Vikki Hill

Biography

Vikki Hill (Senior Fellow of the HEA) is an Educational Developer in the Academic Enhancement Team in the Teaching, Learning and Employability Exchange at University of the Arts London (UAL). Vikki has over 20 years experience in art and design education teaching, managing and examining in both UK and international contexts. Vikki works with staff across UAL to address ethnicity awarding differentials and develop learning and teaching approaches based on social justice and anti-racism. She co-leads the Academic Enhancement strand on Fostering Belonging and Compassionate Pedagogies. Vikki leads the QAA Collaborative Enhancement project - Belonging through Assessment: Pipelines of Compassion with UAL, Glasgow School of Art and Leeds Arts University. Vikki also leads the UAL Creative Mindsets project that aims to develop growth mindsets in both students and staff (avoiding a student deficit model) to reduce bias and stereotype threat. Her doctoral research is focused on educational development, compassionate pedagogies, practices and polices and creative research in higher education.