National Teaching Fellowship Scheme - Higher Education Academy
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<strong>National</strong> <strong>Teaching</strong> Fellows 2012<br />
Dr Janet Strivens<br />
<strong>Education</strong>al Developer, Centre for Lifelong Learning<br />
University of Liverpool<br />
Dr Janet Strivens joined the University of Liverpool in 1979 as a lecturer in the School of <strong>Education</strong>.<br />
Driven by a passionate interest in how people learn, she eventually moved into working with staff<br />
across the institution to enhance the quality of learning, teaching and assessment.<br />
Janet was instrumental in developing the University’s suite of programmes to train staff in learning<br />
and teaching and is currently the Programme Director for the Postgraduate Diploma/Masters in<br />
Learning and <strong>Teaching</strong> in <strong>Higher</strong> <strong>Education</strong>. Several generations of staff have now gone through these<br />
programmes, providing a network of enthusiastic colleagues to help push forward the University’s<br />
agenda for improving the student experience. The most exciting recent development is a fully online<br />
Professional Doctorate in <strong>Higher</strong> <strong>Education</strong> for which she provided specialist input and will be a<br />
member of the supervisory team.<br />
Having always worked closely with colleagues in Liverpool’s School of Medicine, Janet has recently<br />
become more deeply involved in medical education. She supported the European Hematology<br />
Association’s EU-funded H-Net project, providing online specialist training across Europe. Currently<br />
she is working in Pakistan on a British Council-funded project to help meet the Pakistan Medical and<br />
Dental Council’s aim of developing introductory medical education programmes for all new staff in<br />
medical and dental colleges. As a colleague at the University of Health Sciences in Lahore said:<br />
“[the goal is nothing short of] revoluntionishing the medical education environment, transforming<br />
medical education in Punjab from a didactic, teacher-centred landscape to a student-oriented, activelearning<br />
one based on the best evidence medical education principles.”<br />
In her role as Senior Associate Director for the Centre for Recording Achievement, Janet is involved<br />
in projects and consultancy relating to personal development planning and e-portfolio practice with<br />
educational institutions across the UK and internationally. She co-directed a recent HEFCE-funded<br />
project which analysed the value of e-portfolio technology in supporting the important employer<br />
engagement agenda for higher education.<br />
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