Professional & Impact‑Led
Delivering high‑impact educational innovation
Jess Power is an award‑winning higher education leader with a sustained record of delivering sector‑leading innovation in learning, teaching, and student experience. Her work spans large‑scale curriculum transformation, AI‑ready, inclusive assessment design, and the creation of digitally enabled, inclusive learning ecosystems that improve outcomes for diverse student groups. She has led enhancement programmes, established cross‑faculty centres of excellence, and delivered nationally recognised interdisciplinary commercial challenges. Her practice is grounded in evidence, collaboration, and creativity, with a strong commitment to widening participation, social mobility, and high‑quality, future‑focused education.
Latest blogs, articles and academic papers
Driving Innovation, Curriculum Reform, and Inclusive Student Experience.
Reframing pedagogy as transformational practice
What would our institutions look like if every learner, educator and leader saw themselves as a creator of value? What might become possible if we built ecosystems that truly supported that mindset? Find out more… LinkedIn 14-05-2026
Designing learning that shapes tomorrow
The world of Higher Education is becoming more complex, interconnected and unpredictable. This article explores what skills and values students need to thrive? And how higher education will remain relevant in a transforming landscape?
LinkedIn 01-06-2026
Enhancing Transformational Practice in HE
Introducing
Creative Pedagogy
April 2026 saw the launch of a new independent online journal - Creative Pedagogy - This publication provides a collection of innovative approaches of transformation across the creative sector drawn from the national group GLAD- HE (Group for Learning in Art and Design) symposiums and conferences.
GLAD HE 08-05-2026
Pedagogy: The LTEC Learning and Teaching Showcase
Launched in February 2025, this journal is dedicated to the scholarly endeavours of the Learning and Teaching Community at Salford. Supported by The University’s Learning and Teaching Enhancement Centre (LTEC), the publication provides a platform for sharing innovative approaches to pedagogical practice.
LTEC 02-2025
Innovative Practice in Higher Education
This independent online journal was hosted by Staffordshire University until December 2025. The journal was closed to new submissions in January 2026. This website is maintained as a legacy publication for previous authors containing all previous publications of IPiHE.
IPiHE 01-01-2026
Disseminating Practice
Environments that work for BTEC entrants to HE
How can institutions be confident the learning environment is fit for purpose to help diverse students succeed?
WONKHE 30-04-2025.
Enhancing
assessment
and feedback
An integrated approach to intentionally inclusive assessment design. This case study illustrates how collaborative activities were embedded, drawing on best practices, to develop a practical, evidence-informed set of five principles to enhance assessment and feedback.
Advance HE 28/10/2025 pp.26-31
Retention:
re-framing
support for success
Improving student retention and engagement is a high priority. The work presented contributes useful knowledge: firstly, in recognising the potential of the triage re-engagement approach. Secondly, in establishing relationships between multiple intersections of protected characteristics and adopting meaningful interventions for support.
IPiHE 6(1) pp. 1-26
Driving Student Success
Inclusive
structures to drive
transformation
An exploration into cultural enablers that drive transformational change the project evidenced that a more inclusive culture grounded in a sense of belonging and value, leads to more impactful transformation when ingrained at the heart of large scale HE change projects. Ten enablers are presented in the case study… Advance HE: Aug 2023
Curriculum transformation programmes
Principles for Inclusive Curriculum Transformation are showcased within the QAA funded collaborative project with a leading consortium including: University of Exeter, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle, SOAS, and Salford.
QAA 23-09-2025
Innovative
principled L&T
enhancement
Using the three 'Cs' to build a Creative Collaborative Community to enhance learning and teaching by showcasing innovation which enriched student experiences, working in partnership with key stakeholders to develop a principled approach to enhancement.
Advance HE 24-02-2025