A Pinch of SALT

About A Pinch of SALT

Swansea University's Academy of Learning & Teaching, SALT, investigates the rapidly changing world of the HE environment. In each episode, we search out food for thought that makes change a lot more palatable. Learning and teaching strategies, learning environments, inclusive pedagogy, educational technology, innovation and most importantly making connections— if it has anything to do with learning and teaching in higher education, let’s make sure everyone knows about it.

Publisher

Swansea Academy of Learning & Teaching @ Swansea University

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Jul 2021

Latest episode

3 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

77 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Oct 2025

   Co-Creation at Swansea University

   In this episode, we welcome Katie Wilkinson (Education Officer - Students' Union) and Sophie Leslie (Student Partnership and Feedback Development Officer - Academic Quality Services) to discuss the importance of co-creation between staff and students, and its place in our Curriculum Transformation initiative. There is a Co-Creation Toolkit (https://staff.swansea.ac.uk/curriculum/resources/toolkits/cocreation/) available for Swansea University Staff.

2. 

   5 Aug 2025

   Bye bye Mandy Jack

   Its the end of an era! After 10 years of supporting learning and teaching development at Swansea University, Mandy Jack is moving on to pastures new. Before she leaves, we have one last chance to sit down with Mandy to hear all about her career, her highlights, and what she feels will be most important for education development in the years to come. If you want to listen to Mandy's favourite episodes of the podcast, you should check out: A year in the life of an Education Officer (https://www.swansea.ac.uk/teaching-excellence/a-pinch-of-salt/podcast-02/) Curriculum for Everyone: Embracing inclusivity in course design (https://www.swansea.ac.uk/teaching-excellence/a-pinch-of-salt/podcast-67/)

3. 

   4 Aug 2025

   Embedding Graduate Attributes into Curricula at Swansea University

   In this episode we welcome Professor Gavin Bunting (dPVC for Skills and Employability) and Simeon Smith (Employability Skills Lead) to discuss how Swansea University are approaching the challenge of integrating Graduate Attributes into all programmes.

Who has been a guest on A Pinch of SALT

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Fern Davies
• Dr Jennifer Rudd
• Industry experts

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,862,963

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 50 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

41

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

60