We are pleased to announce that six Faculty colleagues have been appointed as Institute of Teaching and Learning (ITL) Fellows for 2025-27 to support the delivery of key projects and initiatives.

ITL Fellowships are two-year secondments for staff to work on a 0.2 or 0.4 FTE basis on a strategic priority area within teaching and learning. They will be supported by a paid student partner intern, a teaching and learning adviser and a small project fund, and are given strategic direction by a senior project sponsor in their area.

Dr Phil Drake, Senior Lecturer in Law (SoSS), has been appointed to support the Service Learning/Community-Engaged Learning project, with Jenn Hallam and Julian Skyrme as the senior project sponsors.

The colleagues appointed as Fellows to the Artificial Intelligence project are Dr Skye Zhao, Lecturer in Generative AI for Education (MIE, SEED), and Dr Mark Carrigan, Lecturer in Education (MIE, SEED). The senior project sponsors for this area are Jenn Hallam and Steve Pettifer.

Dr Cristina Masters, Lecturer in International Politics (SoSS), Professor Jennifer O'Brien, Lecturer in Geography (SEED), and Professor David Spendlove, Faculty Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning (SEED), will be joining the Teaching-Research Nexus project, with Jenn Hallam and Colette Fagan as the sponsors.

Fellows are tasked with delivering a sustainable change aligned with Manchester 2035 that provides a tangible benefit to our students within their project area.