Dr Hilary Wason

About

My role involves working in collaboration with colleagues across the university to lead curriculum reviews and the design and development of programmes, including embedding new learning, teaching and assessment practices. I also oversee the work of the academic staff development team who run the suite of Kingston Academic Practice Standards programmes, the Course Leaders programme, New Academic Staff Induction and on demand CPD workshops.  I am co-project lead for the Future Skills Staff and Toolkit project group and co-lead the design and implementation of an institutional CPD programme to support all colleagues to embed graduate attributes within their curricula. I won a Kingston University People Award for most ambitious team for this work. My research interests are in pedagogies to support staff to embed critical thinking and dialogic pedagogy in their teaching. I have received my Doctorate in Education for my thesis 'Learning to Teach Critical Thinking in Higher Education'. I am an AdvanceHE National Teaching Fellow, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and and Institutional Teaching Fellowship at Kingston University. I previously worked in academic staff development at Kingston and taught business at Kingston University Business School and Kingston FE college. I worked for 12 years in the marketing industry holding senior client and agency roles. 

Academic responsibilities

Associate Professor and Head of Curriculum Development and Enhancement

Qualifications

  • Doctorate in Education
  • Bachelor of Laws
  • Chartered Institute of Marketing Diploma

Teaching and learning

Research

Leadership and management