Networking & Expertise Directory

Chris Dennis

Areas of Expertise

Academic Literacies | Academic Reading | Academic Writing | Assessment, Feedback and Course Design | Digital Education | Digital Literacies | Inclusive Teaching | Induction, Transition and First Year Experience | Information Literacy | Leadership and Management | Learning Spaces & Learning Communities | Peer Assisted Learning and Peer Mentoring | Professional Identity | Publishing in LD and Collaborative Writing | Study Skills

Biography

I have worked for many years in higher education, teaching, to begin with, medieval history, before moving on to the field of learning development. I have worked as an Academic Skills Specialist, at Cardiff Met, for more than ten years now. I am jointly responsible for developing ‘academic skills’ provision across all of the university’s constituent schools. I have a particular interest in approaches to learning, writing practice, and notions of success and excellence as it might be applied broadly to a student’s learning experience.

How can I help learning developers?

I am more than willing to discuss any and all aspects of academic skills provision with colleagues. I have supported colleagues at Cardiff Met by helping to come up with creative classroom-based solutions relating to this type of provision aimed at boosting student engagement. I have a lot of experience of devising academic inductions, both for UGs and PGs, including large cohorts of international students. I have also designed co-curricular workshop programmes, broadly on ‘academic practice’, designed to complement timetabled-teaching within disciplines.

Last modified: 08/02/2026