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=== apologies for cross posting, some BU staff may be interested==== Undergraduate Awards (for those of you who might not have come across it, a Dublin-based awards programme celebrating creativity, excellence, and innovative thinking among undergraduate students; it started off, a decade ago, as an Ireland-only programme, but it has since gone global, and become… Read more » about Expressions of Interest sought for undergraduate awards panels
A Scottish colleague forwarded me this report from a conference – and I spotted BUs own Michelle Morgan featured talking about enhancing the student experience. The full post is here: https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-views/advance-he-scotland-and-uws-retention-symposium-april-2018 == extract from Advance HE blog site: Michelle Morgan, Associate Dean for Student Experience at Bournemouth University, opened the event with a keynote titled… Read more » about Advance HE Scotland and UWS – Retention Symposium April 2018
Latest edition of the ALDinHE journal ==== Dear Colleagues Apologies for cross-posting We’re excited to report that the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education (JLDHE) issue 13 is now live online – go to: http://journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jldhe/issue/view/26 The contents of this edition are as follows: Papers Coaching placements and incidental learning – how reflection and experiential… Read more » about Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education (JLDHE) issue 13 is now live online
Focus On: Feedback from Assessment project Following our successful Focus On sector event in March, we are pleased to bring you a series of web-based events and activities on Feedback from Assessment. These lunchtime sessions will take place during the week of 25-29 June and are free to attend. Monday 25 June 2018, 13:30 –… Read more » about Assessment and Feedback: the QAA week 25-29 June – free online events
The rise of the digital is transforming talent development… ==== Our research shows that today’s talent developer is being asked to balance competing demands from executives, managers, and employees alike: They must play a critical role in shaping future workforce strategy, while delivering hyper-relevant content to support employee needs of today, and cater these vast… Read more » about Just out! The LinkedIn 2018 Workplace Learning Report
Congratulations to staff and students for this student-centred (rather than staff led) inclusive induction initiative at Huddersfield it has just won the Guardian 2018 Higher Education Award in the ‘Course and Curriculum Design category’ https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/news-blog-and-events/news-and-blog/a-flying-start-to-university-study/
Apologies for cross posting: An extract from the blog on Continuing Access and Education featuring BUs own Shell Morgan. Shell is the Associate Dean for the Student Experience with the Faculty of Media and Communication at Bournemouth University: Michelle Morgan (Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Student Experience at Bournemouth University)–stepping in for Liz Thomas–gave an… Read more » about Succeeding with non-traditional learners in HE: a workshop recap
Colleagues, Please do take a look through this wonderful resource – I really liked the piece on co-creating the curriculum written by PhD student Tanya Michelle Lubicz-Nawrocka —– We are delighted to let you know that the third issue of the International Journal for Students as Partners (IJSaP) is available from https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/ijsap/issue/view/347 The journal, which is hosted by… Read more » about International Journal for Students as Partners (IJSaP) new issue available
With thanks to Michelle Morgan, ADSE in FMC for sharing ==== This timely report from Student Minds in collaboration with Kings College and the University of Derby presents the challenges facing academics in providing support to students with mental health issues. The report sets out 11 key findings and recommendations which will be helpful to… Read more » about Student Mental Health: The Role and Experiences of Academics
Todays seminar for the Italian masters and doctoral students in the Department of History, Society and Human Studies at the University of Salento, introduced a robust and rigourous research method which expert Professor Debbie Holley uses in her own research. Pictured below (centre) with the students and their Professor, Enrico Ciavolino (foreground) this seminar was… Read more » about Biographic Narrative Interpretative Method (BNIM) From Italy
