Andy Peisley
Course Leader, PGCHE (Online)
Andy Peisley is a Senior Fellow of the HEA, with an PGCHE/MA in HE. He is Course Leader of Falmouth's online Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE) and a Senior Lecturer. He also has an Academic Developer role at Falmouth, helping staff to develop online and blended learning design and delivery. He started his career as a professional actor, working in theatre, film and TV, before achieving degrees in Psychology and Organisational Psychology, then working as an organisational psychologist working mainly in leadership assessment and development. Later he moved into academia, designing delivering and managing HE provision at all levels in psychology, organisational behaviour, leadership, coaching and human resource management, before moving into his current educator development roles. In his previous institution he also played a key role at developing an internal A HE accredited Fellowship scheme, and has been an External Examiner for another institutional Fellowship scheme at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
Qualifications
Qualifications
| Year | Qualification | Awarding body |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Diploma in Acting | The Arts Educational Schools, Chiswick, London |
| 2005 | BSc Hons Psychology (First Class) | University of Westminster |
| 2006 | MSc Organisational Psychology (Distinction) | City University |
| 2017 | MA/PGCHE in Higher Education | University of Westminster |
| Senior Fellow of HEA (SFHEA) |
Research Interests
Research interests and expertise
Developing masks and scenario roleplay as pedagogy, for developing empathy and appreciating diversity (for teamwork, leadership, entrepreneurship), using Appreciative Inquiry.
Areas of teamwork
- Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
- Online and blended Learning
- Research Methods
- Leadership
- Organisational behaviour and psychology, leadership assessment and development
- Psychology - Counselling, Individual Differences, Social Psychology, Occupational, Coaching
- Human Resource Management
- Consultancy Skills
- Teamwork
- Acting - Meisner, Maskwork, Stanislavski
Teaching
Courses taught
- PGCHE (Online)
CPD delivered
- Range of presentations and workshops for staff within Falmouth University and at external and partner institutions, including on:
- Providing effective feedback
- Effective online learning design and delivery
- Encouraging effective engagement in online learning
- Use of sociodrama in teaching and learning
- Use of masks to teach personality differences and teamwork
- Flipping the classroom
- Ensuring marking consistency across mega-modules
- Leadership
Professional Engagement
Engagement with professional associations and societies
Senior Fellow of HEA (Advance HE)
Member of HEA Accredited Programme Leaders Network - regularly attending network events on different aspects of academic development and Advance HE Fellowship
British Psychological Society MBPsS (Occupational Psychology Division)
BPS Special Group of Coaching Psychology (SGCP)
Professional esteem indicators
| Year | Description |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Advance HE Senior Fellowship (SFHEA) |
