Professor Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas – British School of Fashion, GCU London
Professor Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas EdD FRSA is Professor in Marketing and Sustainable Business at the British School of Fashion, GCU London where she runs the innovative postgraduate Module in Sustainable Luxury for the School’s MBA Luxury Brand Management programme. Natascha is a National Teaching Fellow, Vice Chair ofPRME UK&I Chapter and Vice Chair of The Costume Society. Natascha is co-author of Fashion Management: A Strategic Approach and Editor-in-Chief for Bloomsbury Fashion Business Cases, a digital resource helping students develop essential fashion industry business skills. Natascha’s cross-disciplinary research spans creative industries practice; sustainable fashion; social enterprise and responsible business; cultural heritage, consumer behaviour and international fashion marketing. She is an advocate for globally responsible education and won the Case Centre 2020 Award for Ethics and Social Responsibility and was Highly Commended in the 2020 Women in Marketing Awards Marketing Scientist category recognising her leadership in teaching and research in marketing education. Natascha is a knitter, stitcher and passionate make-do-and-mender!
Dr Linnea Soler – School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow
In my role as a Lecturer in Chemistry (Learning, Teaching & Scholarship track), SoTL plays an important role and underpins both my teaching practice and development of L&T resources. I have discovered that the skill- and knowledge-base, developed through my years of training as a scientist, often differs to those needed for scholarship (where social science based skills may be more applicable). Therefore, I am in the process of learning new skills and developing a grounding in SoTL and I am striving to marry these with my pre-existing research skill-set, grounded in the approach taken by the hard sciences. This transition is challenging, as it requires a re-wire of my brain, but also very rewarding because it opens up new horizons. In addition to collaborations with my Chemistry colleagues, I am also fortunate to undertake cross-disciplinary SoTL projects with colleagues from Engineering, Archaeology and the Arts. I enjoy sharing experiences with other academics regarding their SoTL experiences, especially those within the “hard sciences”, who face similar challenges in becoming Scholars. I feel that we can all learn from each other and help each other on this, sometimes frustrating but always exciting, path.
My interests include the creation of novel chemistry education resources, in partnership with my final year chemistry undergraduate project students, for use in HE and in secondary school environments. I am a firm believer in harnessing the power of fun (gamification) and the power of technology to make learning more engaging, interactive and powerful. I am keen to support student transition into HE and to help foster a sense of belonging. I am currently enthralled with the chemistry found within Heritage Science and I continue to work on enhancing the learning, assessment and feedback in chemistry labs using multimedia approaches.
Dr Smita Odedra – School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow
Smita has been investigating the provision of training and support given to GTAs in the School of Chemistry, using a student partnership approach to involve postgraduates and undergraduates in decision-making. She has presented this work at several conferences and has contributed to international discussions on the changing role of the GTA in the pivot to online teaching. Interests include active learning approaches, use of technology to support student learning and well-being, and imbedding good-practice to enhance inclusivity in lab environments.
Team Mentor: Dr Nathalie Tasler– Academic and Digital Development, University of Glasgow
I am delighted to support this term’s amazing LTHEchat organising team! And look forward to participating in all the exciting topics over the next couple of months.
I am a lecturer in academic and digital development. My background is Erziehungswissenschaften (Sciences of Education). My current focus is the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). I have a strong background in Creative Learning and Teaching and Culture Education. I am founding editor for oSoTL journal, run the UofGSoTL network and am the SoTL curator for the National Teaching Repository.
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