{"id":2793,"date":"2020-04-21T09:05:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T09:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/CESI\/?p=2793"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:46:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:46:27","slug":"q-a-with-mark-connolly-senior-fellow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/q-a-with-mark-connolly-senior-fellow\/","title":{"rendered":"Q &amp; A with Dr Mark Connolly (Senior Fellow)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2794\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/q-a-with-mark-connolly-senior-fellow\/mark-connoly-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2020\/04\/Mark-Connoly-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"192,192\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mark-Connoly-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2020\/04\/Mark-Connoly-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/CESI\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2020\/04\/Mark-Connoly-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2794\" width=\"221\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2020\/04\/Mark-Connoly-1.jpg 192w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2020\/04\/Mark-Connoly-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2020\/04\/Mark-Connoly-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2020\/04\/Mark-Connoly-1-40x40.jpg 40w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><figcaption>Mark Connolly, Senior Lecturer SOCSI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Name: <\/strong>Mark Connolly, Senior Fellow <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Job title\/Role: <\/strong>Senior\nLecturer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>School\/College: <\/strong>SOCSI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When did you become a Senior Fellow?<\/strong> 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why did you decide to apply for an Advance HE Fellowship?<\/strong> I wanted to be part of network interested in HE teaching and receive professional recognition of my work as a lecturer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How has being a Fellow had an impact on what you do? <\/strong>It has allowed me to join a network of academics interested in teaching and learning in higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How do you envisage being a Senior Fellow\/National Teaching Fellow impacting on your future and any upcoming projects\/work?<\/strong> Being part of this professional network has provided me with ideas and support from colleagues from a variety of disciplines, in this and other institutions. Having access to this network has allowed me to try new tools and techniques in my teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What advice would you give to colleagues thinking of applying for Senior Fellowship or National Teaching Fellowship?<\/strong> It\u2019s an opportunity to reflect on your values and practice as a lecturer and join a supportive professional network outside of your discipline or school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.cardiff.ac.uk\/staff\/training-and-development\/awards-and-recognition\/advance-he-fellowships-and-awards\/advance-he-fellowships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Find out more about Senior and Principal Fellowship and how to apply&nbsp; (opens in a new tab)\">Find out more about Senior and Principal Fellowship and how to apply&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advance-he.ac.uk\/awards\/teaching-excellence-awards\/national-teaching-fellowship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find out more about our National Teaching Fellows and how to apply&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also visit the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:Advance%20HE\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advance-he.ac.uk\/\">Advance HE <\/a>website or email us <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:CESI@cardiff.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\">CESI@cardiff.ac.uk<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keen an eye on the blog for more profiles on our current Senior and Principal Fellows and National Teaching Fellows.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Connolly, Senior Lecturer SOCSI Name: Mark Connolly, Senior Fellow Job title\/Role: Senior Lecturer School\/College: SOCSI When did you become a Senior Fellow? 2017 Why did you decide to apply [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1799,"featured_media":2794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[379],"tags":[],"custom_author":[],"class_list":["post-2793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrating-teaching-excellence"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":2793},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KqgK-J3","meta_box":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2020\/04\/Mark-Connoly-1.jpg","pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1799"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2793"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2846,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2793\/revisions\/2846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2793"},{"taxonomy":"custom_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/custom_author?post=2793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}