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🎆Sign up to attend our session next week!🎆 Group Coaching Session 2: 'Where Am I?' Monday 21st October🎆 On Monday 21st October , we are delighted to be holding our second group coaching session, entitled 'Where Am I?' Facilitated by the brilliant Afua Kudom FHEA MA Cantab PG Dip, we are hosting an all-Black female panel of alumni and staff, who will be reflecting on their journeys and experiences and what has shaped them so far. We are delighted to welcome four alumni and staff panellists who have worked across different sectors, from community work, to academia, to healthcare and more. We are so excited to introduce you to them here: ⭐ Ayobami O., Employer Engagement and Events Administrator (BA History) ⭐ Sahra-Isha Muhammad-Jones, Cultural Researcher, Creative Strategist, Founder of ASRA Club (BA Comparative Literature) ⭐ Brenda Ayebare, Occupational Health Administrator at UK Health Security Agency and Founder of a medical travel facilitation service (MSc in Global Public Health and Policy [2023]) ⭐ Dr Lilian S., Senior lecturer (Associate Professor); Deputy Director (Student Experience); Academic Lead for Year in Industry. Queen Mary Academy Fellow As usual, this session will be held from 5 - 7pm on Monday 21st October at St Benet’s Chaplaincy yurt, on QMUL's Mile End Campus.  As always, delicious refreshments and snacks will be served up in the cozy surroundings of the yurt, so please do come along and bring your friends! You can sign up to attend here: https://lnkd.in/eWUK4Vmw?, and you can also see and share the event's session poster below. All students, faculty and alumni are welcome to join us. 🔅Take a look at our session posters below! We would love to see you and anybody who you think would be interested there! If not, we hope to see you very soon!🔅

Looking forward to our presentation about the Queen Mary Postdoc Conference 2024 #QMPDC24 at today's REDS Conference #REDS2024, along with colleagues Dr Anna Price, Dr Sam Wallis Zeinab REKAD, PhD Abstracts: https://lnkd.in/e9sgfQnW Conference Padlet: https://lnkd.in/emctzV7Q

Congratulations to all of the participants and the programme team! We loved hearing about your projects. If you're interested in joining a future cohort you can express your interest on our webpage https://lnkd.in/eKHmTCcz

#FlourishingSpaces symposium 2024 3 hour online workshop yesterday and 5 hour face to face today... such a privilege to be thinking together with medical students, FY1s, junior doctors, consultants and GPs and those in other fields on the #HumanDimension of healthcare, #HumanFlourishing, #PersonCentredCare and what #CreativeEnquiry and #Cocreation have to offer...

I am pleased to share my blog titled “Fostering Compassion in the Classroom Amidst Global Conflicts,” published today on Higher Education Policy Institute. As an advocate of compassionate pedagogy, I believe we must create a safe and inclusive learning environment for all students during these challenging times. By promoting understanding, compassion, and respect, we can create a learning atmosphere that not only mitigates the potential negative impacts of global conflicts but also prepares students to become compassionate and resilient global citizens in this turbulent world.

On 14th November Professor Simon Marginson from Department of Education, University of Oxford will be giving the prestigious The Worshipful Company of Drapers' Lecture at Queen Mary University of London, on the UK global research university in turbulent times.   Universities have always been highly international: it is central to their strengths, their identity and their contribution. What is the mission of a UK global research university today, how can policy-makers support them, and what is their accountability to stakeholders?   The UK’s post-Brexit loss of connections with Europe has been deeply felt by universities, and this has been echoed by revolts against internationalism in many parts of the world, which are now destabilising international education in several countries including UK. Geo-politics is also retarding international linkages especially in research. Policymakers in the UK are not engaged with the global mission. They are focused narrowly on graduate employment, which while important, is not the only thing that Universities bring. In this lecture Professor Marginson will be looking at where the problems lie, what we can be optimistic about in turbulent times: in short, the global (and decolonial possibilities) for UK universities.   You can sign up to join the lecture here: https://lnkd.in/e2ca6Ci8

Yesterday was a fantastic day celebrating the close of our first Module Organisers programme! It was wonderful to connect with our incredible group of leaders and reflect on their journey through the programme.   We’re so grateful for their patience and dedication as we built the programme together. Their enthusiasm and commitment have been inspiring.   A special thanks to Stefan Krummaker and Helena Lim BSc (Hons) MSc (Dist), PhD, PFHEA and the whole delivery team. #ModuleOrganisers #ProgramCompletion #LeadershipDevelopment #Teamwork  

Fantastic to welcome new and returning colleagues to our PgCAP/CILT programmes at Queen Mary University of London. Thanks to colleagues from the Queen Mary Academy for arranging this induction in this iconic location.

We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who attended our second Principal Fellowship Accelerator day last week. Our participants said: "...good balance between information transmission, mentoring and time to work on a draft" "The session was informative, and the facilitators were very encouraging" "Great take away points and inspiration, thank you!" It was a really productive and enjoyable session and we are delighted to share some picture from the day. Bookings are now open for our next Principal Fellowship Accelerator, taking place on 22 November. Follow the link to the CPD Training platform book a place on this session: https://lnkd.in/ex9n5p36 Maxwell Addo Janet De Wilde Dr Jo Trelfa Roxana-Valentina Trusca

We loved this week's Welcome Fair, where we had the chance to speak to staff and students about the SEED Award and Learner Intern Programme along with our work on Graduate Attributes and Inclusive Curriculum. Huge thanks to our SEED Award winners who helped spread the word about co-creation at Queen Mary University of London.