Dr Adrian J. Wallbank
SFHEA
Principal Lecturer for Education and Student Experience

Role
I began working at Oxford Brookes in 2021 as an Educational Developer. I lead the General Teaching Assistants (GTA) course for doctoral students and associate lecturers/affiliates who teach, teach across the EXPLORE programme and I am SoTL lead for both the inclusion and assessment components of the Brookes IDEAS Inclusive Curriculum Development Model as well as acting as OCEAD Teaching and Learning Community Lead. A key focus of my work is assessment as, of and for learning, inclusion, inclusive pedagogies, transition pedagogies, writing to learn pedagogies, neurodiversity and staff development/academic practice.
Teaching and supervision
- General Teaching Assistants (GTA) course
- EXPLORE
Research
Research interests
- Assessment, especially academic writing
- Inclusive pedagogies, transition pedagogies and writing to learn pedagogies
- Neurodiversity (both staff and students)
- Academic practice and staff development
- The philosophy of Higher Education (with particular emphasis on neoliberalism, postmodernity and the impact of artificial intelligence on teaching, learning and assessment)
- Cognition
Publications
Further details
Academic qualifications
- PhD English Literature (University of Warwick, 2009).
- MA English Literature (University of York, 2003).
- BA (Hons) English (Staffordshire University, 2001).
- PGCAPP (University of Warwick, 2015).
Other Professional Recognition
- Senior Fellow of Advance HE