Dr Becky Fisher holds two roles at the University: Academic Projects Manager (IATL) and Academic Manager for Global Shakespeare (Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies). She is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Warwick International Higher Education Academy.

Academic Project Manager

Becky works on various academic projects, including:

• Pedagogic research, such as Playfulness in Higher Education and The Dark Would (read more about Becky's experience of working across institutional boundaries as an administrator involved in academic projects)
• A new MSc in Humanitarian Engineering.
• Convening an undergraduate interdisciplinary module, IL015 Ethical Beings, in the Autumn Semester of 2017/18.
• Leading the Warwick BLASTER (The Best in Liberal Arts and Sciences Teaching Expanded and Reinforced) research team. Alongside 5 partner universities from across Europe, Warwick will examine the current state of undergraduate research and generate guidelines to support undergraduate students and their academic supervisors. Warwick also contributes to the teacher training strand, and will work in particular on a training kit for teachers of liberal arts.
• 'Developing a student-driven educational model between, beyond and across disciplines'. The project is led by Dr Georgia Kremmyda (part of the Humanitarian Engineering team) and has been funded by HEFCE. Becky's role on this project consists of research and project management.
• 'Students as leaders: A Campus of Ideas', in which a student research team are exploring methodologies for student-led projects.

Academic Manager, Global Shakespeare

Becky leads on all administrative aspects for Global Shakespeare's Master's and undergraduate programmes. All queries regarding the MA course including admissions, events, website, and requests for further information should be directed to her. Becky would be delighted to discuss your application to the MA or our undergraduate module: please get in touch if you have any questions.

Previous roles

Previously a Postgraduate Recruitment Officer in the Student Admissions and Recruitment Office, and Programme Manager for University Summer Schools, Becky has worked at the University since 2012. Before that, Becky was a Teaching Fellow at the University of Sheffield, where she taught Old English and carried out research on Anglo-Saxon magic and medicine.

More information

Becky is passionate about teaching and learning, and has been recognised by an award of Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, and a nomination for a Warwick Award in Teaching Excellence. Inspired and encouraged by Celia Whitchurch’s recent work on ‘third-space professionals’,¹ Becky seeks out opportunities for teaching and learning innovation that challenge and respond to assumed hierarchies and boundaries by bringing together administrative and academic staff in collaborative teams. For example, she works with IATL colleagues Amy Clarke, Phil Gaydon, and Naomi de la Tour on the transdisciplinary teaching and learning project, The Dark Would, and received funding to develop a programme which recognised, developed and rewarded the skills of administrative staff who are involved in teaching and learning.

She also enjoys working with students and people outside the academy; in 2012 she founded the Sheffield Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Society, which brings together academics, independent scholars and members of the public, and is also a Public Engagement Ambassador for the National Centre for Coordinating Public Engagement.

You can find out more about Becky and her academic and professional work on her E-Portfolio.

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¹ See Whitchurch, C. (2013). Reconstructing Identities in Higher Education: The Rise of Third Space Professionals. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

Email

Rebecca dot Fisher at warwick dot ac dot uk

Tel

024761 50526

Office

IATL, Senate House

OR

WA1.13
Avon Building
Westwood Campus