The OU have released their latest Innovating Pedagogy report for 2016. The series of reports explores new forms of teaching, learning and assessment for an interactive world, to guide teachers and policy makers in productive innovation. View the 2016 Innovating Pedagogy report This fifth report, produced in collaboration with the […]

OU Innovating Pedagogy 2016

Our institutional Learning and Teaching conference takes place on Friday 20 January 2017 and will be themed on Exploring Graduate Attributes. GA_flyer_v.3 Are you a member of staff who has led a an initiative that has helped to embed the York St John Graduate Attributes?  Why not submit a proposal to […]

Talking about Teaching – Final chance to submit a presentation

It is five years since the contract with the University of Bahrain came to an end. PCAP programmes (which included HEA Fellowship recognition) had been successfully led by York St John University staff for about six years. The question is, did it make a difference? I had the good fortune […]

The Continuing Impact of PCAP in Bahrain

On 10/11/16 I attended the national HEFCE learning gain conference to find out more about what has been happening across the sector in this area of work and to think about what implications it might have for YSJU. Why is there an interest in learning gain? There are many international […]

Learning Gain

Westminster Higher Education Forum – 31 October 2016 The forum focused on two themes: lessons learned from REF 2014 and plans for Ref 2020/1 following the Stern Review. It was stressed several times that peer review would remain at the centre of the process so that the sector would continue […]

Next Steps for REF

This is a guest post written by Charlotte Haines-Lyon, PhD Student in the School of Education. Academic Writing Month (AcWriMo) – “Write like there’s no December” November is not just the month when men grow moustaches, it is also the month of writing. Building on the successful NaNoWriMo , when […]

Academic Writing Month – “Write like there’s no December”

Are you a member of student at York St John who would like to be paid to take part in a research project with staff? This academic year we continue to provide opportunities for students to work as research assistants with members of staff across the University, in various aspects of […]

Students as Researchers Scheme – Student Applications now open!

Talking About Teaching: Exploring Graduate Attributes, York St John University, 20th January 2017   TAT is York St John University’s annual Learning & Teaching conference. If you want the opportunity to share good practice with like-minded professionals, to help generate discussion and debate, or wish to present your recent research […]

Talking About Teaching 2017

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As a New Year begins at York St John University you cannot help but notice all the changes happening on campus. But it’s not just the buildings that are changing, the staff body is too. For a while now there have been adjustments to the University structure and 5th September marked […]

New Year, New Team

In 2015-16, Academic Development held 12 writing retreats; two of these overnight at the KP Club in Pocklington, York and 10 mini-retreats at York St John. Both staff and postgraduate research students attended to work on a variety of writing pieces; from thesis chapters to mindmaps, from conference papers to […]

Writing Retreats