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Courageous and compassionate teaching: International reflections on our responses to teaching geography during the pandemic (2023)
Journal Article
Dyer, S., Hill, J., Walkington, H., Couper, P., McMorran, C., Oates, Y., …West, H. (in press). Courageous and compassionate teaching: International reflections on our responses to teaching geography during the pandemic. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2023.2266999

This paper reflects on what we learnt about teaching geography during the COVID-19 pandemic. We interrogate how we, as geography educators working in different contexts, navigated the novel teaching spaces created during the pandemic using two key re... Read More about Courageous and compassionate teaching: International reflections on our responses to teaching geography during the pandemic.

Pandemic pedagogies: Reflecting on online learning using the community of inquiry framework (2023)
Journal Article
West, H., Hill, J., Abzhaparova, A., Cox, W., & Alexander, A. (in press). Pandemic pedagogies: Reflecting on online learning using the community of inquiry framework. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2023.2190962

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in profound disruption to geography higher education. A pivot to online teaching required staff to rapidly adapt their practices to novel digital spaces. Whilst many studies have reported the different pedagogic approac... Read More about Pandemic pedagogies: Reflecting on online learning using the community of inquiry framework.

The benefits and challenges of online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for future blended learning (2023)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Hill, J., Abzhaparova, A., Cox, W., & Alexander, A. (2023, February). The benefits and challenges of online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for future blended learning. Presented at Geographies of Blended Learning Conference, Cardiff, Wales

The online pivot caused by the COVID-19 pandemic required many staff to adapt their practices to digital learning environments. Whilst studies have reported the different approaches adopted, fewer have evaluated the resultant learning experience. In... Read More about The benefits and challenges of online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for future blended learning.

Reflecting on the benefits and challenges of online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Hill, J., Abzhaparova, A., Cox, W., & Alexander, A. (2022, August). Reflecting on the benefits and challenges of online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, Newcastle

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in profound disruption to geography higher education. A pivot to online teaching required staff to rapidly adapt their practices to novel learning environments and digital spaces. Whilst many studies have reported the d... Read More about Reflecting on the benefits and challenges of online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Positioning relational feed-forward as a caring pedagogy to enhance students’ affective responses to assessment (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2022, August). Positioning relational feed-forward as a caring pedagogy to enhance students’ affective responses to assessment. Presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference (RGS-IBG Annual International Conference), Newcastle

Receiving assessment feedback is inherently emotional for students. As such, instructors need to consider how to manage students’ responses to feedback so that they feel capable of improving their work and maintaining their wellbeing. In this present... Read More about Positioning relational feed-forward as a caring pedagogy to enhance students’ affective responses to assessment.

How to thrive when studying online (2022)
Journal Article
Cox, W., Alexander, A., West, H., Abzhaparova, A., & Hill, J. (2023). How to thrive when studying online. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 47(3), 502-511. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2022.2087214

The Covid-19 pandemic led to significant changes in higher education institutions, with a rapid pivot from on-campus to online teaching and learning. The move to predominantly online teaching resulted in a very different learning experience for many... Read More about How to thrive when studying online.

Dialogic feed forward in assessment: Pivotal to learning but not unproblematic (2022)
Journal Article
Hill, J., & West, H. (2022). Dialogic feed forward in assessment: Pivotal to learning but not unproblematic. Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 10, https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.10.20

A key debate in higher education is how assessment and feedback can be constructed to maximize opportunities for meaningful student learning. In this paper, we explore how a learning-focused model of feedback, teacher-student dialogic feed-forward, i... Read More about Dialogic feed forward in assessment: Pivotal to learning but not unproblematic.

Formalising the relationship between Geography Education & Geographies of Education as GeogEd (2021)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Hill, J., Finn, M., Healey, R., Marvell, A., & Tebbett, N. (2021, September). Formalising the relationship between Geography Education & Geographies of Education as GeogEd. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, Online

In 2019, the Higher Education Research Group (HERG) formally became the Geography and Education Research Group (GeogEd). What may appear as a simple change in name masks a renewed understanding of the synergies between geography education (at all lev... Read More about Formalising the relationship between Geography Education & Geographies of Education as GeogEd.

The history of the higher education research group (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Healey, R., France, D., Hill, J., & West, H. (2021, September). The history of the higher education research group. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, Online

This paper sets the scene for the discussions that follow by evidencing and reflecting upon the history of the Higher Education Research Group. We report on the purpose of the Group when it was established in the late 1970s as the Higher Education Le... Read More about The history of the higher education research group.

Creating pivotal moments in undergraduate learning through assessment dialogue (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2021, September). Creating pivotal moments in undergraduate learning through assessment dialogue. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, Online

A key debate in higher education is how assessment and feedback can be constructed to maximize opportunities for meaningful student learning. In this paper, we explore how a learning-focused model of feedback, teacher-student dialogic feed-forward, i... Read More about Creating pivotal moments in undergraduate learning through assessment dialogue.

The history of the Higher Education Research Group of the UK Royal Geographical Society: The changing status and focus of geography education in the academy (2020)
Journal Article
Healey, R. L., France, D., Hill, J., & West, H. (2022). The history of the Higher Education Research Group of the UK Royal Geographical Society: The changing status and focus of geography education in the academy. Area, 54(1), 6-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12685

The opening paper in our special section sets the scene for the discussions that follow by evidencing and reflecting on the history of the Higher Education Research Group. We report on the purpose of the Group when it was established in the late 1970... Read More about The history of the Higher Education Research Group of the UK Royal Geographical Society: The changing status and focus of geography education in the academy.

GeogEd: A new research group founded on the reciprocal relationship between geography education and the geographies of education (2020)
Journal Article
West, H., Hill, J., Finn, M., Healey, R. L., Marvell, A., & Tebbett, N. (2022). GeogEd: A new research group founded on the reciprocal relationship between geography education and the geographies of education. Area, 54(1), 24-32. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12661

In 2019, the Higher Education Research Group (HERG) formally became the Geography and Education Research Group (GeogEd). What may appear as a simple change in name masks a renewed understanding of the synergies between geography education (at all le... Read More about GeogEd: A new research group founded on the reciprocal relationship between geography education and the geographies of education.

Reconceptualising Assessment and Feedback to Promote Student Wellbeing (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2019, December). Reconceptualising Assessment and Feedback to Promote Student Wellbeing. Paper presented at Society for Research into Higher Education Annual Conference, Celtic Manor, Wales

We present results from a three-year qualitative enquiry, exploring changing student emotions and learning behaviours linked to a student-teacher dialogic assessment approach implemented in a second year undergraduate course at a large teaching-orien... Read More about Reconceptualising Assessment and Feedback to Promote Student Wellbeing.

Borderland Spaces of Partnership: Encountering Emotion in Learning and Enhancing Student Wellbeing (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., Healey, R., West, H., & Dery, C. (2019, October). Borderland Spaces of Partnership: Encountering Emotion in Learning and Enhancing Student Wellbeing. Paper presented at International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

In the context of rising student wellbeing challenges, supporting students and their emotions in learning is increasingly significant. Pedagogic partnerships have the potential to help students work with their emotions in their learning in a positive... Read More about Borderland Spaces of Partnership: Encountering Emotion in Learning and Enhancing Student Wellbeing.

Pedagogic partnership in higher education: encountering emotion in learning and enhancing student wellbeing (2019)
Journal Article
Hill, J., Healey, R. L., West, H., & Déry, C. (2021). Pedagogic partnership in higher education: encountering emotion in learning and enhancing student wellbeing. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 45(2), 167-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2019.1661366

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Despite emotion being recognized as fundamental to learning, the affective aspects of learning have often been side-lined in higher education. In the context of rising student we... Read More about Pedagogic partnership in higher education: encountering emotion in learning and enhancing student wellbeing.

Age and development of active cryoplanation terraces in the alpine permafrost zone at Svartkampan, Jotunheimen, southern Norway (2019)
Journal Article
Matthews, J. A., Wilson, P., Winkler, S., Mourne, R. W., Hill, J. L., Owen, G., …Geary, A. P. (2019). Age and development of active cryoplanation terraces in the alpine permafrost zone at Svartkampan, Jotunheimen, southern Norway. Quaternary Research, 92(3), 641-664. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2019.41

Schmidt-hammer exposure-age dating (SHD) of boulders on cryoplanation terrace treads and associated bedrock cliff faces revealed Holocene ages ranging from 0 ± 825 to 8890 ± 1185 yr. The cliffs were significantly younger than the inner treads, which... Read More about Age and development of active cryoplanation terraces in the alpine permafrost zone at Svartkampan, Jotunheimen, southern Norway.

Student-Faculty Partnership in Assessment: Encountering Emotion and Enhancing Wellbeing in Students (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2019, August). Student-Faculty Partnership in Assessment: Encountering Emotion and Enhancing Wellbeing in Students. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, London, United Kingdom

In the context of increasing wellbeing challenges for students in higher education, we argue that pedagogic partnership has the potential to help students recognise and work positively with their emotions. We present a case study exploring changing s... Read More about Student-Faculty Partnership in Assessment: Encountering Emotion and Enhancing Wellbeing in Students.

Degree outcomes and national calibration: Debating academic standards in UK Geography (2019)
Journal Article
Wyse, S., Page, B., Walkington, H., & Hill, J. (2020). Degree outcomes and national calibration: Debating academic standards in UK Geography. Area, 52(2), 376-385. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12571

The information, practices and views in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). © 2019 Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). In... Read More about Degree outcomes and national calibration: Debating academic standards in UK Geography.

Writing a successful essay (2019)
Journal Article
West, H., Malcolm, G., Keywood, S., & Hill, J. (2019). Writing a successful essay. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 43(4), 609-617. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2019.1655720

Essay writing is a fundamental skill for many students, in geography as well as other disciplines. Being able to write a successful essay is important academically, but the transferable skills and attributes you develop are equally as important for p... Read More about Writing a successful essay.

Reconceptualising assessment to promote student learning, resilience and wellbeing (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., Keywood, S., Malcolm, G., & West, H. (2019, July). Reconceptualising assessment to promote student learning, resilience and wellbeing. Paper presented at AdvanceHE Annual Conference, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK

In this workshop we present results from a longitudinal mixed methods study which evidences that dialogic feed-forward assessment asserts a positive influence on the undergraduate student experience in a number of inter-related cognitive and affectiv... Read More about Reconceptualising assessment to promote student learning, resilience and wellbeing.