
MH&W Series Episode 3: The Academic wit...
In this episode, Rich Harvey from BIMM University discusses his experiences of being an academic with ADHD. Rich p...
00:51:12
July 06, 2023
Episode 20: Critical Thinking in HE with David Holland
Episode 20: Critical Thinking in HE wit...
In this fascinating episode, University of East Anglia's David Holland talks to us about critical thinking in ...
00:41:03
June 08, 2023
MH&W Series Episode 2: COVID-19...and a few other things with Emily Maddock Khan
MH&W Series Episode 2: COVID-19...and a...
In this fascinating episode, we hear from Nottingham International College's Emily Maddock Khan about all thin...
00:30:17
May 30, 2023
Block Series Episode 4: Assessment & Feedback on the Block with Kathleen Raponi
Block Series Episode 4: Assessment & Fe...
In this final instalment of our Block Teaching mini series, Victoria University's Kathleen Raponi discusses as...
00:34:21
May 30, 2023
Block Series Episode 3: Deep Learning on the Block with Bert Oraison
Block Series Episode 3: Deep Learning o...
In this fascinating third episode of our Block Teaching mini-series, Victoria University's Bert Oraison talks ...
00:39:59
May 30, 2023
Block Series Episode 2: Learning and Study on the Block with Bethany Blankenship
Block Series Episode 2: Learning and St...
In this fascinating episode, University of Montana Western's Bethany Blankenship talks to us about learning t...
00:39:14
May 24, 2023
Block Series Episode 1: Long Teaching Sessions with John Weldon
Block Series Episode 1: Long Teaching S...
In this, the first episode of our Block teaching mini series, Dr John Weldon of Victoria University talks to us ab...
00:30:20
May 22, 2023
Neurodiversity Celebration Week Special: Being an Academic with Autism with Chris Knifton
Neurodiversity Celebration Week Special...
In this special for Neurodiversity Celebration Week, DMU's Chris Knifton discusses his experiences as an academic ...
00:44:51
March 17, 2023
Episode 19: Contract Cheating with Nikki Welyczko
Episode 19: Contract Cheating with Nikk...
In this fascinating episode, De Montfort University's Nikki Welyczko provides a enlightening insight into the phen...
00:40:35
March 09, 2023
MH&W Series Episode 1: Staff Wellbeing with Susan O'Mahony
MH&W Series Episode 1: Staff Wellbeing ...
In this, the first of a new short-series on mental health and wellbeing, Susan O'Mahony of University College Cork...
00:40:33
February 27, 2023
Episode 18: Publishing in Journals with Jo-Anne Kelder
Episode 18: Publishing in Journals with...
Dr Jo-Anne Kelder is Adjunct Senior Researcher in the College of Sciences and Engineering at the University of Tas...
00:43:18
December 19, 2022
Episode 17: The Emotional Dimension of Learning with Kevin Merry
Episode 17: The Emotional Dimension of ...
In his 2005 book, Taking an Intelligent Look at Emotional Intelligence, Guy Claxton stated that “learning cannot...
00:35:43
December 13, 2022