On 25 January, our WIHEA Fellows and Alumni came together for a Networking Lunch in the Radcliffe Centre.

We had updates from members of our community, and we said a big thanks to some of our Fellows as they transition into becoming Alumni. Afterwards, Anne Wilson from Warwick Careers presented a number of networking exercises, helping our cohorts get to meet each other and learn good professional practices for growing their networks. It was a fantastic event, and we were thrilled to see such a bustling room!

WIHEA are launching four new Learning Circles and a Learning Circle sub-group – here’s a summary of their activities and leads.

AI in Education

Led by Karen Jackson (K.Jackson.3@warwick.ac.uk), Neha Gupta (Neha.Gupta@wbs.ac.uk) and Jianhua Yang (Jianjua.Yang@warwick.ac.uk)

This Learning Circle seeks to help WIHEA Fellows to understand and develop expertise in utilizing generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the educational context, from perspectives including teaching, learning, and ethical considerations.

Compassionate Pedagogy

Led by Gemma Gray (G.Gray@warwick.ac.uk) and Luke Hodson (Luke.Hodson@warwick.ac.uk)

The Compassionate Pedagogy Learning Circle will focus on a holistic, person-centred approach to how we interact across the university, aiming to imbue kindness and consideration into all of the activities we do.

Digital Education and Technologies for Teaching and Assessment (DETTA)

Led by Caroline Elliott (Caroline.Elliott@warwick.ac.uk) and Matt Street (Matt.Street@warwick.ac.uk)

The Learning Circle is intended as a forum for exploring what a digital education framework should consider, exploring new technologies and updates to existing technologies such that recommendations can be made to the PVC Education in line with the digital education framework developed.

Employability

Led by Atisha Ghosh (Atisha.Ghosh@warwick.ac.uk), Laura Yetton (Laura.Yetton@warwick.ac.uk) and David Molyneux (David.Molyneux@warwick.ac.uk)

The Employability Learning Circle is aimed at fostering and embedding employability within the professional culture of Warwick and its academic departments.

Inclusive SEM Assessment

(A sub-group of Inclusive Assessment, led by Sam Grierson [Samantha.Grierson@warwick.ac.uk] and Kerry Dobbins [Kerry.Dobbins@warwick.ac.uk])

The vision of this sub-group is to develop understandings about inclusive assessment design in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics (SEM).

If you wish to join one of these Learning Circles or would like more information, please get in touch with the relevant leads.

Today, WIHEA staff met with our 2020/21 Fellows for a celebration as they come to the end of their Fellowships. This group of 23 Staff Fellows has done some incredible work, leading across the University on everything from teaching excellence to the impact of AI. They've played a major part in our Learning Circles and projects, and we're appreciative of the positive impact they've made in WIHEA and further afield!

You can read more about the cohort here.

We're delighted to announce the launch of a new Learning Circle, Digital Education and Technologies for Teaching and Assessment (DETTA).

Co-led by Caroline Elliott (Economics) and Matt Street (Online Learning), this Learning Circle aims to:

• Produce a Digital Education Framework against which proposed investments can be assessed
• Support recommendations to University education officers regarding possible future investments
• Conduct exploratory meetings with other institutions, and produce data on potential technologies to explore

You can learn more about the Circle and apply to join here!