WHEA Annual Report 2025 Final Digital with links v3 - Flipbook - Page 16
Warwick International Higher Education Academy Annual Report 2025
WARWICK BELONGING FRAMEWORK:
DISABLED STUDENT CHAMPIONS
NETWORK
Co-led by: Dr Mark Pulsford (DoS), Inca Hide-Wright
(Leadership & Management) & Dr Tom Ritchie (Chemistry)
Co-led by: Matt Street (FOLD), Dr Freeha Azmat
(Student Opportunity) & Dr Zoe Pflaeger Young
(WMG)
This project uses the Warwick Belonging Framework
to evaluate and enhance the sense of belonging for
disabled students. It aims to create opportunities for the
University’s new Disabled Student Champions to engage
directly with students in their departments. The intention
is to establish a benchmark understanding of belonging
to help shape departmental actions and evaluate
progress, while also supporting practical development
of the Framework itself.
This project addresses students’ need for a critical
understanding of AI’s broad implications in a digital era.
It aims to develop a digital skills pathway through the
Warwick Award using student co-creation to ensure
relevance. Key goals include facilitating research on
students’ perceptions of AI, evaluating the programme’s
effectiveness, and fostering a culture of innovation to
prepare students for a digital future.
TOWARDS INCLUSIVE ASSESSMENT:
CO-CREATION, COMMUNITY RESOURCES,
AND CURRICULUM
CONNECTING EACH STUDENT WITH
THE ACADEMIC LITERACY SUPPORT
THAT’S RIGHT FOR THEM
Co-led by: Andrew Calvert (Library), Dr Bryan Brazeau
& Dr Kim Lockwood Clough (Liberal Arts)
Project Team: Dr Laura Gelhaus (PAIS), Thijmen
Elshout, Yu Yan Lim, Kirk Surgener (Philosophy)
& Isleide Zissimos (Economics)
Focusing on the interdisciplinary Liberal Arts degree,
this project works with students as co-creators to
improve academic skills guidance. The main aims are
to review and produce new student-oriented guidance
on key skills (e.g. research, presentations, and group
work) and to improve the accessibility of the Study
Skills Moodle page. A central goal is to enhance the
inclusivity and accessibility of assessment design within
the programme.
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WARWICK AI HORIZONS:
DEVELOPING A DIGITAL SKILLS PATHWAY
This project aims to connect every first-year Philosophy,
Politics, and Economics (PPE) student with personalised
academic literacy support. It was created because
students are often either unaware of or overwhelmed
by the vast support available, a challenge especially
prevalent in joint degrees. A Moodle tool has been
developed, with quizzes that provide students with a
personalised ‘living menu’ of relevant support resources
and events from across the university.
