Professor Jennie Winter

• TESOL (Teaching English as a Foreign language) 1997 (Trinity College, London)
• BA Hons Geography and Information Technology (1^st class), 2001 (Plymouth Marjon University)
• PG Dip Social Science Research Skills, 2003 (University of Plymouth)
• PhD Geography, 2008 (University of Plymouth)
• PGCert Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 2010 (University of Plymouth)
• National Teaching Fellow, 2016 (Advance HE)
• Principal Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, 2019 (Advance HE)

I am programme lead for the PGCert in Academic Practice 

I have made a substantial contribution to the development of teaching and learning, pedagogic research and research-informed teaching at and have an increasing national and international reputation as an expert in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Educational Development (ED).

I have published in several fields including ESD, e-learning, evaluating teaching in universities, higher education provision, widening participation and inclusivity, arts pedagogies and learning development

I have led on international research projects in Europe, Asia and Africa and been funded by Universities, the NUS, Advance HE, TASO and SEDA.

See my profile on ORCHID for more info on my research.

Winter, J., Turner, R., Webb, O., Dalla Valle, L., and Benwell, C. (2024) Student Academic Representation in the UK: An Exploration of Recruitment, Training, and Impact. Higher Education Quarterly. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/hequ.12548 

Turner, B. and Winter, J. (2023) Examining the Role of the Sabbatical Officer Manifestos and Campaigns in Achieving Change in UK Higher Education. In The Bloomsbury Handbook of Student Voice in Higher Education. Eds Conner, J., Raaper, R., Guzmán Valenzuela, C., and Gauthier, L. Bloomsbury: London

Cotton, D., Winter, J., Allison, J., and Mullee, R. (2023) Visual Images of Sustainability in Higher Education: The hidden curriculum of climate change on campus. The International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. Visual images of sustainability in higher education: the hidden curriculum of climate change on campus | Emerald Insight

Achtaridou, E. and Winter, J. (2023) Using Transformative Evaluation (TE) in a Higher Education context: reflecting on the use of TE through the evaluation of the Student Colleagues scheme. TASO. https://taso.org.uk/evidence/evaluation-guidance-resources/impact-evaluation-with-small-cohorts/learning-about-evaluation-with-small-cohorts-pilots-to-test-the-methodologies/

Winter, J., Webb, O., and Turner, R. (2022) Decolonising the curriculum: a survey of current practice in a modern UK University. The International Journal of Academic Development. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14703297.2022.2121305

Ali, K., Winter, J., Webb, O. and Zahra, D. (2022) Decolonisation of Curricula in Undergraduate Dental Education: An Exploratory Study. British Dental Journal. 233, pages 415–422. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41415-022-4923-1

Winter, J., Zhai, J. and Cotton, D.R.E. (2021) Teaching Environmental Sustainability in China: Opportunities and Challenges for Business and Economics Faculty in Higher Education. Environmental Education Research. DOI: 1080/13504622.2021.2012560

Cotton DRE, Zhai J, Miller W, Dalla Valle L, Winter J, (2020) Reducing energy demand in China and the United Kingdom: The importance of energy literacy, Journal of Cleaner Production, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123876.

Winter, J. Turner, R., Spowart, L. and Kneale, P. (2019). Planning future CPD. What comes next? Doing a Good Job Well. Being Recognised as an Experienced, Professional Teacher in HE. Eds Potter, J. and Turner, R. SEDA Special 41. https://www.seda.ac.uk/specials

Spowart, L. Winter, J., Turner, R., Burden, P., Botham, K., Muneer, R., van der Sluis, H, and Huet, I. (2019) ‘Left with a title but nothing else’: The challenges of embedding professional recognition schemes for teachers within higher education institutions. Higher Education Research and Development.

Cotton, D.,Winter, J.,Miller, W. and Dalla Valle, L. (2017) Is students’ energy literacy related to their university’s position in a sustainability ranking?  Environmental Education Research. 4 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504622.2017.1395394

Spowart, L., Winter, J., Turner, R., Muneer, R., McKenna, C. & Kneale, P. (2017) ‘Evidencing the impact of teaching-related CPD: beyond the ‘Happy Sheets’. International Journal for Academic Development.  22:4, 360-372  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1360144X.2017.1340294

Winter, J., Turner, R., Spowart, S. Muneer, R. and Kneale, P. (2017) Evaluating academic development in the higher education sector: Academic developers’ reflections on using a Toolkit resource. Higher Education Research and Development. 36:7 1503-1514 https://tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07294360.2017.1325351?journalCode=cher20

Turner, R., Spowart, l., Winter, J., Muneer, R., & Kneale, P. (2016). 'The lecturer should know what they are talking about': SU Officers perceptions of teaching-related CPD and implications for practice. Innovations in Education and Teaching Special Issue: 54:2, 143-151. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14703297.2016.1257948

Kneale, P., Winter, J., Spowart, L., Turner, R. and Muneer, R. (2016) Evaluating teaching development activities in higher education: a toolkit. Higher Education Academy, York. https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/evaluating-teaching-development-higher-education

Hughes, J., McKenna, C., Kneale, P., Winter, J., Turner, R., Spowart, L., & Muneer, R. (2016). Evaluating teaching development in higher education: Towards impact assessment (Literature Review). York: Higher Education. Retrieved June 3, 2016, from https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resource/evaluating-teaching-development-higher-education

Cotton, D.R.E, Miller, W., Winter, J. Bailey, I. and Sterling, S. (2015b) Knowledge, agency and collective action as barriers to energy-saving behaviour. Local Environment.21:7, 883-897, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13549839.2015.1038986

Cotton, D., Miller, W., Winter, J., Bailey, I. and Sterling, S. (2015a) Developing students' energy literacy in higher education. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 16 (4) pp 456-473 https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/5713

Cotton, D., Winter, J., Miller, W. and Muneer, R. (2015) Informal learning on campus: a comparative study of students’ energy literacy in UK universities. In Wyness, L. (Ed.) Education for Sustainable Development Pedagogy: Criticality, Creativity, and Collaboration. PedRIO paper number 8.

Winter, J., Allison, J., Barton, G. and Cotton, D. (2015) Learning Development and sustainability: what are the links and how are they communicated?Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. Volume 8. pp1-23 http://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/8543/1/LD%26EDaldhen2015.pdf

Winter, J., Cotton, D., Grant, V. and Hopkinson, P. (2015) The University as a Site for Transformation around Sustainability. International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development. Volume 9. No 3-4. pp 303-320 https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJISD.2015.071857

Winter, J., Cotton, D., and Warwick, P. (2015) The university as a site of socialization for sustainability education. Leal, W. (Ed) Teaching Education for Sustainable Development at University Level. Lang: Hamburg

Winter, J., Turner, R.,Gedye, S., Nash, P. & Grant, V. (2015). Graduate teaching assistants: responding to the challenges of internationalisation. International Journal for Academic Development, 20 (1), 33-45. 

Winter, J., Chapman, S., and Treasure, K. (2014) Contemporary Art as Extra-curricular Learning: Lessons from a University Art Gallery. The International Journal of Arts Education. 10 (1) pp.29-41. http://ijae.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.230/prod.62

Winter, J., Turner, R., Gedye, S., Grant, V. and Nash, P. (2014) Ethnicity and equality in Higher Education: the postgraduate teaching experience. In Miller, W. Internationalisation and the Student Experience. PedRIO Occasional paper No. 5. https://www1.plymouth.ac.uk/research/pedrio/Documents/580196%20PEDRIO%20A4%20Internationalisation%20Report.pdf

Schofield C, Cotton, D. Gresty K, Kneale, P. and Winter, J.  (2013)  'Higher Education Provision in a Crowded Marketplace' Journal of Higher Education Policy and 35 (2) pp 204- 216. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1360080X.2013.775928

Cotton, D., S, Sterling, V. Neal and J. Winter (Eds) (2012) Putting the ‘S’ into ED: Education for Sustainable Development in Educational Development. London: SEDA Special, London. https://www.seda.ac.uk/specials

Cotton, D., Winter, J. and Bailey, I. (2012) Researching the hidden curriculum: intentional and unintended messages. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 37 (2) pp 192-203. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03098265.2012.733684

Winter, J. and Cotton, D. (2012) Sustainability pedagogies: What do they offer for Educational Development? In Putting the ‘S’ into ED: Education for Sustainable Development in Educational Development . Cotton, S. Sterling, V. Neal and J. Winter (Eds) London: SEDA special. pp23-26 https://www.seda.ac.uk/specials

Winter, J. and Cotton. D. (2012) Making the hidden curriculum visible: Sustainability literacy in Higher Education. Environmental Education Research. 37:2, 192-203. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03098265.2012.733684

Winter, J. Cotton, D, and V. Grant. (2012) Experiencing transformation: A student Perspective. In Leal, W. “Sustainable Development at Universities: New Horizons". pp 85-95

Winter, J., Sjerps-Jones, H., Dexter, B., and Klaff, J. (2012) Informal learning for sustainability. In Putting the ‘S’ into ED: Education for Sustainable Development in Educational Development . D. Cotton, S. Sterling, V. Neal and J. Winter (Eds) London: SEDA special. pp 27-32. https://www.seda.ac.uk/specials

Cotton, D.R.E and Winter, J. (2010) 'It's not just bits of paper and light bulbs': A review of sustainability pedagogies and their potential for use in Higher Education. In (Eds) Jones, P., Selby, D. and Sterling, S. Sustainability education: Perspectives and practice across Higher Education. London: Earthscan pp39-54

Cotton, D. and Winter, J. (2010) The Challenge of Embedding Sustainability in the HE Curriculum. Bioscience Bulletin 29 (6)

Winter, J., Cotton, D., Gavin, J. and Yorke, J. (2010) Effective e-learning? Multitasking, distractions and boundary management by graduate students in an online environment. ALT-J. (1) pp 71-83. https://journal.alt.ac.uk/index.php/rlt/article/view/877

Winter, J. and Dismore, H. (2010) Investigating the experiences of foundation degree students progressing to honours degree: An integrated approach. Journal of Further and Higher Education. 34. (2) pp 247-264. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03098771003695502

I review for the following journals - Research- Policy and Practice, Solutions, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Curriculum Studies, Environmental Education Research, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, International Journal of Academic Development, Sustainability, Sustainability Approaches in Education, The International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, the International Journal of the Arts and the Journal of Cleaner Production.

• Chair of the Research and Scholarship Committee for SEDA (The Professional Association for Staff and Educational Developers in the UK) (2016-PD)
• Editorial Board Membership of the Journal of Geography in Higher Education (JGHE) (2016-PD)
• Editorial Board Membership of Innovations in Education and Teaching International (IETI) (2016-PD)
• Editorial Board Membership of the ‘Sustainability’ journal (2018-2020)
• Publications Officer for the Association of National Teaching Fellows (2019-21)
• Member of Heads of Educational Development Group (HEDG) (2019-2021)
• Special Education Advisor to Beijing Forestry University (2019-2022)