Dr Sally Alsford

Sally Alsford is a Senior Lecturer in Teaching and Learning, and is responsible for cross-university initiatives and coordination in the area of new arrivals, transition and retention where she has led on a range of pilot and other projects, and on the development of new policy. Her research interests lie in this field, together with that of student engagement.

Sally has a particular interest in student experience and in working in partnership with students and is responsible for the Educational Development Unit (EDU) student forum which she founded in September 2010.

Sally has extensive teaching, supervision and curriculum-development experience from her time in Humanities & Social Sciences where she was programme leader for the theology/religion and humanities degrees, and she is now teaching on the PGCert in Higher Education.

In addition to the above, her role in the university also includes being a critical friend to the School of Education and personal tutoring development.