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Emma Schofield BA (Hons), MA, PhD, PGCE, FHEA

Dr Emma Schofield

BA (Hons), MA, PhD, PGCE, FHEA

Teams and roles for Emma Schofield

  • Senior Education Developer, Education Development Team Lead

    Curriculum Development

Overview

As Lead for the Education Development Service, I am responsible for leading education development, enhancement and support across the University. The Service provides guidance and support across a range of thematic and strategic priorities, which sit within the Education and Student Experience portfolio.

Before joining the Learning and Teaching Academy in 2021 I was a Lecturer in the School of English, Communication and Philosophy where I also obtained my PhD in 2015, entitled 'Indepdent Wales? The Impact of Devolution on Welsh Fiction in English', which explored the relation between literature and politics in Wales, in light of devolution.


Key work/specialties

  • Leading thematic work around Future Facing Pedagogies, student partnership in education development work and the implications of Generative AI for assessment design.
  • Managing the Education Development Service Team, which includes curriculum development specialists and specialists within assessment and feedback, e-assessment and inclusive education.
  • Working in close alignment with the University Dean for Portfolio, Curriculum and Learning Innovation on the development of a future facing curriculum and institutional support for innovative learning and teaching approaches.
  • Planning and delivering a range of support to Schools and Colleges, through the development of a bespoke and open CPD programme.

Research

Books

  • Schofield E. (ed), Woman's Wales? The Dissonance and Diversity of Devolution Through the Lives of Women in Wales Parthian Books, 2024.

Chapters in Books

  • Schofield, E., 'Singing, but Not Exactly', Introduction to One Afternoon by Sian James, Persephone Books, 2023, pp
  • Schofield E., 'Building a Feminist Wales' in Home to You: 10 Years of Wales Arts Review, .
  • Schofield E.,'For Their Own Good', Forward to Fresh Apples by Rachel Trezise, Cardigan, Parthian Books, 2020, pp. 
  • '"Poor Old Mixed Up Wales": Re-Writing Regional and National Identity in Post-Devolution Wales' in Mapping the Self: Place, Identity and Nationality, ed. Nissa Parmer and Anna Hewitt, Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars, 2015, pp.

Journal Articles

  • Schofield E., Concrete, Culture and Community: Cwmbran at 70' in The Welsh Agenda, Autumn/Winter 2019, issue 63, pp. 
  • Schofield E., 'Denial and Demise: Reforming National Identity in Welsh Culture After Brexit' in Third Text, vol 132, volume 32, 2018 - issue 5-6, Lost in Europe: In the Wake of Britian's Inner Emigration, pp. 739-746.

Conference Papers

  • Schofield E., 'Creating Champions: Embedding student partnership within programme design and 
    revalidation'. Cardiff Learning and Teaching Conference, 2024, 12th September 2024.
  • Schofield E. and Harmer A., 'Creating Champions: Inclusive Student Partnership in Programme Design and Revalidation', Advance HE Annual Learning and Teaching Conference, 3rd July 2024.
  • Parry D, Pemberton E, Schofield E, Williams H, 'Co-designing curriculum development workshops with students', Cardiff University, Learning and Teaching Academy Conference 2022.

Contact Details

Email SchofieldEL1@cardiff.ac.uk