About Freda Cook
As a Principal Lecturer/Associate Head of School in the School of Social Sciences and Law, my duties include management of the Integrated Foundation Year Programme (IFY), Customised Awards Scheme (CAS), and Study Abroad/Exchange Scheme (SAEX).
My degree is in Business Computing and my postgraduate degree is in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
I am a Senior Fellow of Advance Higher Education (SFAHE), an accredited Workplace Mediator, and a member of the Staff Mentoring Scheme.
My research interests are in student engagement, student support, and IT/eLearning.
Teaching and supervision
I teach FDN012 Essential Study Skills and supervise Stage 3 projects under LLS modules.
Interests
I am particularly interested in student support and engagement, IT, and eLearning.
Research
I am particularly interested in student support and engagement, IT, and eLearning. Working in partnership with students, I developed a Student Led Induction Event, ‘CSP/CAS Survival’, which ran annually in Freshers' Week alongside the CSP/CAS team induction activities.
The Survival event was led by current CSP/CAS student volunteers to support new students in their transition to higher education and to welcome them to the CSP/CAS family. This event now runs annually in the Integrated Foundation Year (IFY) programme and has been renamed the IFY Champion's Event.
Areas of expertise
- Canvas
- Digital learning and teaching
- Student transitions/support
- Programme management
- Creating customised degree courses
Further information
- Senior Fellow of Advance Higher Education (SFAHE)
- Accredited Workplace Mediator
- Member of the Staff Mentoring Scheme
- SuPA (Sunderland University Professional Award) Panel Assessor