February 2016

On 19 February, four short presentations took place followed by a poster display. This event showcasing the use of technology within learning and teaching from different staff across the University gave the attendees an opportunity to share and discuss ideas,...

Recently, a couple of Students' Union Student Trainers ran a fantastic session to a group of students on how to improve your presentation skills. This successful event is a repeat of one which ran in Semester 1, and can be...

Following the award of a Teaching Development Fund (TDF) grant the LITEbox team, in collaboration with the Public Engagement Unit (PEU) and e-Learning team, will be creating new opportunities for staff to explore the benefits of using technology to facilitate...

Are you interested in how technology can support engagement with external people and organisations to enrich your teaching? Do you already use technology in this way? Would you like to share your work and explore new opportunities for research-enriched teaching?...

Staff involved Asun Solano Torres, Academic Skills & Foreign Language Centre What problem did you hope to solve? I hoped to improve feedback to students by providing very detailed feedback which would not have been possible in a written format....

  The Students' Union based Skills Training provides a wide range of free workshops delivered by industry professionals, academic staff and specially trained student trainers to provide courses throughout the semester, including: Various training session in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and...

This event has now taken place, a write up is available including benefits and drawbacks of using the iPad to teach in lectures Dr Kit Yates is a relatively new lecturer who has been fortunate enough to have some of...