Hayley Whitefoot

Profile

My role involves looking after a range of university-wide Digital Education Systems, supporting teaching staff to use appropriate digital technologies for their teaching and assessment and to share their practice.

In my role as a Senior Learning Technologist in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences in (2017-2024), I supported over 500 faculty staff  to provide technical and pedagogical advice and leading innovative digital education pilots.  I co-led a team of Faculty Learning Technologists to support staff with creating effective student learning journeys and ran a range of faculty projects, Special Interest Groups and events. I have helped foster a dynamic, diverse and inclusive peer-learning culture via the faculty’s Teaching And Learning Enhancement NeTwork, TALENT.  As a leading member of TALENT, I ran practice-sharing events and workshops which brought together over 150 academics in a dynamic community of practice.   

I recently completed the Aurora Leadership course and won the University Teaching Award 2023 for Sustained Excellence in 2023.

Qualifications

• BA (Hons) Linguistics, Newcastle University
• Certificate for English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA), Hyland Language Centre, Madrid

Professional memberships

• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)