In 2024 a group of academics from eight different universities who are passionate about scholarship including the scholarship of learning and teaching got together to create a website to bring together a useful resource that could be shared with other educators.
https://scholarshipspotlight.uk/
The Shining the Spotlight (SOS) project funded by the ANTF CIP fund, provides an inclusive web platform designed to support the scholarly development of teaching-focused academic staff. To ensure inclusivity and diversity, we recruited 2 student interns: a web designer and an accessibility officer who helped shape the website’s accessible design and ensure it promoted varied definitions and applications of scholarship in HE settings.
At the 2025 Association of National Teaching Fellow Symposium in June 2025 we presented this work. In this session we walked through the website, highlighting each section and explaining the resources such as, case studies, and networking opportunities, all centred to foster collaboration and enhance scholarship. By showcasing these resources and the team’s efforts, we demonstrated how the site could act as a central hub for academic staff to develop their scholarship in a meaningful and inclusive way.
The project members are: Earle Abrahamson, Sue Beckingham, Hannah Cobb, Rose Gann, Julie Hulme, Dawne Irving-Bell, Iain Wilson, Peter D’Sena, Emma Gillaspy, Susan Smith, (Martin Ozarek, Sukhada Nagpure, Paulina Milewska)
