All Change?

Looking forward to the future for teaching and learning in FMDH

Margaret Freeman Faculty Director of Learning & Teaching

& Diane Turner

Sheffield Leader Programme, HR Department

L&T in FMDH: 2011 successes• University of the Year• Strong levels of student applications• Increase in NSS scores in all departments• Induction programme for PGRs• PGR School established (Head = Ian Douglas)• Interprofessional Learning Activities

– Fast Aid, What’s happening with the NHS?– Student Ambassadors: Joint Operation

• Increase in staff engagement with L&T• E-learning Special Interest Group established

(c.w.stokes@shef.ac.uk)

2012 : Challenges and Changes

Student Fees

NHS changes

NSS

Borders Agency

Grant funding changes

REF

Uncertainty?

The University’s response

Proposition 2012 : of

Promise of excellence in the Student Experience

L&T Strategy for 2011-16Faculty Themes:

Student research experience Academic supportPersonal support Communities of learning

L &T Strategy for 2011-16Faculty Themes:

• Academic support • Personal support • Communities of learning• Student research experience

In this short session…

…but we aim to start by identifying positive strategies which may help us to cope:

– At a personal level– In our department/ working groups/teams– and identify actions that the Faculty may take

to support staff deal with the forthcoming challenges and changes

..we don’t have time to unravel all the complexities…

The Four Room Apartment

Contentment

Denial

Renewal

Confusion

Claes Janssen, The Four Rooms of Change, 1996

Coping with change/ future challenges

Personal Strategies

Team Strategies

What can the Faculty do to support staff deal with the

forthcoming challenges and changes