Communities

Event date and time: Thursday 19th March 2026, 10.00 – 11.00 This event is hosted by the Mindfulness for Learning CoP. Workshop facilitator: Kathleen M Quinlan, PhD PFHEA, Honorary Professor of Higher Education, University of Kent Session description: The aim of this workshop is to prompt reflection, dialogue and increased attention to the whole person in higher education, particularly the emotions associated with learning and growing in higher education. It will draw on poems solicited by Kathleen for her book, How Higher Education Feels: Commentaries on Poems that Illuminate Emotions in Learning and Teaching (2016). As compact case studies, the […]

Event date and time: Thursday 19th November 2026, 10.00 – 11.00 For those who are new to the group: we meet approximately once every other month to explore and discuss topics related to mindfulness for learning. Most meetings follow the Lean Coffee meeting format–we will collectively decide what to discuss at the start of each meeting or we have speakers. All welcome.

Event date and time: Tuesday 3rd March 2026 12.30 – 13.30 You are invited to the next ALDinHE lunchtime open discussion on Tuesday 3rd March 12:30-1:30pm on Zoom. Join the next LD online open lunchtime discussion. Bring along your lunch, ask questions or just lurk!

Event date and time: Tuesday 3rd February 2026 12.30 – 13.30 You are invited to the next ALDinHE lunchtime open discussion on Tuesday 3rd February 12:30-1:30pm on Zoom. Join the next LD online open lunchtime discussion. Bring along your lunch, ask questions or just lurk!

Event date and time: Tuesday 6th January 2026, 12.30 – 13.30 You are invited to the next ALDinHE lunchtime open discussion on Tuesday 6th January 12:30-1:30pm on Zoom. Join the next LD online open lunchtime discussion. Bring along your lunch, ask questions or just lurk!

Event date and time: Tuesday 16th December 2025, 12.00 – 13.00 As we head towards Christmas, ALDinHE offers this confidential space to come together as a community and reflect on how SEM1 has been. Maybe there have there been gifts that you want to keep & cherish, or puzzles to figure out, or maybe these turbulent times have presented experiences and events we’d rather weren’t happening. Join in to share experiences, reflections, questions and we’ll explore ways in which we might inspire and support each other as we move into 2026. Facilitators will help ensure a safe, respectful space where […]

All AI CoP meetings follow the Lean Coffee meeting format–we will collectively decide what to discuss at the start of each meeting.

All AI CoP meetings follow the Lean Coffee meeting format–we will collectively decide what to discuss at the start of each meeting.

Event date and time: Tuesday 15th September 2026, 10.00 – 11.00 For those who are new to the group: we meet approximately once every other month to explore and discuss topics related to mindfulness for learning. Most meetings follow the Lean Coffee meeting format–we will collectively decide what to discuss at the start of each meeting or we have speakers. All welcome.

Event date and time: Thursday 16th July 2026, 10.00 – 11.00 For those who are new to the group: we meet approximately once every other month to explore and discuss topics related to mindfulness for learning. Most meetings follow the Lean Coffee meeting format–we will collectively decide what to discuss at the start of each meeting or we have speakers. All welcome.