Yearly Archives: 2017

An excellent conference with links to many ideas, documents and people who are worth watching. From a curriculum, pedagogy and policy perspective, there is a lot of guidance out there: QAA have appointed a chair for their review body of the 2012 QAA Enterprise and Entrepreneurship guidance. There is likely […]

Takeaways from the IEEC Conference

September 13, 2017 in Events / Social Innovation tagged conference / event / Social Enterprise / Social Innovation by m.calvert2

On 11/05/17 York St John hosted the inaugural Learning and Teaching Conference titled: ‘Formulating excellence in inclusive learning, teaching and assessment practice: have we reached the tipping point in higher education?’ Professor Alan Hurst’s opening address focused on ‘Reflections on 45 years’ of practice: 71-17 from then to today’. The […]

Inclusive Learning and Teaching Conference

May 26, 2017 in Events tagged conference / event / Learning and Teaching by Gabby Wilson

Universities across the UK have recognised the need for investment in both formal and informal learning spaces to support the student experience and this includes the requirement to balance innovative and collaborative spaces with traditional tiered lecture theatres, which are increasingly being adapted to new learning practices and continue to […]

HG147 Learning Spaces Survey

May 19, 2017 in Learning and Teaching tagged Learning Space Rating System / Learning Spaces / Pedagogy / Projects by Phil Vincent

The Technology Enhanced Learning team were tasked with running a team afternoon for the Academic Development Directorate under the title of “Embracing the Digital”. After initial discussions we decided to take some inspiration from the Stanford 2025 project, described as “an exploration of undergraduate experiences in the future”. On their […]

ADD Embracing the Digital

April 24, 2017 in Learning and Teaching / Technology Enhanced Learning by Emma Fletcher

Books, papers and pencils — On Tuesday 28th March the Academic Development Directorate ran a Masterclass presented by Corony Edwards, a staff development and higher education consultant, on learning gain in higher education. Learning gain is described by Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) on their learning gain website as, “an attempt to measure the improvement […]

Learning Gain: ADD Masterclass write-up

April 3, 2017 in Events tagged Learning and Teaching / masterclass by Emma Fletcher

The Motivation, Performance and Wellbeing research group is delivering a guest lecture on 5 April. PERFECTIONISM IN AN IMPERFECT WORLD Cafe-scientifique 5 Apr 2017 @ 7:30 PM City Screen Basement Bar Speaker Dr Sarah Mallinson-Howard, Daniel Madigan, & Esmie Smith EVENT INFORMATION Perfectionism in an Imperfect World What is perfectionism […]