Lotte Van Den Heuvel

I am an Educational Developer with expertise in assessment as learning, gamifying education and designing pedagogical trainings for academics. My background in Educational Science has provided me with a breadth of knowledge on curriculum design, as well as skills in educational research.

Since starting in my role at University of Staffordshire in July 2024, I have developed asynchronous training for academic mentoring and worked with colleagues from HR&OD to set up an induction programme for academics. My current projects involve the implementation of the Curriculum Framework, design sprints and responsible use of AI in assessment.

I am particularly interested in innovative ways to improve assessment practices, as well as increasing student engagement through the use of effective and inclusive teaching & learning strategies. Collaborating with academics to set up educational enhancement projects and researching the impact of different pedagogical approaches is what gives me energy.

Before joining University of Staffordshire, I worked at universities in the Netherlands, where I supported large-scale curriculum redesign, collaborated with module leads to make improvements based on course monitoring, wrote assessment policy and ran trainings on pedagogy.