Mrs Davina Whitnall's Outputs (51)

The Ukraine Narrative - A perspective on continued professional development. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The recent conflict in Ukraine has disrupted higher education, making continued professional development (CPD) a challenge due to displacement of educators, internet disruption, and limited access to resources. In response, the University of Salford... Read More about The Ukraine Narrative - A perspective on continued professional development..

Full Toolkit Resources (2025)
Data

The full toolkit provides access to editable templates and resources.

Creating learning environments that work for BTEC entrants to higher education (2025)
Digital Artefact

How can institutions be confident the learning environment is fit for purpose to help diverse students succeed? Jess Power and Davina Whitnall emphasise the skills students bring with them

The Harnessing Lived Experiences Toolkit (2025)
Data

The Harnessing Lived Experiences Toolkit explore practices and lived experiences for creating supportive neurodiverse learning environments. The resources reflect on how integrating lived experiences into educational practices can revolutionise learn... Read More about The Harnessing Lived Experiences Toolkit.

Telling real stories to make a difference! Podcasting for inclusivity in higher education (2025)
Journal Article

In the 21st century, there is a growing demand fordecolonizing, globalising, and de-nationalising higher education curricula.However, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) struggle to achieve practicalinclusivity due to neoliberal perspectives that ma... Read More about Telling real stories to make a difference! Podcasting for inclusivity in higher education.

The Ukraine Narrative - A perspective on continued professional development. (2025)
Journal Article

The recent conflict in Ukraine has disrupted higher education, making continued professional development (CPD) a challenge due to displacement of educators, internet disruption, and limited access to resources. In response, the University of Salford... Read More about The Ukraine Narrative - A perspective on continued professional development..

Editorial - LTEC Post-Festival Publication (2025)
Journal Article

The third annual Festival of Learning and Teaching (2-3rd September 2024) was held in Salford’s New Adelphi Building. It provided an opportunity for Salford’s learning and teaching community (L&T) community to come together to share best practice, ne... Read More about Editorial - LTEC Post-Festival Publication.

A Picture Tells a Thousand Words; An Experience Provokes Infinite Emotion (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Centre at the University of Salford has harnessed the power of visual storytelling to transform academic practice. Our presentation explores the innovative integration of user experience principles and creative a... Read More about A Picture Tells a Thousand Words; An Experience Provokes Infinite Emotion.

The University of Salford LTEC Festival of Learning & Teaching Abstract: Practicalizing Inclusivity: Telling real stories to make a difference! Podcasting for inclusivity (2025)
Digital Artefact

In the 21st century there is a growing demand for decolonization, globalization and de-
nationalization of the higher education curriculum. Decolonizing our curriculum refers to
implementing strategies that create and maintain a curriculum seen fro... Read More about The University of Salford LTEC Festival of Learning & Teaching Abstract: Practicalizing Inclusivity: Telling real stories to make a difference! Podcasting for inclusivity.

Crafting Equitable Pathways: Co-Creating Inclusive Assessment & Feedback Principles (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The presentation provides a synthesis of our approach to co-create inclusive assessment and feedback principles to support equitable and fair learning environments. The principles were derived from internal enhancement initiatives designed to improve... Read More about Crafting Equitable Pathways: Co-Creating Inclusive Assessment & Feedback Principles.

A Picture Tells a Thousand Words; An Experience Provokes Infinite Emotions (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The University of Salford’s Learning and Teaching Enhancement Centre has harnessed the power of visual communication and dynamic branding to transform academic practice. Our presentation explores the innovative integration of user experience principl... Read More about A Picture Tells a Thousand Words; An Experience Provokes Infinite Emotions.

Supporting BTEC student Progression (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation shares insights and best practices from the Enabling Student Success Project. It provides a brief overview of the project and its significance with focus on creating equitable student journeys.

Facilitating inclusivity in nursing practice. (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Victory Oforji, C., Whitnall, D., & Okoroafor, O. (2024, August). Facilitating inclusivity in nursing practice

There is growing evidence of inequality and discrimination in nursing practice, with significant systemic and institutional exclusion.

When students and staff nurses were asked what equity, diversity, and inclusion looked like from their perspecti... Read More about Facilitating inclusivity in nursing practice..

Being Life-wide : Case Studies of Empathy-based Pedagogy, Enhancing Learning Journey's in the Workplace (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Ferguson, R., Jones, L., Saunders, L., & Whitnall, D. (2024, June). Being Life-wide : Case Studies of Empathy-based Pedagogy, Enhancing Learning Journey's in the Workplace. Paper presented at VIRTUAL: Learning. Life. Work

This conference paper presents case studies of different learning environments. The examples embody the lived experience of four professional practitioners and explores the challenges, syntheses and fascinating approaches that push the boundaries of... Read More about Being Life-wide : Case Studies of Empathy-based Pedagogy, Enhancing Learning Journey's in the Workplace.

Elevating and Embedding the Student Voice Through Technology and Third Sector Interventions (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Whitnall, D., & Derbyshire, B. (2024, March). Elevating and Embedding the Student Voice Through Technology and Third Sector Interventions. Poster presented at Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Conference 2024: The future is now: Building EDI practice for the changing world of HE, Liverpool, UK

This poster presentation focuses on two case studies that demonstrate different creative approaches to elevating and embedding the student voice. Each study looks at a different platform, input or example from
The University of Salford, responding... Read More about Elevating and Embedding the Student Voice Through Technology and Third Sector Interventions.

A thematic approach to enhance transition between levels, for students with vocational qualifications. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This workshop explores insightful practice in relation to supporting students who enter higher education having undertaken vocational qualifications. We will provide an opportunity to reflect on different factors which affect levelness and how to cha... Read More about A thematic approach to enhance transition between levels, for students with vocational qualifications..

LTEC Post-Festival Publication: Developing Authentic Practitioners “practice”, “identity”, “community”. (2024)
Journal Article

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

Flipping Failure: A case study on building resilience and confidence through 'Failureship Strategies' in theory and practice at the University of Salford. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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

Reaching Out and Shouting Loud: Capturing best practice in learning and teaching scholarly practice at The University of Salford. Innovative Practice in Higher Education. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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

Games, Gambling and Generation Z: Disruptive approaches to awareness of gambling harms - A practical guide to implementation (2023)
Report

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 fr... Read More about Games, Gambling and Generation Z: Disruptive approaches to awareness of gambling harms - A practical guide to implementation.