Jayne Mothersdale

Jayne is a University Teacher Fellow, with 29 years in Higher Education. She is a highly creative early adopter of new technologies and approaches, with a history of innovation in flexible learning and curriculum design and delivery. Jayne believes in experiential, immersive and reflective learning as a way of developing critical thinking and responsible practitioners. Her curriculum, which is often co-created in partnership with employers and/or her students, provides the stage for this to happen. In the early 1990s, Jayne developed and widely disseminated a negotiated work-based learning contract and framework which recognised and enabled the accreditation of learning in the workplace. Since then, she has developed several innovative, open and bespoke courses and frameworks which guide a range of flexible delivery modes, pathways and pedagogies including blended and online learning. In recognition of her contributions to innovative teaching, Jayne has appeared in 'Whos Who in the World, 1994', gained 'Outstanding University Teacher Fellow of the Year', and has been awarded European funding allocations for research into part-time learning and work-based learning. Impact of Work Jayne has profoundly enhanced the student experience both in terms of the module and course level learning experience itself, and the university experience as a whole. Her development, application and integration of work-based learning, online and blended education has influenced strategy and policy within her university and at national and international levels. Among her fellow practitioners Jayne has influenced understanding and practise of appropriate, and often innovative, pedagogy and learning and teaching strategies through individual council, mentoring and the development of engaging workshops and training sessions. Plans for the Future In merging concepts from work-based learning and blended learning, Jayne is currently exploring her concept of employer-engaged blended learning as a way of integrating more work-relevant curricula and experiences into the Business undergraduate curriculum. From her doctoral study and reflective practice, she believes that we need more shared understanding, integrated thinking and widespread collaboration in our curriculum design, development and delivery. She has learnt that developing excellence is more successful when people work together €œ which includes working with people inside the university, as well as outside. She has termed this concept 'Curriculum Partnerships'.  'Partnership' and 'Dialogue' are also two of the Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME). Jayne is looking to champion the implementation of these principles and her concept of Curriculum Partnerships within Business School curricula and practice.