SEDA Series
About the Book Series
Written by experienced and well-known practitioners and published in association with the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA), each book in the series contributes to the development of learning, teaching and training and assists in the professional development of staff. The books present new ideas for learning development and facilitate the exchange of information and good practice.
Creative Approaches to Personal Tutoring and Academic Advising: A Practical Guide of Methods, Activities, and Curriculum Design
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By Sue Beckingham, Wendy Garnham
December 01, 2025
This innovative book offers a creative overview of personal tutoring and academic advising in higher education. It responds to the growing need for student support that is more inclusive, supportive, and focused on the whole student, rather than just their academic progress. Offering a fresh ...
Outdoor Learning in Higher Education: Educating Beyond the Seminar Room
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By Wendy Garnham, Paolo Oprandi
August 15, 2024
Outdoor Learning in Higher Education is essential reading for educational developers and academic teachers of all disciplines interested in the theory behind, and benefits of, learning outdoors. Filled with practical case studies and backed by recent research, it provides educators with the tools ...
The Artistry of Teaching in Higher Education: Practical Ideas for Developing Creative Academic Practice
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By Helen King
August 13, 2024
Introducing a fresh approach to conceptualising and actioning high-quality teaching in higher education, this essential volume fills a gap in current literature by expanding beyond the mere ‘delivery’ of teaching. Instead, it offers an evidence-based discussion of ‘artistry’ and demonstrates how ...
Student Agency and Engagement: Transforming Assessment and Feedback in Higher Education
1st Edition
By Tansy Jessop
October 02, 2023
This book offers fresh perspectives on the challenges of assessment and feedback in higher education. A must-read for university leaders, academics, and educational developers, it asks ‘what if’ questions to unlock some of the systemic problems of assessment and feedback. It shifts the debate to ...
Advancing Student Engagement in Higher Education: Reflection, Critique and Challenge
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By Tom Lowe
May 12, 2023
Providing a selection of critical pieces on the key challenges and debates in student engagement in higher education, this edited collection of sector-leading, scholarly-informed critical reflections is designed to consider and build upon what can be done to advance student engagement. By ...
Supporting Course and Programme Leaders in Higher Education: Practical Wisdom for Leaders, Educational Developers and Programme Leaders
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By Jenny Lawrence, Sue Morón-García, Rowena Senior
March 31, 2022
Offering research- and evidence-based approaches that explore the essential components of programme leadership in higher education, this book is designed to define, develop and support the programme leadership role and all those who undertake it. The book is split into three parts, taking into ...
Developing Expertise for Teaching in Higher Education: Practical Ideas for Professional Learning and Development
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By Helen King
March 22, 2022
This book provides a contemporary view of the characteristics of expertise for teaching in higher education, based on the strong foundation of research into expertise, and empirical and practical knowledge of the development of teaching in higher education. Taking key themes related to the ...
A Handbook for Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theory into Practice
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By Tom Lowe, Yassein El Hakim
April 30, 2020
Drawing on scholarship as well as established practice, A Handbook for Student Engagement in Higher Education is a sector-leading volume that unpacks the concept of student engagement. It provides ideas and examples alongside compelling theory- and research-based evidence to offer a thorough and ...
Delivering Educational Change in Higher Education: A Transformative Approach for Leaders and Practitioners
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By Jackie Potter, Cristina Devecchi
February 13, 2020
Presenting leadership of educational change in higher education as a dynamic, collaborative, and evolving area, Delivering Educational Change in Higher Education provides rich examples of how new ways of working are being adopted and adapted. It brings together leaders and practitioners, as authors...
Developing Intercultural Practice: Academic Development in a Multicultural and Globalizing World
1st Edition
By David Killick
September 05, 2017
Intercultural higher education has the potential to enable diverse students in diverse contexts to lead lives they have reason to value in a multicultural and globalizing world. The internationalization of higher education has become a significant site of change, driven by, and contributing to, ...
Enabling Student Learning: Systems and Strategies
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By Sally Brown, Gina Wisker
January 04, 2017
This text explores a range of strategies, both institutional and individual, which have been developed by academic and support staff, to foster the kind of atmosphere, facilities and attitudes in relation to learning which support systems....
Advancing Practice in Academic Development
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By David Baume, Celia Popovic
January 20, 2016
Within the field of academic development, the last twenty years have seen a great expansion of published research into practice and the further development of theoretical approaches. This growth in the scholarship of academic development matches a growth in the scholarship of teaching and learning....