The future of lectures: ten top tips for engaging and inclusive teaching

Dr Emma Yhnell of Cardiff University is the inaugural winner of the 2024 Teaching Excellence Award – Early Career, recognizing individual excellence, commitment to continuing professional development, commitment to students and colleagues, and sustained and continued impact. Emma advocates championing excellence in teaching and learning and demonstrating that academics can be engaging, creative and enthusing whilst still maintaining academic credibility. Emma wants to use winning this prestigious award to encourage others to be braver and bolder in their teaching and to try out teaching innovations. Whether incorporating a prop, trying some interactive polling or even playing some music, she actively encourages other educators to ‘give it a go’, as it will benefit learners and help you develop as an educator too.