James Derounian is a Principal Lecturer in Applied Social Sciences at the University of Gloucestershire. He was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2007. James has a 37-year career in community engagement and academia. His research, consultancy and teaching range across active and blended learning, community and rural development. His latest article Inspirational teaching in higher education: What does it look, sound and feel like? An exploratory research study; is available online in the International Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (2017):http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/