HEDG Open Sector Event: Leading Educational Development
HEDG Open Sector Event: Leading Educational Development
Monday 23rd February 2026, 2pm-3pm GMT
Heads of Educational Development Group (HEDG) is the UK’s membership network for staff that lead educational development in tertiary education. HEDG is celebrating 30 years of sector influence and leadership and support for its members.
This online webinar brings together three HEDG members to share their journeys in educational leadership: their contexts, passions and peeves. The event will showcase the value and importance of the work of HEDG members and offer insights on careers in educational development. Whether you’re a third space professional, an academic with an interest or role in leading educational change, or an educational developer looking to explore career options in leadership or the UK, the session will invite you to learn about HEDG, the UK professional context for educational development, and to reflect on your own career in higher education.
Chaired by Professor Jackie Potter, former Chair of HEDG (2020-2022), Dr Rich Bale, Dr Tina Byrom and Dr Jane Pritchard will each talk about their role, context and priorities before questions and answers.
Please complete the HEDG Booking Form on Humanitix to register, the link will be circulated to registered attendees the week before the event.
Presenter Biographies
Dr Richard Bale is an Associate Professor and Director of Academic Development and Research at the University of Law. He is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship (CHERS) at Imperial College London.
Dr Tina Byrom is Head of Enhanced Academic Practice at Loughborough University. She is an experienced educationalist with extensive teaching experience across both the compulsory and post-compulsory sectors. Her research interests include widening participation, student voice, reproduction of inequality and education policy and practice.
Dr Jane Pritchard is the Head of Educational Development in the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of Oxford, providing leadership in enhancing teaching and learning across the collegiate University. With experience spanning national subject centres and multiple teaching and learning centres across the UK (and Canada), she draws on a rich and diverse portfolio of educational development knowledge and practice. A National Teaching Fellow and Senior Fellow of Advance HE, she is committed to the value of generalist educational development knowledge, experiences and practices developed this century (!) and the breadth it brings to shaping educational development at Oxford.