Nichola Gretton BA with QTS, MA, SFHEA
Nichola Gretton works in the Centre for Academic Development and Quality at Nottingham Trent University, as their Flexible Learning Manager. She has a University Distinguished Teaching Fellowship from her previous role at the University of Leicester in recognition of her leadership in the design, development and delivery of innovative curricula and teaching and learning enhancement projects.
Nichola studied Design and Technology with Qualified Teacher Status at Loughborough University and has a Masters in Multimedia Design. She has worked in Higher Education for 27 years in six different institutions.
Nichola Gretton BA with QTS, MA, SFHEA
Nichola Gretton works in the Centre for Academic Development and Quality at Nottingham Trent University, as their Flexible Learning Manager. She has a University Distinguished Teaching Fellowship from her previous role at the University of Leicester in recognition of her leadership in the design, development and delivery of innovative curricula and teaching and learning enhancement projects.
Nichola studied Design and Technology with Qualified Teacher Status at Loughborough University and has a Masters in Multimedia Design. She has worked in Higher Education for 27 years in six different institutions.
She began her career at Reading University teaching on the Foundation and Early Years Teacher Training Undergraduate Programme - design and technology strand. Alongside this she was researching 'Technological Practice and Frameworks for Technological Education’.
After several professional service and eLearning positions across four UK Higher Education Institutions, she became a Programme Manager at Laureate Online Education. Based in Amsterdam, Nichola worked in collaboration with worldwide-based tutors, taught on the orientation programme and was personal tutor to over 400 distance learning students.
Nichola went on to hold five different learning technology and pedagogic positions at the University of Leicester. She was awarded a University Distinguished Teaching Fellowship for her ‘leadership in the design, development and delivery of innovative curricula and other teaching and learning enhancement projects that have made a substantial difference to the student learning experience’ (Degree Congregations Programme 2016).
She was Head of Digital Education for four years, where she led the policy, training and communication strands of the University of Leicester’s institution-wide roll-out of lecture capture. In 2021 she became Digital and Learning Innovation Manager and in 2022 moved to Nottingham Trent University, to be Flexible Learning Manager in the Centre for Academic Development and Quality.
Building on the opportunities her participation in the ALT-C ELESIG Scholar Pilot created, she is keen to continue to explore the emotions created by the adoption of learning technologies and the impact this has on Digital Learning Environment development.