Dr Ryan Arthur
Assistant Professor (SFHEA)
Biography
Dr Ryan Arthur is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Warwick. He holds a BA, MPhil, and PhD in the social sciences. He also has an MA in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education and a coaching postgraduate qualification. He was a lecturer in law at the University of Reading and SOAS, University of London. He previously managed learning development at the Birkbeck Business School, University of London, and the Institute for the International Education of Students. He describes his pedagogical approach as student-centred, dialogic, and engaging. His research interests include the BME award gap, decolonisation, and innovative pedagogies.
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Publications
Arthur, R. (2023) 'Closing the gap: Learning development and race' in Buckley, C and Syska, A. (2023) How to Be a Learning Developer in Higher Education: Critical Perspectives, Community and Practice. Routledge.
Arthur, R. and Huda, N. (2023). 'Coming in together: Staff-student collaboration in an Online Induction Process' in Sinfield, S, Abegglen, S. and Burns, T. (2023) Collaboration in Higher Education: A new ecology of practice. Bloomsbury.
Arthur, R. (2023) "Conscious' learning development: towards a pedagogy of race-consciousness', Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, (26). doi: 10.47408/jldhe.vi26.928.
Arthur, R. (2023) 'To hack or not to hack: The ethical dilemmas of teaching reading hacks to students'. JADE. 25.
Arthur, R. (2022) 'I want to learn new things but still be myself: A decolonial approach to Education for Social Justice'. Investigations. 13
Webb, J and Arthur, R. (2022) An evaluation of the experiences of the hidden curriculum of Black and minority ethnic undergraduate health and social care students at a London university, Journal of Further and Higher Education, 46:3, 312-326, DOI: 10.1080/0309877X.2021.1915967
Conferences
Arthur, R. (2020) 'Decolonisation of the curriculum', Learning and Teaching Conference (LTC), London Metropolitan University, 23 – 26 June.
Arthur, R (2021) 'Learning Development and Neurodiversity' North Highland Conference, Birkbeck, University of London. 28 – 29 July.
Arthur, R. (2021) 'Between a rock and a hard place: The dilemmas of difference in the academy' Learning Specialists Association of Canada (LSAC), Concordia University, 18th May.
Arthur, R. (2021) 'Towards a pedagogy of Consciousness' ALDcon21 Association of Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE), 7 – 9 April.
Arthur, R. (2022) 'The comedy of pedagogy: using stand-up comedy techniques to enhance teaching. Resilience in an Uncertain World series. Birkbeck College, University of London. July. Refer to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=598uVtNTtJE&t=1sLink opens in a new window
Arthur, R. (2022) 'To hack or not to hack: The ethical dilemmas of teaching reading hacks to undergraduate students' Becoming Well Read' (BWR). Keele University. 8th June.
Email: ryan.arthur@warwick.ac.uk