Professor Helen King

Helen King is Professor and Director of Learning Innovation, Development & Skills at Bath Spa University (BSU), UK. Her career in educational development spans three decades and has included leading roles in UK–wide learning and teaching enhancement projects and organisations, as an independent consultant collaborating with colleagues internationally, and university-based senior leadership. Her role supports a range of learning, teaching and assessment policy themes but her passion is supporting colleagues’ professional learning and development. Her research explores the characteristics of expertise for teaching in higher education and she has hosted international symposia and edited two Routledge / SEDA collections on this theme. At BSU, Helen collaborates with colleagues across the University to support and enable digital transformation. She plays a key role in activities leading to award shortlists with USCISA and ALT, and Adobe’s recognition of BSU as the first ‘Innovator’ Creative Campus in Europe. She holds a senior fellowship of the Staff & Educational Development Association (SFSEDA), is a UK National Teaching Fellow (NTF), Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA) and Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland. She also thoroughly enjoys trail running and playing Bluegrass banjo (not necessarily at the same time).