Dr Rachel Scudamore

Visiting Professor

Email:: rachel.scudamore@designforpurpose.co.uk

Dr Rachel Scudamore is a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Health Education and Life Sciences at Birmingham City University. She brings extensive experience of educational development and improving the broader student experience to support colleagues in their reflection on teaching practice and enquiry into effective student learning.

Rachel has worked in Russell Group and post-92 contexts, initially as a lecturer in animal behaviour and evolution, before moving into staff development, learning technology and academic staff induction programmes. She led the PGCert for new lecturers at the University of Nottingham and published a widely acclaimed online resource on Promoting Enhanced Student Learning before introducing the University’s first UK Professional Standards Framework recognition scheme. At Birmingham City University she led the Educational Development Service and Student Affairs departments including provision of mental health support for students.

As Visiting Professor, Rachel’s priorities interests lie in identifying how distributed leadership contributes to teaching improvement in HE, in exploring perceptions of quality and their relationship to effective learning, and in developing the evidence-base for effective practice in placement-based learning.

Areas of Expertise

Publications

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Tomás, C., Scudamore, R.E. and Morgan, C.W. (2015) An institutional transformation of assessment: leading centrally and implementing change locally. International Conference: Assessment for Learning in Higher Education, University of Hong Kong, May.

Scudamore, R.E. (2011) Teaching at Nottingham: a handbook of values and practice in a research-intensive university. University of Nottingham Teaching and Learning Directorate.

Scudamore, R.E. & Arici, E. (2009) ePioneers: Taking ownership of e-learning. Educational Developments. Issue 10.1 pp23-26. London: Staff & Educational Development Association.

Davidson M.R. & Scudamore R.E. (2008) “Training new transnational teachers: a Malaysian experience.” in Dunn L. & Wallace M. (eds.) Teaching in Transnational Higher Education. London: Routledge pp110-119.

HEA commissions

Scudamore, R.E. (2013) Engaging home and international students: a guide for new lecturers. Higher Education Academy.

Scudamore, R.E. (2013) Rate my learning: shifting the emphasis of feedback in the biosciences. Report for the Higher Education Academy.

Scudamore, R.E. (2011) Working with International Students: a guide for staff in biosciences. UK Biosciences Subject Centre.

Scudamore, R.E. & Bond, K. (2010) Working with International Students: a guide for staff in engineering. HE Academy Engineering Subject Centre.

Online resources

Scudamore, R.E., Coombs, J., Rüll, L. and Horton, J. (2013) Studying Effectively. University of Nottingham online resource.

Scudamore, R.E. (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010a, 2010b) PESL: Promoting Enhanced Student Learning online resource “Teaching at Nottingham: Staff perspectives on practice from across the University” featuring videos of practice and interviews with staff and students to give a window onto the teaching culture at the University of Nottingham.

Specialist topics included:

Learning from Internationalisation: Inclusive teaching across cultures (2010a).
Learning on placement (2010b) with Alison C. Clark.
ePioneers: Taking ownership of elearning (2009)
Thinking about dyslexia: a staff resource for developing practice (2008)
Video::Interactions: a blended learning course on T&L in HE for practitioner health lecturers. (2006)

Selected presentations

NTU Success for All (2017) “Using the Education Strategy to create a coherent approach to addressing differential outcomes” presentation at the Success for All: Strategic approaches to addressing disparities in student outcomes conference.

Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham (2016) “Assessment at Nottingham: taking a programme level approach” joint symposium presentation.

Clark, A. & Scudamore, R.E. (2010) “Capturing and sharing learning from practice: the role of learning sets and reflective diaries in student nurse development.” Centre for Excellence in Professional Placement Learning conference, University of Plymouth.

Scudamore, R.E. & Arici, E. (2010) “Taking ownership of e-learning: a transferable mentoring model”. 17^thAssociation for Learning Technology conference, Nottingham

Clark, A. & Scudamore, R.E. (2010) “Capturing learning from practice: learning sets as a way to integrate academic and practice learning”. Influencing Healthcare Education conference, NHS East Midlands.

Scudamore, R.E. (2007) “Video tagging and folksonomies: Social software principles in educational development.” 14^th Association for Learning Technology conference, Nottingham.

Scudamore, R.E. (2007) “Video::Interactions – socially constructed analyses of video in an online environment.” 14^th Association for Learning Technology conference, Nottingham.

Selected invitations

HEA Scotland Spotlight Series (2017) “Designing interaction for diverse cohorts” online seminar.

University of Glasgow (2015) External Subject Specialist for review of educational development service.

National College of Ireland (2013) “Engaging home and international students” event design and delivery

Cornwall College (2010) “Retention through engagement” curriculum design event to explore how enquiry-based learning could contribute to student retention.

Engineering Faculty, University of Nottingham (2011) Outcomes-based curriculum design. Design and delivery of workshops to support alignment of programme and module learning outcomes and assessment.

Animal behaviour

Green, P.R., Gentle, L., Peake, T.M., Scudamore, R.E., McGregor, P.K., Gilbert, F. & Dittrich, W.H. (1999) Conditioning pigeons to discriminate naturally lit insect specimens. Behavioural Processes 46 : 97-102.

Scudamore, RE & McGregor, PK (1993) Localisation of an electrically active source by the electric fish Gymnotus carapo. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 173 : 744.

Scudamore RE & McGregor, PK (1993) Approach paths of electric fish to an active playback electrode are affected by playback stimulus. Animal Behaviour 46 : 1240 - 1242.