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This is a guest post by James McDowell. This is one of the 2013 Teaching and Learning Innovation Projects funded by the Teaching and Learning Institute at the University of Huddersfield (TALI). It is the final post of 11 guest posts by TALI … Continue reading
Impact of Peer Observation of Teaching
Experiences of and attitudes to peer observation of teaching My colleague Olaojo Aiyegbayo and I went along to the British Educational Research Association conference in Manchester, 3 to 5th September, to present the findings from a small scale study of … Continue reading
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Reflective Takeaways from the 2012 HEA Annual Conference: workshops
Thoughts on two engaging workshops I attended at the HEA Conference: John Francis (Brunel University) used the terminology “Bio-pedagogy” during his presentation on ‘Personas: Personhood to Pedagogy’ which I found interesting. This is the act of drawing from past experiences … Continue reading
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More on student and staff partnership from SEDA
Just a few more thoughts on attending Day Two of the Staff and Educational Development (SEDA) conference. Student and staff as partners Becka Colley, Dean of students at the University of Bradford and National Teaching Fellow gave the first keynote … Continue reading
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Authentic student engagement and HE partnerships
At the moment I am in Chester attending the Staff Educational Development Association (SEDA) Spring conference with the theme of the student journey. The first keynote speaker was Usman Ali, National Union of Students VP, with a talk entitled “Holding … Continue reading
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Student Retention and Success: outcomes from the What Works? programme
Over a three-year period 22 HEIs have participated in the What Works? Student Retention & Success programme funded by HEFCE and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. I went to the University of York (at the very lovely – and on the … Continue reading
Only Connect: conversations about learning
At the Teaching and Learning Institute we have recently launched a scheme called Supporting Peers to connect colleagues across the University so that they can develop and share teaching and learning experiences and expertise. The main way that we are … Continue reading
Teaching and Learning Conference Round up 2012
28-29 March HEA student retention (York) This two day residential conference is the final conference of the three year What works? student retention and success programme. It builds on the successful Retention Convention held in March 2010. The conference will provide … Continue reading
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Tips on How to Secure Research Grants
Image (c) Images_of_Money A panel of experts during a Guardian HE live chat were asked to share tips on how best to secure research grants. Eliza Anyangwe of the Guardian has collated the best bits of this online discussion and … Continue reading
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New modes of research – the use of web 2.0 tools for research
Following on from my blog post about how academics use social networking for research I have come across more research into how researchers use and perceive web 2.0 in relation to doing research. So I thought I would try to … Continue reading
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