University of St Andrews

Ben serves as liaison between CAPOD and the University of St Andrews Careers Centre, where he acts as Careers Adviser with responsibility for physical sciences. Postgraduate students and researchers also fall within his remit, seeing him working closely with Jos Finer and Heather McKiggan-Fee of the GRADskills programme on provision of career skills development courses.

Ben’s role also sees him working with academics and support staff responsible for postgraduates within individual schools, in order to provide subject-specific support. Ben’s time is split between:

• one-to-one careers advice sessions with students and researchers;
• development of University careers resources, focussing on physical sciences;
• liaising with employers and careers professionals on effective careers provision;
• delivery of workshops on different aspects of careers skills (interviews, CVs etc).

I am responsible for the development and maintenance of the University’s module evaluation system and software, and the coordination of Workshop evaluation throughout the unit.  I am also responsible for the creation and maintenance of the Unit’s web presence, ensuring compliance with University guidelines and accessibility.

Role

Sonny’s key areas are in developing and delivering a programme of IT training, utilizing a number of different delivery mediums (e.g. workshops, online resources, 1:1) on both a range of general IT and software specific topics, and University corporate applications. Her responsibilities include:

• Design, deliver and coordinate a comprehensive set of IT skills workshops using a variety of delivery mediums to suit different learning styles·
• Design, coordinate and implement a programme of IT induction for new staff·
• Conduct IT training needs analyses across the University to underpin the relevance and effectiveness of the training programs

Background

Sonny comes from a science background, taking a degree in Marine Biology and spending 10 years in bio-medical research. A PG Certificate in IT heralded a move into teaching and as a Teaching Fellow in the School of Computer Science, has been developing courses and lecturing on Information Technology and the social and ethical impact of computer technology for 11 years prior to joining CAPOD in Sept 2011.

Role

Jos has responsibility as main contact and coordinator for Post-Doctoral Researcher development. In this capacity, working with Heather McKiggan-Fee, Jos has oversight of the GRADskills programme. This includes working with the Post-Doc community to define development needs and evaluate existing development opportunities, as well as working with the providers of courses and other development activities to ensure that they are as effective as possible.  Jos is also responsible for the design and delivery of training events, both for Post-Docs and for other target audiences, to support a wide range of elements within the CAPOD programme such as the Passport to Management Excellence.

 Projects

 Jos is currently:

• coordinating the St Andrews end of the cross-institutional Early Career Academic Mentoring Scheme which is run with the University of Dundee
• delivering a range of courses as part of the CAPOD open course programme
• designing a structured development programme for Post-Docs, to include a range of activities  to deliver clear development outcomes
• working to implement and embed the Vitae Researcher Development Framework as a basis for researcher development within the University
• helping to implement a pilot programme for Epigeum online researcher development resources
• participating in the design and delivery of the ‘Successful manager’ and ‘Success at work’ programmes for the University of St Andrews Open Association
• delivering MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator) sessions and feedback to a range of groups and individuals, having recently become a qualified practitioner

Background

Jos has been involved in people development for over 20 years, working in various roles in the private sector, local government, the NHS, industry and higher education.  These roles have included 10 years’ experience managing the training function in a national organisation, and extensive experience in management development, organisational development, employee involvement, staff opinion research, and managing accredited qualification programmes.  Jos has British Psychological Society level A and B (intermediate) certificates in Psychometric testing and holds post-graduate qualifications in training and development and training management.

Role

Nicky is responsible for the smooth running of the Evening Degree programme, which offers entry to a degree programme (M A General or – now- B Sc General Science) for those in the local community who are returning to study later in life and who may well not have traditional – or indeed recent - entry qualifications. This involves:

• The recruitment, admission, induction (Study Essentials programme), advising and support of all Evening Degree students
• Liaison with academic schools offering modules on the programme,  with University units including Library, Student Services, Registry, Finance, and with external learning providers
• Marketing of the Evening Degree – both internal and external, including the production of advertising/information  materials.

Background

Her background includes HE lecturing, fundraising and research (within the voluntary sector) and a spell as a professional knitter.

Qualifications: B. A. (Hons) in French Language and Literature, Ph.D., membership of the Higher Education Academy, certification in personnel and training practice. 

Role

Teaching:

• ID0001 - Academic Skills: Effective Learning Tools and Techniques 1
• ID0002 - Academic Skills: Effective Learning Tools and Techniques 2
• MN5301 - Application Packages for Management Research.

Provision of:

• Academic Skills short courses - generic and tailored to meet schools' needs
• 1:1 consultations with students/staff covering academic skills
• Support for the Academic Misconduct procedures.

Background

Relevant Qualifications: PGDip (HE/FE); PGDip (IT /Psychology); M.Ed (Professional Development).

I am a qualified teacher for higher and further education, having taught various subjects and supported academic skills for 15 years in Colleges and Universities (in Scotland and England) before joining the University of St Andrews in 2001.

I was originally a computing lecturer and became interested in academic skills, through the observation of students who were good within their subject area, but had difficulty with written English and other academic skills. This had an adverse affect on their academic grades and progress which led me to develop and manage a very successful learning support centre, where students are enabled to improve their academic skills.

My role is to support the development and enhancement of academic practice. I do this primarily through the management and facilitation of the University’s Academic Staff Development Programme (ASDP), and bespoke development events for groups of staff.  As staff developer, I design and deliver some skills workshops on the Passport to Management Excellence and Passport to Administrative Excellence. I also coordinate the ‘Passport to Environmental Excellence’ programme, in collaboration with the Estates Environment Team. I am a trained coach, specialising in cognitive behavioural coaching, and am available for 1:1 coaching sessions with staff.

Role

My primary responsibility is as main contact and coordinator for Postgraduate Researcher (PGR) development, to ensure the provision of a holistic postgraduate experience in relation to study, teaching and research. Together with Jos Finer, we coordinate the GRADskills programme. This includes working with the postgraduate community and key academic staff (eg VP Research, PG Pro Deans) to define development needs and evaluate existing development opportunities, as well as working with the providers of courses and other development activities to ensure that they are as effective as possible. I design and deliver workshops and modules for postgraduates and academic staff, and am involved in evaluating the various innovation funding awards provided by CAPOD. Specific areas of work include:

• Co-ordinating the GRADskills programme of transferable researcher skills workshops and networking events
• Designing and facilitating the annual PGR Induction
• Providing PGR networking events within and between Schools and across institutions
• Managing the GRADskills Innovation Grant
• Working to implement and embed the Vitae Researcher Development Framework as a basis for researcher development within the University
• Helping to implement a pilot programme for Epigeum online researcher development resources
• Delivering the bi-annual mandatory training courses which all new postgraduate tutors and demonstrators are required to undertake
• Managing and delivering two 10-credit, taught postgraduate modules which are open to all staff (including postgraduate tutors and demonstrators) involved in teaching or supporting student learning
• Providing briefings to staff (and students) on the Academic Misconduct policy
• Facilitating learning communities and networks across the University

Additional Information

I represent CAPOD on the following internal committees/working groups:

• Institutional team for "Developing and Supporting the Curriculum" enhancement theme
• Postgraduate Forum
• Postgraduate Skills Working Group

I convene the following internal panels:

• FILTA Judging Panel
• SELF Judging Panel

I sit on the following external committees/organisations:

• Universities Scotland Researcher Training sub-committee
• Scottish Researcher Careers Coordination Forum
• ScotHERD
• Universities Scotland Educational Development Sub-Committee
• US Ed-Dev Sub-committee representative on the Academy Scotland Practitioners' Forum
• University representative on the Heads of Educational Development Group.

Background

I hail from Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada. I came to St Andrews in 1991 to do my Doctorate in Psychology, which I completed in 1995. There followed a series of series of fixed-term contracts in the School of Psychology, as Demonstrator, Research Fellow on a project to assess safety awareness training in the nuclear industry, and Teaching Fellow.

Following my contracts in the School of Psychology (Oct 1996 - May 2000) I worked with Dr Colin Mason as Research Fellow in Learning & Teaching on a SHEFC-funded project (May 2000 - Jan 2002). The MAPPING project developed a set of resources to help staff developers and lecturers create reflective portfolios to demonstrate their skills in and approach to teaching/training, research, administration and management in a variety of contexts.

After that I worked six months half-time at the University of Paisley as a Lecturer in Psychology, and concurrently half-time at SALTIRE as Web Development Consultant. I started full-time as Web and Educational Development Consultant in SALTIRE in Sept 2002.

Publications/Conference Papers

1. Mason, C., McKiggan-Fee, H. & Moir, R. (2006). Piloting a new survey instrument to compare first and final-year students' course experiences. Universities Scotland Higher Educational Developers Conference, Stirling
2. McKiggan-Fee, H., and Mason, C. (2001). Evaluation of prototype resources for the MAPPING project. Workshop given at the 6th annual SEDA Conference for Staff and Educational Developers (Nov. 20-21), Manchester.
3. McKiggan-Fee, H. and Mason, C. (2001). From "Pride and Prejudice" to "Warts and All" - the Uses of Portfolios in Higher Education. Informal discussion group at the 13th annual HESDA conference (Nov. 7-9), Manchester.
4. McKiggan-Fee, H. Mason, C. and Matthew, B. (2001). MAPPING - Multimedia Approach to Profiles and Portfolios: INteractive Guidance. Two workshops given at the NetCulture Showcase Event for ScotCIT Staff Development Projects (Nov. 5-6), St Andrews.
5. McKiggan-Fee, H., and Mason, C. (2001). Multimedia Approach to Profiles and Portfolios: INteractive Guidance. Two workshops on portfolio development given at North Highland College (Nov. 1), Thurso.
6. Matthew, B. and McKiggan-Fee, H. (2001). Portfolio Development - "Never mind the weight, feel the quality". Keynote address at the ILT/LTSN Conference on Enhancing Continuing Professional Development (May 15), Glasgow.
7. McKiggan-Fee, H., Mason, C. and Matthew, B. (2001). MAPPING - Multimedia Approach to Profiles and Portfolios: INteractive Guidance. Workshop given at the SEDA and SEDA Scotland Spring 2001 Conference (Apr. 2-3), Glasgow.
8. McKiggan-Fee, H. and Mason, C. (2001). MAPPING - Multimedia Approach to Profiles and Portfolios: INteractive Guidance. Workshop given at the NetCulture Showcase Event for ScotCIT Staff Development Projects (Feb. 26-27), Edinburgh.
9. McKiggan-Fee, H., Mason, C. and Matthew, B. (2000). MAPPING - Multimedia Approach to Profiles and Portfolios: INteractive Guidance. Seminar given at the 5th annual SEDA Conference for Staff and Educational Developers (Nov. 20-22), Manchester.

Role

My role is to implement the University's e-learning strategy while supporting the campus wide management and use of the Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle). This involves working with academic staff to develop Moodle courses to support individual taught modules. I provide educational and technical guidance on how to enhance face-to-face teaching with Moodle, this is achieved through individual consultations and training; and 'just-in-time' support.

• Work with academic staff and support them in the development of online course material, namely the University's selected virtual learning environment (VLE) Moodle
• Support the VP Learning & Teaching by developing and delivering strategies for e-learning
• Liaise with stakeholders such as The Library, IT Services, Business Improvements and other stakeholders to progress WebCT into a fully integrated Managed Learning Environment
• Support Moodle with regard to pedagogical and technical issues
• Deliver advanced Moodle training
• Promote the use of Moodle
• Manage the Turnitin UK service.

Projects/Research

I have a special research interest in Web 2.0 technologies, social & collaborative learning, social media tool, blogs, wikis, podcasting for education and on-line learning systems.

Current projects

1. Home and Away: the Year Abroad Online Community

Past Projects

1. The Scottish Higher Education Developers Learning Objects and Distributed Services (SHEDLOADS) project provided a unique opportunity to explore institutional collaboration through the sharing of existing and co-development of future resources and procedures for flexibly delivering education and training for learning and teaching or academic practice in higher education (HE). SHEDLOADS was funded by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) through the Flexible Delivery Enhancement Theme. Role - Consultant
2. A multi-institutional learning and teaching forum for: promoting good practice and innovations in learning and teaching. Funded by ESCalate (the Higher Education Academy - Education Subject Centre). Role - Project Partner

Additional Information

• University representative on the Scottish Blackboard Users' Group and member of the steering committee
• University representative for ALT
• University representative on the Universities Scotland Educational Development Sub-Committee and a member of the management group
• Member of the judging panel for the European education award, MEDEA 2008 & MEDEA 2009 "Encouraging the use of digital images and sound in education".

Background

I have over 18 years experience in education and ICT within the commercial companies and higher education sectors. Previously, I was Software Manager at Ninewells Hospital & Medical School at the University of Dundee:

• Collaborated with academic staff to develop CAL and online course materials, plus develop staff and students on their use of computers and software for teaching & learning
• Developed a TLTP Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) package, Studying Populations for Public Health Medicine (endorsed by the Council of the International Epidemiological Association and recommended by the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom).

My commercial experience includes positions at Rediffussion Simulation, where as a Software Engineer, I designed and developed radio navigation training aids for full flight simulators e.g. 737, 747 and Nimrod; and at GEC Marconi Avionics as a Professional Engineer, I designed radar training software systems. I am a past member of the British Computer Society (10 years) and held the title of Chartered Information Systems Practitioner (MBCS).

Publications

1. Young, CPL & Moir. R (2008). YouTube - YouMustBeJoking! (Enabling Modern Technology in an "Ancient" University). DIVERSE - Developing Innovative Video Resources for Students Everywhere Conference (Amsterdam, 2008).
2. Moir, R. (2007). Can Blog technology be used for the Scottish Higher Educational Development Community? Universities Scotland Higher Educational Developers Conference (Skye, 2007).
3. Mason, C. & Moir, R. (2006). What can be achieved with small-scale teaching initiative funding? FILTA and SELF projects. Universities Scotland Higher Educational Developers Conference (Stirling, 2006).
4. Mason, C., McKiggan-Fee, H. & Moir, R. (2006). Piloting a new survey instrument to compare first and final-year students course experiences. Universities Scotland Higher Educational Developers Conference (Stirling, 2006)
5. Moir, R. & Mason, C. (2005). Developing a strategy for integrating on-line learning in a traditional, ancient, Scottish, Research-led University . 4th Annual WebCT European User Conference (Barcelona, 2005).
6. Mason, C. & Moir, R. (2004). Implementing a VLE within an ancient, research-led University. e-Learning Conference 2004 - "To Interactivity and Beyond", Heriot Watt University (Edinburgh, 2004).
7. Baty, D. & Moir, R. (2000). Networked Software Support of Staff Development. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference (San Diego, 2000), Conference proceedings document, p500-501.
8. Moir, R. & Baty, D. (1997). Helping Teachers to Produce Effective Computer Assisted Learning Material. Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education - Ed-Media Conference (Calgary, 1997). ISBN 1-88094-26-6, p1320-1321.
9. Moir, R., Baty, D., Florey, C. (1997). Interactive User Configurable CAL - A Working Example in Epidemiology. Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education - Ed-Media Conference (Calgary, 1997). ISBN 1-88094-26-6, p1460.

Role

Carol, as Director, is responsible for providing leadership and strategic direction for the Centre for Academic, Professional and Organisational Development, CAPOD. She represents CAPOD at various fora within the University (such as the Service Directors Group), and reports to Professor Lorna Milne as Vice-Principal (Proctor).

• Further responsibilities include:
• Management of the annual monitoring process
• Management of the rolling programme of Internal Reviews of Learning and Teaching
• Management of the University’s module evaluation system for gathering and analysing student feedback
• Preparation for ELIR (a positive outcome was gained at the recent review in February/March 2011)
• Membership of TLAC
• Membership of the Academic Monitoring Group
• In attendance at Academic Assurance Group
• Coordination of the University’s collaboration with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
• Member of the institution team for the current Enhancement Theme

Projects
Currently, Carol is a member of:

• the Module Evaluation Working Group which aims to continue the development of the University's process for gathering student feedback

Additional Information
Outwith the University, Carol is:

• a member of the ELIR Coordinating Reviewer Pool for QAA Scotland and a member of Universities Scotland Teaching Quality Forum

Background
Carol began work at the University in 1996 as Secretary to the Director of Academic Audit. In 2000 she was accepted onto the University's Evening Degree Programme as one of its first students, graduating with MA (General) with Distinction in 2006. In 2007, she became Learning & Teaching Quality Officer and Deputy Director of SALTIRE in 2009.  She became Director of CAPOD when it was formed by merging SALTIRE, HR Staff Development and GRADskills in May 2011.

• Staff Developer responsible for Support Staff Development. 
• Designs, develops and delivers a wide range of workshops, courses and awaydays. 
• Responsible for:
• Passport to Management Excellence
• Passport to Administrative Excellence
• Passport to Cleaning Excellence
• Passport to Wardennial Excellence
• Runs the Support Staff Mentoring Scheme
• 1-1 coaching sessions
• Accredited Belbin practitioner
• Accredited by British Psychological Society in the use of Psychometric Questionnaires, including JTI (Jung Type Analysis) and 15fq+

• Provide admin support to the CAPOD team and Senior Administrator
• Administer and manage courses and events run by CAPOD
• Manage the PDMS system

Role

Katharine Preedy runs the University's Mathematics Support Centre. Duties and responsibilities include:

• Providing one-to-one tuition on any mathematics- or statistics-based problem to students from all Schools and across all levels
• Providing feedback on Maths Support Centre usage to Heads of Schools, Directors of Teaching, the Deans, and the Vice Principal (Learning and Teaching)
• Monitoring and responding to day-to-day attendance patterns
• Liaising with Schools to find efficient and effective solutions in cases where large numbers of students seek help with similar concerns
• Liaising with Students Support Services and other University units to ensure that students most at need are utilising the services of the Mathematics Support Centre
• Actively engaging with others concerned with issues related to Mathematics Support both in Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Role

• Provide senior admin support to the CAPOD team
• Diary management
• Course organisation and management
• Management of induction event for new Academic staff
• Finance.

Background

Prior to joining CAPOD, Sandra worked in Human Resources and front line administrative positions in both the public and private sectors. Sandra holds her CIPP in Human Resources and continues as an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. She is a current student of the Evening Degree programme and is also a qualified Complimentary Therapist.

• Provide admin support to the CAPOD Administration team
  
• Administer and manage courses and events run by CAPOD
• Manage the PDMS system

*Please note that Rosie works term-time only.

Hours of work: Tuesday – Thursday

Role

My role focuses on the enhancement of learning and teaching and the development of academic staff. This is primarily achieved through organising and facilitating academic monitoring processes, analysing outcomes and action points, and identifying and supporting development opportunities.

Specific areas include:

• Supporting the Learning and Teaching Quality Officer in the management of all aspects of academic monitoring.
• Organising, facilitating and contributing to academic monitoring processes, including the programme of internal reviews of learning and teaching, annual academic monitoring and preparation for ELIR and other reviews.
• Helping Schools to prepare for reviews by liaising with Directors of Teaching and others, advising and helping to prepare review documentation, acting as a member of review teams, writing evaluative reports and following-up recommendations and action points.
• Analysing outcomes of annual academic monitoring and internal reviews to assess academic and support staff development needs.
• Organising and facilitating academic staff networks and focus groups to share issues and promising practice.
• Representing the Learning & Teaching Quality Officer at fora as required, e.g. Academic Monitoring Group and Universities Scotland Teaching Quality Forum.
• Maintaining the TLA Handbook.
• Contributing to the projects and skills workshops of others in CAPOD where appropriate.

Background

Prior to joining CAPOD, I worked as an HR Adviser in the private sector. I hold postgraduate diplomas in Human Resources Management and Information Technology and a degree in Psychology and Business Management. I am also a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Role

Cat leads the Staff Developer team within CAPOD and has responsibility for coordinating leadership and management development initiatives across the University. She collaborates with colleagues across schools and units to work on Organisational Development initiatives such as staff engagement, performance management and induction.

Projects

Cat is currently:

• coordinating CAPOD’s development programmes
• leading a staff wellbeing and engagement working group, focusing on everything from staff exercise classes to induction provision to stress reduction initiatives to mentoring to management development and more
• leading the Professional Skills Curriculum for students
• designing an online suite of professional skills modules for students
• working with the School of Management on the delivery of their MX programme for taught postgraduate students 
• delivering a range of courses as part of the CAPOD open course programme
• participating in the design and delivery of the ‘Successful manager’ and ‘Success at work’ programmes for the University of St Andrews Open Association
• Deputy Director of CAPOD