{"podcast":{"title":"LITE Podcasts","slug":"lite-podcasts-6420566","podcast_index_feed_id":6420566,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/litebites/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/litebites","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/litebites/20250922_070911_b432b3b53002e229223f0955da1c0155.png","author":"Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence","episode_count":25,"summary":"Welcome to LITE's (Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence, University of Leeds) home for all things podcasts. Here, you'll find episodes of LITE Bites, where LITE fellows share experiences, findings, and practical implications from their pedagogic research projects - and related mini-series'. This is also the home for 'En-LITE-ning Dialogues', occasional in-depth discussions at the intersection of cutting-edge educational topics. Our podcasts are recorded at HELIX, the University's learning innovation hub for students, staff, and the local community.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-05T22:17:46.063376+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lite-podcasts-6420566"},"episode":{"title":"Removing dominance and gatekeeping in higher education","slug":"removing-dominance-and-gatekeeping-in-higher-education","published_at":"2025-07-18T06:00:26+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lite-podcasts-6420566/removing-dominance-and-gatekeeping-in-higher-education","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lite-podcasts-6420566","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/litebites/2101413","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/214141/2101413/litebites/2025_07_10_12_13_39_b63b093e-5389-48f0-aa58-0e47190163e0.mp3","summary":"In the latest episode of LITE Bites, Robert Averies is joined by Andrew Kirton (Philosophy) to reflect on his recently completed LITE Fellowship: 'Removing dominance and gatekeeping in higher education'. Andrew's research set out to explore how academic standards and disciplinary norms might be 'opened up', challenged, and owned by students - rather than imposed upon them. He reflects on his Fellowship journey, the role of philosophy in pedagogical inquiry, and the lesser explored relationship between higher education and learning to drive! You can read more about Andrew's LITE Fellowship here , and explore other LITE Fellowships here .","meta_description":"In the latest episode of LITE Bites, Robert Averies is joined by Andrew Kirton (Philosophy) to reflect on his recently completed LITE Fellowship: 'Removin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2270,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lite-podcasts-6420566/episodes/removing-dominance-and-gatekeeping-in-higher-education/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lite-podcasts-6420566/removing-dominance-and-gatekeeping-in-higher-education.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}