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Louise is Associate Dean (Academic Quality & Student Experience) in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences. She was formerly Head of Belfast School of Art and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2014); elected Faculty Representative to Ulster University Senate (Jan 2022); professional member of Institute of Designers Ireland (2018); Chair of the Group for Learning in Art and Design in Higher Education (GLADHE); and a full member of Centre for Higher Education and Research Practice, Ulster University.
Her research interests include investigating the role of the artist as social commentator, and the evolution of teaching and learning practices in art and design tertiary level education.
Louise has exhibited work and presented her research both nationally and internationally. She has been commissioned by both private and public bodies to create a number of public artworks, complete research, feasibility studies, education, training and manage arts projects. She has worked extensively in the community and schools sectors on a wide variety of projects and initiatives. Louise has received a number of awards both for her arts practice and pedagogic research. For more information see http://louiseoboyle.com
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As Director of the SME Climate Hub at We Mean Business, I work with international partners, multinational companies and governments to accelerate a global movement and develop a one-stop-shop platform mobilizing small and medium-sized enterprises to take climate action on net zero. I previously served as Head of City Business Climate Alliances at C40 Cities, where I was responsible for expanding C40’s service offering to member cities relating to the acceleration of climate solutions with local and global businesses. My experience also includes initiating and leading multi-partner programmes focused on innovation and sustainability for Virgin Unite, the non-profit arm of the Virgin Group, and University of the Arts London.
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Clinical Professor and Director of the Entertainment, Media and Technology Program at NYU's Stern School of Business. Professor Hardart is a partner in the online storytelling platform Witnify, which captures and curates first-person accounts of important world events.
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Samantha Ahern is a Faculty LT Lead (Bartlett) at University College London. She is an educationalist and technologist, with experiences in both the secondary and higher education sectors, who best describes herself as an EdTech Womble. Professional and research interests include Critical Digital Pedagogy, Learning Analytics, ethics and the student experience. Samantha is a Fellow of the HEA.
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Dr Martina Emke coordinates a pool of experts in technology-enhanced teaching and learning in higher education, which is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Sciences of the federal state of North Rhine-Westfalia in Germany. As an Affiiliated Researcher at the Open University, UK, she has been involved in research projects focusing on online language teaching and language teacher professional development. Since 2008, she has been working in projects for the European Centre for Modern Languages, which seek to help language teachers improve their digital teaching skills.
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As a Lecturer in Data and Digital Literacies at Moray House School of Education and Sport (University of Edinburgh), I teach courses on Digital Literacy and Technologies in the postgraduate teacher education programme. I am also part of the Data Education in Schools project, whose mission is to educate teachers in South East Scotland about data literacy. My research interests include data and digital literacies, formative assessment and feedback, online learning, and adoption of teaching and learning technologies in primary, secondary and higher education contexts.
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Senior Lecturer in School of Education University of Worcester. Worked in Botswana for nearly a decade and still maintain links with the region. Interested in inclusive forms of educaion and more democratic / radical approaches to education.
Not an IT/e specialist at all but interested in developing knowledge and skills as to how it might be better employed to support access to, enagement with and success in learning experiences.
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After graduating from the University of Dundee in Scotland, Robert took up his first permanent role as a Software Engineer at BAE Systems (Military Aircraft Division), Warton, Lancashire, UK. This involved reverse engineering and programming / coding in multiple high and low-level languages to implement bespoke software for CAD / CAM systems.
He is currently a senior lecturer in Business and Management at the University of Roehampton Business School (Faculty of Business and Law) in London and an associate lecturer in Computing (Faculty of STEM) at The Open University.
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Head of Learning Technology and Media at University of Northhampton, United Kingdom
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Ashiya Abdool Satar is an academic in the Department of Communication Science at the University of South Africa (Unisa). She has diverse research interests that mirror her educational pursuits in the areas of organizational communication, media studies, inclusive education, and Open Distance and e-Learning (ODeL) in the Higher Education sector. Ashiya is currently involved in projects focusing on active youth citizenship, social justice, media identity and representation, social media research, public sector communication, and inclusive education, with a particular focus on the universal design of learning (UDL) approach.