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Joy Igiebor

Areas of Expertise

Academic Writing | Publishing in LD and Collaborative Writing

Biography

Joy is a Learning Development Tutor at Birkbeck, University of London where she works under the Education and Student Experience Directorate supporting the academic skills development of students within Birkbeck Law School and the School of Creative Arts, Culture, and Communication. She is interested in teaching and research related to academic writing, critical approaches to pedagogy, and Learning Developers’ identity and professional development.  Joy is a qualified primary teacher and has also taught on university pre-sessional EAP courses.  She is a Fellow of ALDinHE, an Advance HE Fellow (FHEA) and a member of the ALDinHE CPD Working Group. She holds an MEd (Cantab), PGCE (Southampton), LPC, GDL (University of Law), BSc (Brunel), and CELTA qualification. She is the author of Doing Learning Development in Higher Education: A Practical Guide for New and Early Career Learning Developers published by Routledge in 2016.

How can I help learning developers?

I am part of the ALDinHE CPD working group and can help new and early career LDers who have questions about LD practice. I am also able to support LDers who are interested in writing for publication.

Last modified: 22/03/2026