Table Of ContentCulture, Change and Community in
Higher Education
Addressing the contemporary issues relating to the delivery of education,
Culture, Change and Community in Higher Education explores the chal-
lenges of creating effective learning communities.
Focusing on the creation and implementation of strategies which
permeate and influence culture and enable staff to innovate, this book:
(cid:129) considers the balance between a focus on people, places, pedagogy
and technology
(cid:129) encourages the reader to explore the steps that can be taken to inspire
creativity, collaboration and connectivity through the provision of
learning environments which are both accessible and engaging
(cid:129) employs case studies and examples to consider ways to support the
creation of an effective and inclusive learning community
(cid:129) offersbothstrategicandoperationalperspectivesintocreatinglearning
spacesandevokingeffectivechange
Culture, Change and Community in Higher Education offers insight into
a topic that is becoming ever more important with the implementation
of the Teaching Excellence Framework. It is a must-read for Higher
Education managers looking to implement effective and inclusive learning
environments within their university.
Dawne J. Gurbutt is Professor of Collaborative Education at the
University of Central Lancashire, UK.
Rachel M. Cragg is Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Central
Lancashire, UK.
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Culture, Change and
Community in Higher
Education
Building, Evolving and Re-Building
Learning Environments
Edited by Dawne J. Gurbutt and
Rachel M. Cragg
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Contents
Abouttheauthors vii
1 Introduction:thecontextofhighereducationintheUK 1
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2 Collaborativeeducation 10
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3 Creativity,communityandcurriculum 23
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4 Transformativelearning:casestudies 33
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5 Learningindifferentcontexts:thecasefor
socially-immersivelearning 49
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6 Continuityandchange 58
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7 Acommunitywithinacommunity 69
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8 Communitiesofpracticeandcontinuingprofessional
developmentfortherealworld 76
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9 Conclusions 84
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Index 87
About the authors
Rachel M. Cragg
Pro Vice-Chancellor – Academic Development
Rachel joined UCLan as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Development)
in 2017. She is responsible for the ongoing development of UCLan’s
teaching and learning strategy, ensuring an outstanding student experience
in a modern learning environment.
Rachel works closely with senior colleagues at UCLan to help shape,
developanddeliverUCLan’sstrategicaims,deliveryplansandkeyobject-
ivesandtoensurethesmoothday-to-dayrunningoftheuniversity.
Prior to joining UCLan, Rachel worked with the Open University,
where she held the position of Director of Strategy, Planning and
Resources. She had strategic responsibility for the student experience
programme and enhancing student employability and career progression.
Aswellasher experiencewithinhighereducation,Rachelhasdelivered
major change projects in other sectors. In her role as Head of Curriculum
Design and Development for the police service, Rachel managed the
redevelopment of the national police curriculum and led the work to
develop the world’s first professional body for policing, the College of
Policing,onsecondmenttotheHomeOffice.
Rachel brings invaluable leadership skills and experience in large-scale
change to the executive team and is strongly committed to UCLan values
and its mission. Together with senior colleagues, Rachel works in partner-
ship with students to pursue excellence in teaching and the student
experience.
Rachel has degrees and qualifications from Durham University, Oxford
University, South Bank University and the University of Bradford.
viii Abouttheauthors
Dawne J. Gurbutt
Professor of Collaborative Education, University of Central Lancashire;
Principal Fellow
Dawne is an experienced practitioner and academic with a background in
public health and has worked in areas of social deprivation across the
North of England working directly with families and communities. An
experienced academic, she holds qualifications in a range of discipline
areas including health, education, literature and the social sciences and
has managed a wide range of provision in different HE settings. This
experience has led to a keen interest in collaborative practice and educa-
tion. She has been involved in mentoring and coaching for many years
and has published and presented in this area including international
workshops.
Dawne has held strategic roles including working across the four
nations of the UK as Discipline Lead for Health in the Higher Education
Academy, UK. Her role in the HEA included commissioning, designing,
managing and delivering projects and programmes on pedagogy, public
involvement, creativity in teaching and learning and she led on national
initiatives in health. She also worked with institutional teams as
a facilitator with the Change Academy. Whilst at the HEA she led on
initiatives to increase collaboration across disciplines and to explore
innovative ways of working to support a wider notion of ‘collaborative
learning’ and to cross-fertilise learning techniques and tools across
disciplines. She represented the HEA on national forums on simulation
in HE and creativity in the curriculum involving work with flipped
classroom approaches, technology-enhanced learning and working on
virtual reality resources with colleagues in Canada.
She is Professor of Collaborative Education at the University of
CentralLancashire,anHonoraryFellowoftheCentrefortheAdvancement
of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE) and a member of the CAIPE
Board where she co-leads the learning and teaching group. Dawne is
a governor at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust and
a former staff member of the Board at UCLan. She is Deputy Director of
theTeachingExcellenceAlliance.
Russell Gurbutt
Professorof Nursing, University of Bolton
Following a successful career in the Royal Navy, which included being
promoted to Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth where he
became the Senior Sub Lieutenant (General List Executive Branch).
Abouttheauthors ix
Russell was awarded a ceremonial sword. Service experience included
the Hong Kong Squadron, the Armilla Patrol (Arabian Gulf), as well as
Middle, Far East (China Sea) and African deployments. During 1982 he
served on a frigate in the Falkland war as a watch-keeping officer and
navigator. War experience included convoy escort, naval gunfire support
(bombardments) and battle group screen defence. Awarded the South
Atlantic Medal with rosette, the experience of the RN provided leader-
ship and management development across a range of scenarios.
Having left the Royal Navy (1982) Russell had involvement with
managing a business in Colorado, USA (retail and IT sector) prior to
a year spent undertaking pastoral education in the UK. He entered
service in the NHS in mental health, subsequently qualified as a general
nurse (1988 – distinction) and undertook a series of staffing posts. Pro-
motion to ward manager followed, managing a series of clinical services
(acute medicine, elderly medicine, day surgery, outpatient services)
including the commissioning of departments in a new hospital. That rich
period of professional practice subsequently provided the background
for texts about management as well as extending the breadth of manage-
ment and leadership experience.
Higher education work (since 1997) included course leadership, PhD
studies (decision making) and post-doctoral work in Canada (2006/2013).
Russell has held posts at UCLan, the Open University and University of
Leeds (where he held a teaching fellowship). He has operated
a healthcare consultancy (Scottish Charities) and also worked as a quality
manager for a national charity. He is currently Professor of Nursing at the
University of Bolton where he leads a Centre for Excellence in Learning
and Teaching for Health.
Brian Smith
National Teaching Fellow; Principal Fellow
An award-winning, energetic and highly motivated individual with
a strong track record of leading enhanced learning in vocational, further
and higher education settings at senior level. Brian graduated from Lan-
caster University with a bachelor’s degree in Organisation and Manage-
ment Studies in 2004, and went on to earn a PGCE, and in 2008
completed a Master’s in e-Learning Education at Edge Hill University.
His PhD studies extends his digital education work into understanding
learner behaviour and ontological needs in the learning space.
In 2012, he was awarded the prestigious Higher Education Academy
National Teaching Fellow for excellence in developing and delivering
high quality on-line and distance learning; recognising his success of
