Professor Michael Bramhall, Head of Learning, Teaching and Assessment Sheffield Hallam University

Mike is a Professor of Engineering Education and is the Head of Learning, Teaching and Assessment for the Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences at Sheffield Hallam University. He is also the Associate Director of the UK Centre for Materials Education, a Subject Centre of the Higher Education Academy, based at the University of Liverpool. As well as being a National Teaching Fellow he is also a Senior Fellow of the HEA. Mike was also an Associate Director of the Centre for Promoting Learner Autonomy at Sheffield Hallam from 2005 to 2010. He has interests in not only learner autonomy, but also in enquiry based learning, the use of media and technology in teaching and learning, and the personal and professional development of engineers. He has published widely in all these areas. He has recently developed an institutional policy and framework for 'Retention and Student Success' for Sheffield Hallam.