Academic receives teaching fellowship

Dr Anita Walsh received her National Teaching Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy last night, in a ceremony at Middle Temple Hall in London. The award is one of fifty given to lecturers and learning support staff from institutions across England and Northern Ireland.

Anita, a senior lecturer in work based learning, has been at Birkbeck since 2005. Since joining, Anita has developed an innovative model of work-based learning which is experience-based, and which introduces learners to generic academic skills while allowing them to use workplace activities as the focus for their academic study. Anita is Director of the Institute of Professional Studies at Birkbeck, and she is also Associate Director of the Learning from Experience Trust (LET), an educational charity committed to the recognition of informal learning.

The £10,000 award may be used for Fellows’ professional development in teaching and learning.

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