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10 January 2017, London The meeting included two presentations: one by Gordon McKenzie (GuildHE) on the developments regarding the Higher Education Bill and the other by Steven Hill (HEFCE) on the proposed changes for REF 2021. The first presentation provided the context for the second one. Among the key points […]

CREST/GuildHE REF Consultation Meeting

January 16, 2017 in Events / Research / Research training and events tagged Research by Admin

On Wednesday 7 December the Academic Development Directorate ran a Masterclass with Dr David Roberts from Loughborough University. David has been conducting research for a number of years on Multimedia Learning (MML) and how to create more effective methods of large group teaching. David argues that the ‘orthodoxy of text’ […]

Visionary Learning: ADD Masterclass write-up

December 13, 2016 in Contributors / Events tagged learning / masterclass / MML / Multimedia Learning / Pedagogy / Research by Rosie Hare

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

November 2, 2016 in Research / Research training and events tagged conference / Research by Admin

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”

October 28, 2016 in Contributors / Research tagged Academic Writing / AcWriMo / Research / School of Education / Twitter by Phil Vincent

Earlier this year, I attended the 2nd Research Reflections conference at York St John University, hosted on Thursday 8th September 2016 by the Academic Development Directorate. As part of the administrative staff here at York St John, I have been highly involved in organising and running research events, but this […]

Research Reflections 2016

October 3, 2016 in Events / Learning and Teaching / News / Research tagged conference / event / Research by Gabby Wilson