| Festival of Learning
| Festival of Learning
Organised by the Academic Development Unit (ADU), the 2020 Festival of Learning took place online, with activities spread over three days, from Tuesday 2 to Thursday 4 June. The theme of the Festival was ‘Designing Learning for Student Engagement’. This theme embraced the many ways that colleagues…
Welcome to the Festival of Learning 2020, which celebrates your learning, teaching and assessment practices over a rather extraordinary academic year. Festival planning began before the world had embraced social distancing, but the theme of Designing Learning for Student Engagement has assumed even greater relevance as we consider the principles that will help us to organise and secure successful online…
Adopting technology for an enriching and sustainable learning experience What are Academic Exchanges? Our Academic Exchanges showcase innovative academic practice and support for learning from staff across the institution and partner colleges. Each colleague participating in an Exchange has produced…
Using technology to support a diverse and inclusive learning experience What are Academic Exchanges? Our Academic Exchanges showcase innovative academic practice and support for learning from staff across the institution and partner colleges. Each colleague participating in an Exchange has…
The university’s Learning Innovation for Tomorrow (LIFT) programme supports academic teams to develop university experiences that are building the capacity of staff and students to create more equal and resilient futures for people and planet not just profit, in the…
Engaging Students in Partnership with Staff in Learning and Teaching Professor Mick Healey and Dr Ruth Healey, Healey HE Consultants Recording of the interactive lecture (including an introduction from the Vice-Chancellor) View or download a copy of Mick and Ruth’s…
80,000 word thesis, one slide, three minutes… who’s going to win? An 80,000 word thesis would take nine hours to present; our finalists have explained theirs in just three minutes with the aid of a single slide! The 3MT competition…
Engaging students as partners in their learning What are Academic Exchanges? Our Academic Exchanges showcase innovative academic practice and support for learning from staff across the institution and partner colleges. Each colleague participating in an Exchange has produced a short…
Creative learning in and beyond the classroom What are Academic Exchanges? Our Academic Exchanges showcase innovative academic practice and support for learning from staff across the institution and partner colleges. Each colleague participating in an Exchange has produced a short…