Consultancies

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“Mick is a consummate ‘ideas broker’ and we have all benefited hugely from this. His use of ‘mini case studies’ has had a seminal impact on others – and in particularly has appealed to those who work in strategic roles. It is always difficult to quantify the impact one has on other institutional policies but Mick has undoubtedly influenced strategic thinking in Universities across the globe.”  - Sue Burkill, Exeter University

We are willing to act as consultants and advisors on teaching and learning in higher education in areas in which we feel we have some expertise and experience. Over the last two decades Mick has acted as an advisor to many government bodies, organizations, universities, and projects in the UK and internationally. He has also mentored numerous successful applicants for teaching awards, including National Teaching Fellowships, Collaborative Awards for Teaching Excellence, and HE Academy Fellows in Australia, Canada, Netherlands, Norway, and UK. He and Ruth have recently undertaken joint consultancies for Advance HE and Heriot-Watt University.


Selected Adviserships and Consultancies since 2005

  • Member of ‘Expert Panel’ advising HEFCE on ‘Development of research-informed teaching environments’ (2005)

  • International Visiting Teaching and Learning Research Fellowship, Edith Cowan University, Perth to assist them with development of scholarship of teaching and learning (2005)

  • International Reviewer Griffith University Institute for Higher Education, Australia (2006)

  • Advisor Canadian Federal Government on Research, Teaching and Learning in post-Secondary Education (2006)

  • Visiting Fellow Charles Darwin University, Darwin Teaching and Learning (2006)

  • Visiting Scholar HERDSA (New Zealand) (2006)

  • Visiting Advisor/ Hon Professor / Fellow University of Queensland (2006, 2008, 2009-13, 2015, 2018)

  • Advisor to New Zealand Teaching Matters Forum Project on ‘Inquiry-based learning in undergraduate education – documenting and sharing good practice’. Principal Investigator: Rachel Spronken Smith, Otago, New Zealand (2006-08)

  • Advisor to Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Project on ‘The academics’ and policy maker’s guides to the teaching-research nexus’. Principal Investigator: Kerri-Lee Krause, Griffith University, Brisbane (2006-08)

  • Co-Chair of Vice-Chancellor’s Innovation in Teaching and Learning Group producing new University Learning, Teaching and Assessment Strategy (with Mason O’Connor, K) (2007)

  • Advisor to QAA Scotland project on Enhancement Themes: Research-Teaching Linkages – Enhancing Graduate Attributes’. Principal Investigators: Ray Land & George Gordon, University of Strathclyde (2007-08)

  • Member of Advisory Committee of (Irish) National Academy for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (2007-11)

  • Advisor to University of Teesside on Development of learning and teaching research strategy (2007-08)

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  • International Advisor and Consultant to University of Prince Edward Island, Canada, in implementing Student as Scholar Model across the institution (2012)

  • International Advisor to HE Academy Australian and UK Benchmarking project on promotion policies and processes (2012-13)

  • Assessment Committee for appointment of tenure-track assistant professor University of Copenhagen, Department of Science Education (2012, 2020)

  • Co-led the ISSoTL International Collaborative Writing Groups in Hamilton, Canada (2012) and Melbourne, Australia (2015)

  • International Advisor to Office on Learning and Teaching project ‘Student leadership in curriculum development and reform’. Principal Investigator: Liz Deanne, University of Western Sydney (2013-15)

  • Lead consultant and author of Developing research-based curricula in college-based higher education for HE Academy (2013-14)

  • Lead consultant and author of Engagement through partnership: Students as partners in learning and teaching in higher education for HE Academy (2013-14)

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  • Member of Steering Committee for the Reinvention Centre, Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, University of Warwick and Oxford Brookes University (2008-10)

  • Advisor to University of Plymouth on their Teaching and Learning Strategy (2008)

  • Member of International Team of Experts advising Angela Brew (Sydney) in her Australian Learning and Teaching Council Senior Fellowship Project on ‘Enhancing undergraduate engagement through research and inquiry’ (2008-09)

  • Advisor to HE Academy Wales on Strategies for strengthening teaching and research links in Wales (2009)

  • Advisor to League of European Research Universities Vice-Rectors of Teaching and Learning on research-based teaching (2009)

  • International member of Science Advisory Board of Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen (2009, 2015)

  • Advisor to Welsh Universities on Learning and Teaching and Widening Participation Strategies on behalf of HE Academy Wales (2011)

  • International advisor to ALTC Senior Fellowship Project by Les Kirkup ‘Inquiry learning in science: Transforming practice through forging new partnerships and perspectives’ (2011-12)

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  • External advisor to University College London on research-based learning, their Connected Curriculum Initiative, and their Arena Professional Development unit (2014-17)

  • Consultant and facilitator on ‘Developing a learning, teaching and assessment strategy’ to planned Dublin University of Technology (2015)

  • Advisor on ‘Developing students as partners in learning and teaching’ at University of Adelaide (2016-17)

  • Led the Change Institutes at the International Students as Partners Institutes held at McMaster University (2016-18) and University of Adelaide (2019)

Comments

“We very much appreciate your assistance, especially due to the short notice and your busy schedule. Working during your flight to and from Australia goes beyond any professionalism – this effort and commitment does not go unrecognized, and I want to extend to you our deepest appreciation for your contribution.”

— Michail Giannakos (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), about help with application for a National Centre of Excellence

 

“The way you organised the panel discussion made it the best one in which I have ever participated.”

— Gordon Joughin (University of Queensland), about PEER International Panel Discussion at Macquarie University

“A clean sweep – and 100% success rate maintained! Huge thanks for your help Mick. Absolutely delighted with the outcomes.”

— Dr Jonathan Eaton (Academic Registrar, Teesside University) about support given to NTF & CATE applicants over previous four years

 

“Your visit has had a substantial impact on the development of research-based learning at Lund.” 

— Professor Stefan Lindgren

“Mick's combination of keen insight and warmth helped me to tease out the most meaningful parts of my story, so that the process of writing my NTF claim became a truly enriching one. He is the best mentor I could possibly have wished for and working with him has been a transformative experience.”

— NTF applicant from Teesside University