Dr Sean Morrissey
Senior Teaching Fellow
Organisational And Staff Development Unit
Personal statement
I am the Academic Development lead for learning and teaching in the Organisational and Staff Development Unit (OSDU) at Strathclyde. Within this role, I lead our Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Programme (STEP), Micro-CPD and pathways to professional recognition through Advance HE Fellowships. I am also the Programme Director of our PGCert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. My research interests include staff peer-support networks, inclusive approaches to curriculum development, leadership in learning and teaching, and compassionate pedagogies. In addition to my own scholarship, I lead a number of collaboratives projects and staff development initiatives with colleagues in China and the Middle East.
Prize And Awards
- Strathclyde Medal
- Recipient
- 11/2023
- UK & Ireland Green Gown Award 2022
- Recipient
- 8/11/2022
Publications
- What designing accessible academic development provision taught me about compassionate education
- Morrissey Sean
- Transformative Practice in Higher Education Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning (2025) (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003503149
- Outcomes from the BOLD Upskilling Workshops
- Morrissey Sean
- BOLD Curriculum Design Project Celebration and Dissemination Event (2024)
- BOLD & JNQF Curriculum Design Toolkit
- Morrissey Sean, Smart Fiona
- (2024)
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Useful Pedagogies
- Morrissey Sean
- (2024)
- Developing a Scholarship Hub and an Institutional Approach to Developing Scholarship
- Savage Kathleen, Morrissey Sean
- University of Oxford Postgraduate Teaching Network (2024)
- BOLD: Blended and Online Learning Design Approach to course design at the University of Strathclyde
- Lemieux Veronique, Morrissey Sean, Savage Katy
- QAA Scotland’s 2023 International Enhancement Conference (2023)
Professional Activities
- Micro-CPD: Evaluation of effectiveness and impact
- Speaker
- 28/11/2024
- Aligning Teaching and Learning to the Jordanian National Qualification Framework, hosted by the British Council and AQACHEI
- Speaker
- 20/11/2024
- Generative AI and Assessment in Higher Education Curricula
- Consultant
- 30/5/2024
- BOLD Curriculum Design Project launch
- Speaker
- 28/5/2024
- Mathematics & Statistics Teaching Away Day
- Invited speaker
- 22/5/2024
- Teaching, Learning and Assessment Within the Disciplines
- Chair
- 6/2/2024
Projects
- Education for Sustainable Development
- Morrissey, Sean (Principal Investigator) Morse, Tracy (Co-investigator) Willison, Debra (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2027
- Micro-CPD: Evaluation of effectiveness and impact on best practice and the student experience
- Willison, Debra (Principal Investigator) Morrissey, Sean (Principal Investigator)
- SEDA Research and Evaluation Small Grants 2024 (£1000)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2025
- BOLD up-skilling Workshops in Jordan
- Morrissey, Sean (Principal Investigator)
- 19-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2026
- Decolonising the Science Curriculum
- Morrissey, Sean (Co-investigator) Carlysle, Felicity (Principal Investigator) Willison, Debra (Co-investigator)
- QAA Scotland funded project
- 01-Jan-2023
- Leadership in Higher Education: Empowering Women in Jordan
- Morrissey, Sean (Co-investigator) Savage, Katy (Principal Investigator)
- British Council Funded Project
- 01-Jan-2023
- SBS Global Practitioner Development
- Savage, Katy (Principal Investigator) Morrissey, Sean (Principal Investigator)
- We have partnered with SBS to support them in developing a team of 32 Global Practitioners. This is a new role within the university, that will narrowing the gap between academia and industry, with the potential for institution-wide influence. This bespoke consultancy arrangement will result in income of £18K to OSDU over the next year.
- 05-Jan-2022 - 05-Jan-2023
Contact
Dr
Sean
Morrissey
Senior Teaching Fellow
Organisational And Staff Development Unit
Email: sean.morrissey@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4046