Ed White

Ed White

Job Title

Teaching and Learning Evaluation and Impact Officer

Contact

Email: edward.j.white@reading.ac.uk
Telephone: 0118 378 6748
Usual Working Hours:  M-F | 8-4
Location: Blandford Lodge 115

Responsibilities

My role is to support the development, enhancement and implementation of processes for evaluating teaching and learning initiatives. My work also involves assessing the impact initiatives have on students’ academic experience and the quality of their education. My responsibilities include:

  • Developing an understanding of practice, in the University and across the sector, in relation to evaluating teaching and learning initiatives and assessing impact.
  • Contributing to the review of the University’s policies and procedures to embed evaluation and assessment of impact within the University’s quality management processes.
  • Gathering evidence of the impact of teaching and learning initiatives and supporting their evaluation.
  •  Contributing to the University’s preparations for the subject-level Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
  • Working with colleagues to communicate the impact of teaching and learning activities and initiatives across the institution.

Background

After graduating from the University of Reading in 2017 I was elected as Education Officer and Director of Reading University Students’ Union (RUSU) for 2017/18. I was an active member of senior teaching and learning committees, project boards and working groups across the institution and ensured the student voice was at the heart of any proposed change or policy decision. I also worked to complete a manifesto which focused on improving the lived academic experience of students at the University.

Areas of Interest

In addition to my work surrounding evaluation and impact I’m particularly interested in:

  • Student engagement
  • The student experience (both academically and more broadly)
  • Quality enhancement

Qualifications and Awards

BSc (Hons) Human and Physical Geography with ERASMUS term abroad.

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

University Collaborative Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning 2020

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