Professor Paul Blackmore

National Teaching Fellow 2013 Professor Paul Blackmore joined King's College London in 2007 having worked previously at the University of Warwick and Coventry University. Paul teaches on a Masters in Academic Practice and a Masters in Clinical Education programme and is also a PhD supervisor. Paul's expertise is in strategic leadership and change in higher education, particularly in relation to curriculum innovation, and in the conceptualisation and exploration of professional expertise. He has recently directed a HEFCE-funded international study of curriculum change in research-intensive institutions. More than 25 institutions were visited worldwide, and this resulted in a report exploring key curriculum and organisational issues and making recommendations for institutions. A book drawing on the study Strategic Curriculum Change in Universities: Global Trends, written with Camille Kandiko, has been published by SRHE/Routledge. The book explores issues further and offers a number of case studies. Paul has also undertaken many other funded studies in recent years. Developing Capability in the University, funded by the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, explored the ways in which development is viewed and supported in UK universities. Other studies include a range of aspects of academic roles: the leadership of teaching, interdisciplinarity and academic prestige. As Director of King's Learning Institute (KLI), Paul has overall responsibility for the work of the institute. The institute undertakes teaching, research and consultancy in a range of aspects of higher education within King's, nationally and internationally. Within the College he has responsibility for the institutions learning and teaching strategy. Currently a major aspect of this is the implementation of curriculum transformation through the King's Experience Project, which is embedding five curriculum characteristics in the learning experience of all students and ensuring a high level of student engagement. A King's Experience Survey provides a means of exploring the nature of students engagement with their university learning experience. Paul has been a Convenor of the Standing Conference on Academic Practice since its inception in 1996 and is a member of the Governing Council of the Society for Research into Higher Education, as well as being involved in several other development networks.