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Dr Alex Masardo previews his paper..
In preparation for hearing Alex’s paper False Equivalence? Differences in the post-16 qualifications market and outcomes in higher education, I asked him some questions:
| Festival of Learning
2017
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Talking to Tristan Middleton about a team effort at the Festival
A team of five colleagues from the School of Education will be presenting the paper: The role of assessment feedback in developing students’ academic buoyancy. The team is Adeela Ahmed Shafi, Jenny Hatley, Tristan Middleton, Richard Millican, and Sian Templeton.…
Interview with Professor Adam Hart, about his contribution to the Festival
Q1: Who are you / what do you do? A1: I’m Professor of Science Communication at the University, based in the School of Natural and Social Sciences. As well as the usual teaching and research, my role also includes a…
Video conversation with James Dalby
At the Festival of Learning, James Dalby and Jack Ruskin will be talking about Sprint Learning – the integration of Google’s ‘Sprint Project’ concept in curriculum design and delivery. If you can hear what I say through my heavy cold, I…
Not Reading, But Learning – a preview of Abigail Gardner’s session..
I caught up with Dr Abigail Gardner, and asked her about the paper session she’ll be offering at the June 2017 Festival of Learning here at The University of Gloucestershire. Dr Abigail Gardner is Principal Lecturer in Popular Music at…
Interview with Dr Arran Stibbe about his Lightning Presentation on ‘Creating a free online open access course’
For the Lightning Presentation section of the event, Arran is presenting a session entitled: Creating a free online open access course. I asked him about the session.. Q1: Who are you / what do you do? A1: I’m Arran Stibbe, a Reader…
Audio interview with Keynote speaker Dr Donna Lanclos
Click HERE to listen to a brief transatlantic audio interview – when I spoke to Donna last week, about what she hopes to address when she visits us in June
Why organise a festival of learning?
Many projects and undertakings I initiate, probably after too much coffee, cause me to sit, less under a caffeine cloud, later in the day, and wonder whose idea was this? The answer is pretty much always the same. The Festival of Learning…