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Professor Sue Robson

National Teaching Fellow 2013 Professor Sue Robson, Head of School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University. As well as her current role at Newcastle University, Professor Sue Robson is a member of the Research Centre for Learning and Teaching (CfLAT) and leads the Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (HE) Research Group. Her current research focuses on the internationalisation of HE and the implications for teaching, learning and the student experience.
Year
2013
Institution
Newcastle University
Job Title
Head of School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences
National Teaching Fellow 2013 Professor Sue Robson, Head of School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University As well as her current role at Newcastle University, Professor Sue Robson is a member of the Research Centre for Learning and Teaching (CfLAT) and leads the Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (HE) Research Group. Her current research focuses on the internationalisation of HE and the implications for teaching, learning and the student experience. She convenes a Special Interest Group for the HEA focusing on internationalisation of the curriculum. She is co-principal investigator on an HEA benchmarking project on Promoting Teaching in HE. Sue is a member of Newcastle University's Internationalisation Executive Group. She teaches on postgraduate professional development (PPD) programmes in Education and supervises masters and doctoral research into innovative learning and teaching; the internationalisation of higher education; educational leadership and management. She led a team from CfLAT to develop and deliver the Grad Skills Programme for international students and the Equal Acclaim for Teaching Excellence (EquATE) research and development programme for university teachers. Sue is a member of the ESRC Peer Review College, the British Educational Research Association, the Society for Research into Higher Education and the European Educational Research Association Network 22 (Higher Education). She was a teaching champion for the HEAs Teaching International Students Project, and delivered a keynote at the project conference on Recognising, supporting and rewarding innovative teaching in the internationalised university (June 2011, University of Warwick). Sue is a visiting fellow, Community for Academic Practice and Research in Internationalisation of Higher Education, Leeds Metropolitan University. Sue's recent publications include: Robson, S. 2011 Internationalization: a transformative agenda for higher education? Teachers and Teaching, 17:6, 619-630 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13540602.2011.625116 Robson,S., Wall, K., and Lofthouse, R. 2013 Raising the profile of innovative teaching in Higher Education? Reflections on the EquATE project. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 25(1) ISSN 1812-9129.

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