Sandra Sinfield

Sandra Sinfield is a Senior Lecturer and University Teaching Fellow at London Metropolitan University, where she has worked since 1990. She leads pedagogical innovation through the Centre for Teaching Enhancement (CTE), focusing on staff development, curriculum design, and decolonising practices.

Her research spans

• collaborative teaching and writing
• creative and decolonised pedagogy
• multimodal learning
• digital inequality
• playful academic practices

aimed at empowering marginalised students and creating 'liberatory spaces' in higher education.

She has co-authored foundational texts like Learning Development in Higher Education and Teaching, Learning and Study Skills: A Guide for Tutors, and developed influential resources including the Study Hub and Take5 websites. Her 2018 Take Control video won the IVCA Gold Award for Education.

Recent scholarship explores pandemic-era virtual teaching (2025) and playful pedagogy (2024), with a focus on

• third-space learning communities
• AI literacy in academia
• digital fragmentation
• student-staff partnerships

Her work consistently bridges theory and practice through creative collaboration.