Flipping Failure: A case study on building resilience and confidence through 'Failureship Strategies' in theory and practiceat the University of Salford

This paper presents the Flipping Failure project, which aims to challenge the negative perception of failure and promote its benefits for building resilience, insight, and action. The project involved students and staff who participated in failure-focused events that explored different aspects of failure in various contexts. We discuss the theory and practice of flipping failure to present it more positively and provide a practical toolkit with resources to help others adopt failure as a transferable skill-set. In sharing the outcomes and insights of the project, and its further development at The Festival of Learning and Teaching, we suggest ways to enhance and extend this work in the future

Flipping Failure: A case study on building resilience and confidence through 'Failureship Strategies' in theory and practice at the University of Salford.

This paper presents the Flipping Failure project, which aims to challenge the negative perception of failure and promote its benefits for building resilience, insight, and action. The project involved students and staff who participated in failure-focused events that explored different aspects of failure in various contexts. We discuss the theory and practice of flipping failure to present it more positively and provide a practical toolkit with resources to help others adopt failure as a transferable skill-set. In sharing the outcomes and insights of the project, and its further development at The Festival of Learning and Teaching, we suggest ways to enhance and extend this work in the future

Digital Skills Development : Effective digital profiles for researchers

We are living in a digital era where the majority of people spend a vast amount of time on social media. So as academics it is important that we access this digital world and use it to our advantage. Social media is a key aspect of science communication as it allows us to access a large audience from a variety of different backgrounds. By posting and sharing our research on social media we have the potential to impact not just the academic community but also the general public. Your digital presence will help you to form collaborations with other academics, access a wider audience to disseminate your research and help you to enhance your career, so what are you waiting for!This guide has been put together for academics and postgraduate students to help you into becoming a successful social media academic. This guide will help you to launch and develop your digital presence to both academic and lay digital audiences. This guide is split into seven sections designed to help you into becoming an effective social media academic:Why bother doing digital?Digital as part of the everyday/Making time for digitalMaximising digital impact/footprint and personal brandWhat to share and not to shareManaging risks and conflict and practising effective digital behavioursWhere to begin…What tools?Additional resourcesThe eBook is designed to direct you to useful information and resources to help you get started. The contents have been carefully curated by a team of academics, researcher developers and consultants. Regular prompts and exercises are provided to encourage you to test, try and think further about your digital development journey. Information about the contributors can be found at the back of the book.Aims of this eBook:Specifically focus on Digital Skills Development, useful links and toolsProvide detailed information about the training and development resources availableDesigned to help plan your attendance and participation in appropriate trainingUsed alongside Meetings and Development Plans to identify development opportunitiesSupport decision making and work in areas of research impact and professional career developmentEncourages reflection and self-evaluation throughout the development processSign-posts to useful resources, tools, tips and techniquesPromotes goal setting, the development confidence and capabilit

Digital Skills Development : Effective digital profiles for researchers

We are living in a digital era where the majority of people spend a vast amount of time on social media. So as academics it is important that we access this digital world and use it to our advantage. Social media is a key aspect of science communication as it allows us to access a large audience from a variety of different backgrounds. By posting and sharing our research on social media we have the potential to impact not just the academic community but also the general public. Your digital presence will help you to form collaborations with other academics, access a wider audience to disseminate your research and help you to enhance your career, so what are you waiting for!This guide has been put together for academics and postgraduate students to help you into becoming a successful social media academic. This guide will help you to launch and develop your digital presence to both academic and lay digital audiences. This guide is split into seven sections designed to help you into becoming an effective social media academic:Why bother doing digital?Digital as part of the everyday/Making time for digitalMaximising digital impact/footprint and personal brandWhat to share and not to shareManaging risks and conflict and practising effective digital behavioursWhere to begin…What tools?Additional resourcesThe eBook is designed to direct you to useful information and resources to help you get started. The contents have been carefully curated by a team of academics, researcher developers and consultants. Regular prompts and exercises are provided to encourage you to test, try and think further about your digital development journey. Information about the contributors can be found at the back of the book.Aims of this eBook:Specifically focus on Digital Skills Development, useful links and toolsProvide detailed information about the training and development resources availableDesigned to help plan your attendance and participation in appropriate trainingUsed alongside Meetings and Development Plans to identify development opportunitiesSupport decision making and work in areas of research impact and professional career developmentEncourages reflection and self-evaluation throughout the development processSign-posts to useful resources, tools, tips and techniquesPromotes goal setting, the development confidence and capabilit

LTEC Post-Festival Publication: Developing Authentic Practitioners “practice”, “identity”, “community”.

Our post-festival special edition publication is a collection of papers and audio poster from the University of Salford’s Learning and Teaching Festival 2023. The festival brought together Salford’s learning and teaching community with over 130 individuals in attendance. The two-day event had a schedule packed with activity which embraced our theme of “developing authentic practitioners”. At Salford we talk about “practitioner” using terms such as effective, sustained, attested and strategic leading within our career framework. At the festival we explored this in the context of authentic “practice”, “identity”, and “community” which under pinned our historic institutional initiative “Enabling Student Success” launched in Spring 2020.Common threads throughout the papers and posters selected for this special edition are the value of integrated learning to develop confidence to promote professional values within respective disciplines. Developing rapport with all stakeholders was identified as a second theme which under pinned professional identity providing the grounding for life-wide learning. Authentic practice was woven throughout our special edition expressed through the many examples of inclusive approaches to learning which contributed to the wellbeing of staff and students. Our final theme of authenticity was brought to the forefront through digital capacity and currency which enhanced learning, value and reach as a creative form of intellectual inquiry

Reaching Out and Shouting Loud: Capturing best practice in learning and teaching scholarly practice at The University of Salford. Innovative Practice in Higher Education.

This paper presents a panoramic view of the Institution's engagement with learning, teaching, and scholarly activities, shedding light on the critical mass of knowledge and initiatives that define contributions to the field of pedagogy. Findings reveal a focus on practice-based learning, predominantly within Health and Society disciplines, reflecting Salford University’s commitment to enhancing student outcomes/experiences. The thematic analysis identifies primary themes, including L&T(Learning and Teaching) Practice, Learning Technologies, and Student Experience, aligned with the scholarship of L&T. Additionally, themes such as Inclusive Practice, Non-traditional/Alternative Teaching Approaches, and Knowledge Transfer signify the institution's dedication to collaboration and broader perspectives. A holistic approach to growth within pedagogical innovation and contribution to knowledge within higher education related to digitally enabled, societally focused, and inclusive learning communities is presented. While acknowledging limitations, we emphasise the significance of sharing and celebrating L&T outputs. As higher education evolves, collective efforts to transform pedagogy remain essential

Games, Gambling and Generation Z: Disruptive approaches to awareness of gambling harms - A practical guide to implementation

Game On was a project that aimed to increase awareness and evaluate the impacts of gambling for communities in Salford, specifically for 16-21-year-olds who are identified as being at risk. The normalisation of gambling is leading to an increasing frequency of young people gambling weekly, particularly among young men. The rationale for targeting this age range is associated with the vulnerability of young people to mismanage their first independent income/grant/loan, an area of rising concern.This project used research-based interventions to disrupt the normalisation of gambling for young people, and this culminated in an event in July 2022 to test our learning and interventions with young people.We recognise that the gambling industry has resources and access to commission a significant range of multidisciplinary methodologies to make their products attractive to individuals .As such, we have built a group of researchers from diverse backgrounds to research, understand and analyse gambling harms and anti-gambling resources available to our young people. These researchers use interdisciplinary methods to carry out research with the aim to have a clear understanding of the gambling harms in Greater Manchester. Many of the methodologies used in this research have foundations in academic research, so this is why we have worked with the University of Salford to utilise these multidisciplinary approaches to create disruptive tools and approaches to challenge the gambling industry’s narratives and counter normalisation of gambling. This is especially needed as Salford experiences extreme levels of deprivation, which has been compounded by COVID-19 and the impact of the cost of living crisis