Learning and Teaching Cluster

The strategic aims of the Learning and Teaching cluster are to:

• Bring together and provide a supportive and stimulating collegial context for all researchers to share their ideas, practice and research together.
• To conduct and promote responsible research in line with the principles of Responsible Research in Business and Management Network.
• To attract internal and external research funding for collaborative research
• To promote innovative work among its members’ spheres of specialism and support their career development.
• To engage with the wider internal and external HE community to promote good excellent learning and teaching practices.

To feed into and conduct inter-disciplinary research across the Faculty, and wider university.

New research projects and ideas:

Current UWBS L&T projects:

1. Employability - better understanding the impact of the extra curricula activities that we do on student learning e.g. Guest Speakers, Bootcamps, Trips, Conferences etc (led by Emma Edwards)
2. The 'pracademic' – better understanding how we support the induction of those new to teaching from a professional non-teaching background (led by Jenni Jones, Alex Phillips, Olu Shokunbi)
3. Use of digital/use of AI in the classroom – what are student expectations/experiences? How can we meet their differing digital needs e.g. international students? (led by Kai Mai, Lola Shonubi)

Future UWBS L&T projects:

1. How better to encourage the engagement of international students (lead TBC)
2. Employability - better understanding the skills developed through P/T PG courses (particularly PSRBs?) and the impact on career progression (led by Nicky Adams, Emma Williams TBC)
3. Wellbeing/Pastoral Support for mature students - better understanding the differing needs of mature students and what support they really need (led by Nicky Adams, Emma Williams TBC)
4. Measuring what we value/measuring impact (lead TBC)

1. How do students navigate on-line resources for their assessment (led by Jenni Jones in connection with the Library) - ongoing
2. Lesson study – working in a triad to create a more inclusive classroom (led by Adam Vasco, with Nat Rishton, Kai Ma and Lizana Oberholzer) - ongoing
3. QAA project looking at improving the classroom learning experience through collaborative observation - the project participants comprised 16 academic teaching staff and 24 students from within Birmingham City University, Loughborough and the University of Wolverhampton. Please see this link for Conference materials, blogs, case study videos and other materials below;

https://www.qaa.ac.uk/membership/collaborative-enhancement-projects/innovative-and-evolving-quality-processes/enhancing-learning-and-teaching-quality-through-collaborative-observation 

Jones, J., Cureton, D., Hughes, J., Jennings, J., Pearce, M., & Virdi, H. (2025). Professionalising the contribution of HE third space professionals – developing themselves to support others. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, (33). https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi33.1224

Rahimi, R., Jones, J. & Bailey, C. (2024) Exploring contract cheating in further education: student engagement and academic integrity challenges. Ethics and Education 19(1), pp. 38–58. Exploring contract cheating in further education: student engagement and academic integrity challeng (tandfonline.com) ISSN: 1744-9642 

Jones, J. & Smith, H. (2022) A comparative study of formal coaching and mentoring programmes in higher education  International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 213-231. ISSN: 2046-6862   https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMCE-03-2021-0054

Godwin, E.S., Jones, J., Whale, J. & Mpofu, T. (2022) Rethinking a model of Trans-National Education (TNE) partnership: A critical review of TNE partnership within the UK Higher Education institutions In Apaydin, M., Branch, J. D., Dent. M. M. & Regalado, O (Eds) The Internationalisation of HE Concepts, Cases and Challenges. Part of the Contemporary Issues in HE Series. US:IAP. Pagination: 119-140. ISBN: 979-8-88730-169-3  IAP || Book || The Internationalization of Higher Education (infoagepub.com)

Hughes, J., Cureton, D. & Jones, J. (2021) ‘I'll play the game, but I cannot stay’: The Role of Third Space Professionals in Encouraging the Retention, Success and Sense of Belonging of Undergraduate Student  Compass: Journal of Learning and Teaching 14 (3) pp. 1-12. ISSN: 2044-0081

Cureton, D., Jones, J. & Hughes, J. (2021) The Postdigital University: Do We Still Need Just A Little of That Human Touch? Postdigital Science & Education 3, pp. 223–241 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42438-020-00204-6 or https://rdcu.be/cc1xX  ISSN: 2662-5326

Jones, J., Burns, A., Edwards, E., Phillips, A. & Hamilton, J. (2022) Busting the myths of feedback  Advance HE blog  2/11/22  Busting the myths of feedback | Advance HE (advance-he.ac.uk)

Hamlin, R. G., Jones, J. & Ellinger, A. D. (2020) Evidence-Based Organizational Change and Development: is Evidence-based OCD a reality or mere rhetoric? The International Journal of HRD: Practice, Policy and Research Article 2, pp. 15-22 https://www.ijhrdppr.com/  

Cureton, D., Hughes, J. & Jones, J. (2019) Towards bridging the belongingness, progression and attainment gap for our BAME students, Higher Education Race Action Group (HERAG) https://wlv.openrepository.com/handle/2436/622742

Jones, J., Firth, J., Hannibal, C. & Ogunseyin, M. (2019) Keeping up with, and rethinking organizational change In Hamlin, R. G., Ellinger, A. D & Jones, J (Eds) Evidence-based Initiatives for Organizational Change and Development, Chapter 8, Volume II. US: IGI Global. Pagination: 155-178. ISBN: 978-1-5225-6155-2