Copyright

Debbie Holley;

Published On

2025-07-02

Page Range

pp. 295–304

Language

  • English

Print Length

10 pages

25. Peer review

No crime no punishment

  • Debbie Holley (author)
Chapter of: Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education (pp. 295–304)

This chapter critiques traditional peer-review practices in Higher Education, which can often be weaponised to position lecturers as deficient and isolate them in service of managerial agendas. In contrast, the Department of Nursing Sciences at Bournemouth University has developed a collaborative, supportive model grounded in the concept of “huddles”. Drawing on this approach, the department has fostered a range of pedagogical innovations—including walking seminars, a teddy bear project for early years nursing students, drawing for learning, and Lego Serious Play®—to enhance student learning and challenge the transmissive norms of STEM education. The reimagined peer-review process promotes connection, wellbeing, and a shared sense of purpose, aligning with a broader commitment to humanising the curriculum.

Contributors

Debbie Holley

(author)
Professor of Learning Innovation in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at Bournemouth University

Debbie Holley is Professor of Learning Innovation in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at Bournemouth University. A National Teaching Fellow and a Principal Fellow of AdvanceHE, she is a passionate educator, with expertise in learning design and blended learning to motivate and engage a diverse student body. Putting the students at the heart of her practice and collaborating with staff to enhance and promote practice with underpinning creative pedagogies has seen her transform learning in formal and informal learning spaces, inside and outside the Academy. Her research interests lie in the student experience, and how it can be enhanced through digital, augmented, and immersive worlds. Debbie influences national policy through her published work, keynote addresses, and policy articles; this work underpins departmental research activities in digital health. She is currently serving on the Association for National Teaching Fellows (ANTF) National Committee, seeking to broaden access for those seeking to gain recognition for their teaching and learning at the highest level.