Professor of Educational Innovation, Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester, England
Joined June 2015
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What if we built a university where our first principle is to own as little as possible?
I had a ball of a time chatting with the indomitable Paul Greatrix about imaginings for a university that made the most of a bold and fully implemented Lifelong Learning Entitlement.
My Imaginary University - Delivering Deliverology at Cuckoo U
The first episode of season 2 of the My Imaginary University podcast features a thoroughly novel creation from Professor Mark Peace who presents Cuckoo University, home of Deliverology.
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and to a community of inspirational and supportive colleagues who have lifted me beyond council-estate imposter syndrome to professorship.
to a series of senior leaders who have have recognised the value of my (sometimes less-than-orthodox) ways of delivering educational change;
Though this, I’ll contribute to the King’s mission enable individualised pathways that allow every student to form and reach their ambitions and to contribute in meaningful ways to society.
It means leaving @ManMetUni after 16 years full of joy and challenge and invention (and the odd bit of frustration obvs). I will be forever grateful to an institution that is bold enough and committed enough to its student to embrace radical new ideas;
It is an amazing opportunity, to put my ongoing educational commitments into a new and vibrant context (and what a context!). But also one tinged with sadness.
📣 Personal News Klaxon 📣 I am on the move!…
… to @KingsCollegeLon as Academic Director for the King’s Experience.
I am SUPER EXCITED to be speaking at @Wonkhe 's Secret Life of Students this week.
As part of a panel with @EveAlcock and @jim_dickinson on the consequences of time/poverty, I'll be exploring the 'quiet crisis' of attendance, and the ways in which a radical relaxing might speak to it, whilst placing student agency at the very heart of our concerns.
Here's a sneak preview of my favourite slide so far. Intrigued? You'll find out on Tuesday or, if you can't make it, by signing up for the iesbl.substack.com newsletter for a blog post riffing on this theme in the next few weeks.
Very much looking forward to a caffeine perked conversation about place in pedagogy tomorrow as part of the @Wonkhe and @Adobe Education Espresso event with @debbie_mcvitty, Mark Andrews, @JuliettePhD and David Overend.
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Whoop. I spent last Christmas writing this - so its gratifying to see it come home for this one 😀.
I was a privilege to be custodian to our story, underpinned by so many contributions from our inspirational educators.
We’re delighted to share that we’ve achieved an overall rating of GOLD in latest Teaching Excellence Framework, recognising our commitment to delivering an outstanding student experience. 🏅🙌
Read more: bit.ly/4amy2H9.
#McrMetProud
This week, I've been chatting with amazing people about how we make good of some of the ideals that surround service learning and civic education.
NEW on Wonkhe: Nine advocates for service learning reflect on why, despite its intuitive appeal, aligning student gains with social good is so difficult to get right – and some of the ways in which the sector might break new ground @profmarkpeace @NCCPE wonkhe.com/blogs/learning-to…
With contributions from @DavidRobOwen , @Fiona_Walshh, @AfsanaSalik, @ecudielle, @andypitchford68, Paul Manners of @NCCPE , @MXypaki and @soniakumar100