Nicky Reid

National Teaching Fellow 2012 In her relatively short time at Roehampton, Nicky Reid has had a major influence on many aspects of her specialist area and on the colleagues who work alongside her; from instigating change through her work on delivering and teaching personal finance education, to introducing exciting new technologies which have benefited both staff and students. Nicky is particularly imaginative in her use of resources and new technologies. She believes that emerging technologies in the area of social collaborative networking (Wikis, blogs, podcasts and video podcasts) provide a host of learning opportunities for students both on and off campus. Combining face-to-face classroom-based learning with online collaborative learning provides a truly personalised student learning environment which is accessible at any time. Reciprocally, she has listened to and learned from her own students. When they suggested a dedicated student money page on Facebook, it led her to develop a project which explores why and how students are choosing to learn with social media and how the academic community should respond. Nicky's philosophy is to foster the development of a learning environment for all her students where they feel supported and safe, enabling them to encourage each as they build their own learning community. Nicky said: "I see my role and input as providing a scaffold for students to develop their own thinking, enabling them to move on to the next stage of their lives." Nicky is always in great demand, both within her own institution, where she runs university-wide workshops as well as individual and tailor-made sessions for staff and students, and nationally, giving presentations to colleagues at major conferences and events across the UK. Colleagues and students are also highly supportive of Nicky's work. A former student said: "Nicky Reid is the most awesome member of staff at Roehampton. She is the reason I stayed and its as simple as that!"