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Retirement of Dr Peter Shepherd and Dr Martin Balchin
The Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering is marking the retirement of two long-standing members of staff at the end of the month. Dr Peter Shepherd, Senior Lecturer and former Director of Studies in the Department of Electronic & Electrical...
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Placement Team - 30 second update
What were we working on last academic year? · Working to place around 400 new students into industry. · Supporting 356 Engineering students who are currently working out on placement. · Supporting around 200 Architecture and M-Arch students out on...
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Assessment and Feedback case study - Using a rubric
Over the summer we've continued to work with members of staff in the Faculty on the series of case studies looking at the theme of Assessment and Feedback. In the latest case study, Dr Sabina Gheduzzi (Department of Mechanical Engineering)...
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A toolkit for user testing (what I learnt at IWMW)
Last month I went to the Institutional Web Management Workshop (that’s IWMW for those of us who enjoy sounding like we’re speaking in tongues). This involved lectures, workshops and masterclasses by a great bunch of speakers from web-related roles in...
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Why we should all go to Transgender Awareness training
My (naïve) background A few months ago, I signed up to go on the Transgender Awareness Training offered by the University, and with Pride having gripped the nation recently I thought it would be a good time to go through...
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Learning technology - What's out there? Peer assessment
Welcome to our short blog series as we highlight learning activities and technologies you want to know more about. This month we'll tell you about... Peer assessment Peer assessment is when students assess and provide feedback on each others' work....
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Jisc Connect More
Rachel Applegate and I attended the Jisc Connect More event in Bristol (27 June 2017) and listened to some interesting presentations about digital capabilities - for students and staff. We've summarised the sessions in the PDF below with some of...
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Seven Questions with Iain Forster-Smith
Recently I chatted to Iain Forster-Smith about his experience as Director of Administration in the Faculty of Engineering and Design. I asked Iain to describe his role in one sentence and his response was: "making sure we are providing the...
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Assessment and Feedback - Case Studies
Following on from the workshop on using the Moodle assignment tool, Yvonne Moore and Rachel Applegate (Faculty Learning Technologists) have been working with staff in the Faculty on producing a series of case studies. Coming soon! The Learning and Teaching...
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My Experience of the Mental Health First Aid Training
Mental Health Awareness Week A couple of weeks ago it was Mental Health Awareness Week. Mental health is finally being considered as something we should all take notice of in ourselves, those we care about and work with. Not so...
