Sarah King

Assistant Director (Educational Development)

Contact details

Telephone: 0121 414 2963
Email: s.king.2@bham.ac.uk
Twitter: @skingcole

Address: Educational Development Team
Libraries and Learning Resources
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

I lead the Educational Development Team within Libraries and Learning Resources whose remit is to support the enhancement of teaching and learning practice at Birmingham, promote innovation in the curriculum, and facilitate the career-long professional development of academics who teach, and staff in supporting learning roles.

I have a particular interest in authentic, inclusive assessment practice.

I sit on the Universitas 21 Education Innovation Steering Group, representing academic developers across this network.

Qualifications

Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2016)

MEd Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (2014); Birmingham City University, Birmingham

BA (Hons) Russian and French (1993), University of Birmingham

Biography

I have been teaching for over 16 years in higher education having previously practiced as a lawyer. I was a Senior Lecturer in the Law School at Birmingham City University from 2001 to 2014 and have taught and assessed students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels as well as professional courses.

I joined the University of Birmingham in January 2015 and currently lead the Educational Development team as well as the teaching and learning development strand of work within our Higher Education Futures institute. I am a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Other activities

External Examining / Visiting Fellowships

2020 to date: Northampton University
2017 to 2020: Queensland University of Technology

External Networks

2018 to date: Heads of Educational Development Group (UK)
2020 to date: Universitas 21 Education Innovation Group

Publications

Recent Conference Papers

2018, Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference: Career-long professional learning about teaching in a research-intensive university

2018, SEDA Annual Conference: Supporting staff to meet increasing challenges in higher and further education (co-presented)

2017, Assessment in Higher Education: Is anyone listening? The Birmingham Assessment Change Initiative – what do academics really think about assessment and feedback? (co-presented)

2017, HEA Beyond Fellowship Conference:Designing a Structured Patchwork Assessment Model for a Postgraduate Certificate

Books

King, S. (2015) Beginning Land Law. Routledge

Book Chapters

King, S. and Flint, E (2015) Reality Bytes: reflections on the lived academic experience of ePortfolio use. In J. Branch; P. Bartholomew & C. Nygaard (Eds). Technology-Enhanced Learning in Higher Education. Oxfordshire: Libri Publishing Ltd. 159-185

King. S. (2014) “Preparing for Practice: Using Case-based Learning to Support Postgraduate Law Students” in Branch, J., Bartholomew, P. and Nygaard, C. (eds) Case-Based Learning in Higher Education. Oxfordshire: Libri Publishing