By Andrews Agya Yalley. As a module director for applied research projects, I’ve seen firsthand how academic malpractice and plagiarism continue to be major concerns. Recently, research supervisors have raised concerns about students potentiallyContinue reading
Category: Teaching and Learning
Employability, Teaching and Learning, Work-related experiential learning, YSJU Talk About Teaching Annual Conference
Beyond Monopoly! Using modern boardgames in teaching
By Library and Learning Services, York St John University. If you had read only three books – A Christmas Carol, The London Phone Directory A-H, and Death On The Nile, would that be aContinue reading
Decolonising the Curriculum, Inclusive Practice, International Student Experience, Teaching and Learning
Business students are increasingly international – can the curriculum keep up?
By Marta Matosek. Business and management is the most popular subject studied by international students arriving in the UK. According to HESA (2023), almost 37% of all “non-UK domiciled” students chose this discipline inContinue reading
Decolonising the Curriculum, Discussing Decolonisation at YSJ, Social Justice, Teaching and Learning
How do race and imperialism form the fabric of our education systems? Reflections on Discussing Decolonisation with Dr Adam Elliott-Cooper and Dr Amit Singh, 27.11.23
By Amita Nijhawan. In the many years I knew him before he died in 2007, my grandfather would casually throw into conversation the time when he had worked in Gandhi’s sevagram and that time whenContinue reading
Equality, Inclusive Practice, International Student Experience, Teaching and Learning, YSJU Talk About Teaching Annual Conference
De-misting the sky: creating a clear path for our international students
By Kate Dexter. This is the second part of Kate’s focus on the international student experience. Access Part 1. Our international students have arrived. But their journey is just beginning. We truly hope they willContinue reading
To decolonise, we must reflect first upon our selves: thoughts following the ‘Reimaging Higher Education’ Conference at De Montfort University
By Laura Key. On Wednesday 8th November, I was fortunate to join colleagues from across the UK at De Montfort University’s ‘Reimagining Higher Education: Journeys of Decolonising’ conference. Picking up on the current (inter)national focusContinue reading
My experience as a Graduate Intern in Teaching and Learning Enhancement at YSJU
By Leah Thompson. Being part of the Teaching and Learning Enhancement (TLE) Team at York St John as a Graduate Intern has given me a very interesting insight into all the work that goes onContinue reading
Decolonising the Curriculum, Inclusive Practice, International Student Experience, Teaching and Learning, YSJU Talk About Teaching Annual Conference
The Autumn skies are full of (international) opportunities. Are you ready?
By Kate Dexter. Will our new international students be ready for their tempestuous flight: the challenge of living, studying, and thriving in an unfamiliar land, amongst unfamiliar others… in an unfamiliar location, with a seeminglyContinue reading
Decolonising the Curriculum, Inclusive Practice, Teaching and Learning, YSJU Talk About Teaching Annual Conference
It’s OK to take small steps towards decolonisation
By Pauline Couper. Decolonisation can feel overwhelming. Perhaps that is inevitable if we are taking the challenge seriously, but ‘overwhelming’ can prevent, rather help, us progress it. Decolonisation is something I have long been interestedContinue reading
I am thinking…. of pedagogy as social justice
[Taken from David Richmond’s paper at the Talk About Teaching (to Transgress) Conference, York St John University, 22 June 2023.] Before I start – this is a sharing of my thinking at the momentContinue reading