Meet the HEFi team

Halimat works in the College of Medical & Dental Science as Digital Education Developer. She was educated at the University of Birmingham giving her a multifaceted view on the user experience of the content she creates with the team.

Her key interests are with creating digital educational content that is diverse, inclusive, and engaging. To achieve that, she focuses on building systems with ...

I lead the Beacon HEA Professional Recognition Scheme; I am a mentor and assessor for the scheme. I am the lead for Personal Academic Tutoring, supporting staff to develop their expertise in Personal Academic Tutoring. I teach across a number of programmes including the Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education.

I am passionate about developing and supporting teaching and learning practice ...

I am the HEFi Digital central team’s point of contact for technical questions raised by colleagues from all areas of the university.

I have been involved in Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) for 10 years, supporting the use of technology to enhance learning in the classroom and online. I provide consultative advice and support for the effective deployment of TEL within my college, including the design and development of high quality supplementary eLearning courses and learning objects. Much of my research in TEL involves ...

I have been working in the field of Educational Enhancement for over ten years and am currently a Projects Advisor within HEFI.  This role involves providing guidance and support to the diverse range of staff involved in Enhancement Projects on all areas of project design, management, and dissemination, with a particular emphasis on approaches to evaluation.

I have a specific interest in ...

I have worked at the University of Birmingham since 2002; working firstly within the former Learning Development Unit as Research Projects Officer and then in my current role as Project Advisor for the Educational Enhancement and Educational Partnership Funds. My role is to support academic staff by providing advice and guidance at the initial stages of refining their proposals and applying for ...

I have been working in Digital Education for 8 years and am currently a Digital Education Developer within the College of Arts and Law. I help to implement innovative practice across the college as well as support academics with a variety of tools available to them, with a particular focus on PebblePad and Canvas.

I work across EPS and LES as Head of HEFi Digital, supporting both Colleges with their digital education ambitions. My team and I offer expert advice and guidance on best practice in the use of digital tools for teaching and learning, and work with academics and professional services staff to improve the digital education offering across the STEM disciplines. I work closely with the IT Strategic ...

I have worked at the University of Birmingham since 2005 in various roles. I support staff development in a number of areas, through HEFi-based programmes, as well as ad-hoc support in Colleges. My areas of specialisation are:

• Learning theories and scholarship of teaching and learning
• Critical pedagogy
• Research-intensive learning and teaching
• Authentic and formative assessment
• Learning ...

I am the Interim Assistant Director HEFi (Digital).  I am responsible for overall leadership, management, and development of the five College based teams who enable effective use of the educational technology in support of learning. Notably (but not exclusively) the use and development of the University’s virtual learning environments and related tools.

I lead a team of business ...

Situated within the Higher Education Futures institute (HEFi), I provide support for the enhancement of teaching and learning practice, promote innovation in the curriculum, and facilitate the career-long professional development of Birmingham academics and professional staff in regards to teaching and supporting learning.

I am particularly interested in active learning (including enquiry and ...

In my role as Head of HEFi Digital for the College of Medical & Dental Sciences I provide expert guidance on all elements of digital education across the College’s programme portfolio. I am a Senior Fellow of the HEA, with over seven years’ experience working in Higher Education in a variety of roles.

Vittorio has been working in education for over 10 years. He is the Senior Learning Technologist within the College of Arts and Law, with a background in face-to-face and online teaching, working on development of a range of distance, blended and fully online courses.

I am a Senior Digital Education Developer working in the College of Social Sciences (CoSS) at the University of Birmingham. My work focuses on the development and support of teaching material across the College and the institution. I'm currently the interm Head of HEFi Digital (CoSS).

I have a particular interest in the development and understanding of multimedia within teaching and learning as ...

I work in the College of Life and Environmental Sciences as part of the dedicated HEFI team. In my role I provide advice on the potential of the eLearning and support all technology enhanced learning activities within the college from our virtual learning environment, Instructure Canvas to integrations such as Panopto, PebblePad and Turnitin.

I lead the Educational Development Team within HEFi whose remit is to support the enhancement of teaching and learning practice at Birmingham, promote innovation in the curriculum, and facilitate the career-long professional development of academics who teach, and staff in supporting learning roles.

I have a particular interest in authentic, inclusive assessment practice.

I sit on the ...

James has been a learning technologist for 14 years – 6 of those within the College of Arts and Law at the University – and since being in post he has undertaken the University’s Post Graduate Certificate for Higher Education, becoming a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. James continues to support staff in the College with core digital tools including Canvas, Turnitin, and ...

I have worked at the University since 2005, initially as the Assistant Secretary to the Registrar and Secretary, and then as the Academic Quality Manager within Registry.  I have been in my current role since October 2013, working part-time (50%), following maternity leave.

I am currently Project Manager for the Module Evaluation enhancement project, which will deliver an upgrade of the ...

Amy has worked at the University of Birmingham as Learning Technologist since 2015 as part of the HEFi Digital team for the College of Medical and Dental Sciences. In this role she has supported academics in the design of online programmes and modules as well as training and supporting on the universities digital learning platforms such as the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), Lecture Capture ...

In my role as the HEFi Digital Education Developer, based in the College of Social Sciences I work alongside Instructional Design Consultants to develop capability and capacity for alternate modes of delivery within the college. I provide direct help and support for staff within the College, as well as helping to develop resources and learning objects in support of the College’s strategic ...

I am an Educational Developer in HEFi and have worked in Higher Education for 10 years. I am currently a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and have mentored and assessed on professional recognition schemes for awarding fellowship since 2016. I currently lead on CPD events for the Educational Development team, coordinating the HEFi Showcase Series and HEFi Festival. I am a tutor and ...

I joined the HEFI team in December 2022 and although I am new to working in higher education, I have always had a passion for learning and development. I studied Sociology and Psychology as an undergraduate and then completed my Masters in Psychology via online and distance learning in 2021. In my role I help to support the delivery of teaching and research programmes for students. I help the ...

I have been at the University of Birmingham since 2014 and have been working in education and technology enhanced learning since 1999.  After starting in MDS I have moved to a central role in the HEFi Digital team which supports my college based HEFi Digital colleagues.  

My role within HEFI is of a Programme Administrator. Providing administration support for students and staff,  I provide support across a number of core activities that support HEFi’s mission to support staff to deliver innovative and inclusive research-intensive teaching.

I am a HEFi Digital Instructional Design Consultant based in the College of Arts and Law (CAL). My core responsibilities include:

• Working with academic staff across the College supporting innovative practice in research intensive teaching and alongside Professional Services colleagues in developing their use of technology

• Supporting the College’s Digital Humanities ...

I joined the HEFi Digital team for EPS in December 2021 after working at University College Birmingham as a e-Learning Developer for 5 years.

I have extensive experience working alongside academics to develop their digital offering using a wide variety of learning technologies including (but not limited to) Canvas, PebblePad and Panopto.

I have supported colleagues through either developing ...

I have worked in Higher Education for over 10 years and am responsible for the Programme Management and Quality Assurance of all programmes undertaken in HEFi.  Alongside being a super-user for all main systems, I am also responsible for Annual Reviews and Assessment Support Week (staff). 

Please contact me regarding any enquiries regarding Programme matters (such as extensions, Leave ...

In my role as Head of HEFi Digital for the College of Arts and Law I provide expert guidance on all elements of digital education across the College’s programme portfolio and consultative advice across the University.

My team and I work closely with academic and professional services colleagues across the college, championing and supporting the use of the core institutional digital tools ...

I am a teacher, teacher developer and author. As a member of the Educational Development team, I am responsible for the Introduction to Learning and Teaching Programme for postgraduates who teach and the Introduction to Academic Practice course for Doctoral Researchers. I am also a facilitator and cohort lead on the PGCHE. My background is in Applied Linguistics and I started at the University in ...

Ian currently works as a Senior Digital Education Developer for HEFI based in the College of Social Sciences. He supports academic and professional services staff by providing pedagogical and technical support in the design and delivery of learning programmes using learning technologies.

Gemma joined the team in 2022 after spending 9 years in the Further Education sector as both a teacher and quality assurer for FE and apprenticeship programs. As well as having 13 years of experience in education overall and holding QTS (qualified teacher status). Having experience in leading the development of end-user environments in LMS, Microsoft and Google classrooms, and e-portfolio systems ...

Luke joined the Medical and Dental Sciences HEFi Digital Team at the University of Birmingham in 2018. As part of his responsibilities, Luke is responsible for implementing continuous professional development within the College of Medical and Dental Sciences. He also supports academics with a variety of digital tools, including a Virtual Learning Environment, Online Portfolio Tool, and Lecture ...

I support academics in the College of Arts and Law in designing programmes and modules for online learning, with a focus on designing for student engagement and inclusivity.