Dr Elizabeth Dobson started lecturing in 1998, delivering courses in music for dance and film in Scarborough where she developed a career defining interest in learning through multi-discipline collaboration. She then retrained in education research and social sciences before completing a PhD with the Open University, which examined how collaborative creativity is socially and contextually shaped within music technology.

Before becoming the Deputy Dean (Quality and Student Experience) for the Business School at Anglia Ruskin University, Dr Sally Everett was Head of Department (and a Senior Lecturer) for tourism at the University of Bedfordshire after some time as a researcher at the University of the West of England. Regardless of role or position, Sally has always endeavoured to champion teaching excellence, authentic learning and pedagogic innovation.

Dr Suzanne Fergus is exceptionally passionate and has an undeniable talent for teaching. In 2016, she received the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Higher Education Teaching Award for her sustained innovations and pioneering endeavours in chemistry education.

Sarah George is Subject Librarian at the University of Bradford.  Her career as an academic librarian began eleven years ago, initially providing maternity cover for Engineering, Design and Technology, then gaining a permanent role covering Archaeology and Environment, and latterly Chemistry, Forensics and Integrated Science.

Dr Philip Hanna is Director of Education in the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Queen’s University Belfast. As Director of Education, he is responsible for the development and delivery of a range of accredited degree programmes that are taught to approximately two thousand undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Qualified in Podiatric Medicine (1992), Dr Catherine Hayes is a Reader in Pedagogic Practice in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing at the University of Sunderland. She undertakes pedagogic research, evaluation and supervises doctoral and masters students as well as leading MSc dissertation modules for the Health Team.

Dr Ruth Healey had an early introduction to teaching and learning when just after graduating from her BSc in Geography in 2004, she had the opportunity to manage the first International Network for Learning and Teaching Geography in HE (INLT) Writing Group Symposium in Glasgow. As the only student in attendance she joined the group working on ‘teaching for social transformations’.

Dr Joanna Hendy’s passion for teaching stems from her Masters studies at the State University New York, where she studied for a degree in Adapted Physical Activity. Her pedagogy and research is nurtured by her desire to create stimulating and inclusive learning landscapes for all learners. Joanna has worked in HE for over 16 years and developed the field of Adapted Physical Activity and Disability Sport at the University of Gloucestershire.

Dr Judith Holloway is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and an Associate Professor in the University of Southampton’s Faculty of Medicine. She leads the world renowned MSc Allergy programme, which provides doctors, nurses and dietitians with the knowledge to improve the treatment of their patients, and the skills to cascade their learning to their colleagues, advancing allergy care across the globe.

After studying Fine Art at Central Saint Martins and then Wimbledon School of Art, Professor Alison Honour’s teaching career began as a practicing artist, teaching a broad range of art and design subjects including sculpture, painting and drawing, performance art, 3D Design and Architecture.