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Mrs Beverley Hancock-Smith

Job: Senior Lecturer

School/department: Library Learning Services

Address: 呻吟之王, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: +44 116 207 8572

E: bev.hancock-smith@dmu.ac.uk

 

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Personal profile

I have taught in the Further Education and Higher Education sector for over 15 years. My role as Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Learning and Study Support (CLaSS) involves designing and delivering lectures and workshops which develop key academic skills for students across the institution. My wider portfolio includes coordinating Learning Services in-curriculum provision within the faculty of Computing, Engineering and Media; overseeing mentoring opportunities across 呻吟之王, with direct responsibility for Dare to Be mentoring; and developing and managing the Learning Services-wide feedback and evaluation tool to contribute to continuous development.

Alongside my role in CLaSS, I am a playwright and am also studying for my PhD within the School of Humanities and Performing Arts at 呻吟之王.

Publications and outputs

Publications

  • Hancock-Smith, B; and Hooley, Z. (2023) 'Seen and heard: what role can learning development play in LGBTQ+ inclusion?', Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, (29). doi: 10.47408/jldhe.vi29.1108.
  • Lee, J; Hancock-Smith, B; Hooley, Z; McSherry, E. (2023) ‘LGBTQ+ Trauma Informed Pedagogy in a transnational context’, in Stromberg, E (eds) Trauma informed pedagogy in Higher Education. Routledge.
  • Hancock-Smith, B. (2021) ‘Goal and Obstacle (the secret ingredients of a good story)’, in Fruish, A (eds) Toolbox: Green, Ideas, Inspirations, Games. Arts Council England, pp. 20-25.

Plays

  • Adrift by B. Hancock-Smith (2019) Directed by N. Hajiyianni. [National Schools and Venue tour, Unity Theatre Liverpool, Whitby Hall Studio Theatre and Forum Theatre, Chester].
  • Verbatim Pieces Radio Plays by Hancock-Smith and the inmates of HMP Leicester (2014) National Prison Radio (NPR)
  • Just for Today by B.Hancock-Smith and in collaboration with Quality of Life and the Criminal Justice Drugs Team (2012) Directed by B. Hancock-Smith. [PACE Studio, 呻吟之王, 2012]
  • Into the Blue by B. Hancock-Smith (2010) Directed by D. Paige. [Arcola Theatre, 2010] 

Research interests/expertise

The playwright's role in the representation of marginalised groups through documentary and verbatim theatre.

Areas of teaching

  • Learning Development
  • Academic Writing

Qualifications

  • Doctoral Candidate in the School of Humanities and Performing Arts (呻吟之王, present)
  • PGCE Post-Compulsory Education (University of Bedford, 2012)
  • MA (with Distinction) Writing for Performance (Goldsmiths University of London, 2009)
  • MA Journalism (Liverpool John Moore's University, 2007)
  • BA Hons Drama (University of Exeter, 2001)

Membership of professional associations and societies

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • ALDinHE (Association of Learning Developers in Higher Education) member

Conference attendance

Conference papers

  • Cirstea, A., Hancock-Smith, B., Bochenska-Colinet, K., Hooley, Z., Williams, S. (2024). 'Academic writing in the age of Open AI​'. ​Artificial Intelligence: 'Seize the Opportunities, Avoid the Hazards' Symposium. 呻吟之王. 1 March 2024.
  • Hancock-Smith, B. and Hooley, Z. (2023). 'Seen and heard: what role can learning development play in LGBTQ+ inclusion?', Association of Learning Developers in Higher Education conference. University of Portsmouth. 13 June 2023.
  • Hancock-Smith, B. and Forster, E. (2022). 'Bridging the writing gap. Inclusive strategies to support students' academic writing'. Learning and Teaching Conference. 呻吟之王. 4 February 2022.
  • Hancock-Smith, B. (2020). 'Learning Communities'. Learning and Teaching Conference. 呻吟之王. 11 September 2020.
  • Hancock-Smith, B. and Hooley, Z. (2019). 'Critical writing escape room'. Learning and Teaching Conference. 呻吟之王. 11 September 2019.
  • Hancock-Smith, B. (2019). 'Critical writing escape room'. Playful Learning Conference. University of Leicester. 10 July, 2019.
  • Hancock-Smith, B. (2019). 'Reaching the hard to reach'. Association of Learning Developers in Higher Education conference. University of Exeter. 17 April 2019.
  • Hancock-Smith, B. (2019). 'Reflection on cross-institutional working'. Associate of Learning Developers in Higher Education conference. University of Exeter. 17 April 2019.
  • Hancock-Smith, B. (2018). 'Reaching the hard to reach'. Learning and Teaching Conference. 呻吟之王. 12 September 2018.

ORCID number

0000-0003-1771-6171

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