Achieving Participation in Medium Sized Groups

Here, Charles Crook talks about ways to stimulate a class of students into discussion, to feel confident about talking about the material that they are studying. He describes some tools for supporting groups in the classroom: A tool to pick a name out of a group randomly for someone to make some kind of contribution: …

Enhancing Graduate Success Via Facebook

Staff of the UoN Vet School recognised the great support students receive during their academic program was being sorely missed by recent graduates, so sought a way to keep the support going with minimal overhead – the solution was to try out a Facebook group for those entering the professional arena. This has been a …

Development of an Online Education Tool for Oncology

Targeting of radiotherapy by doctors has been identified as a significant factor in the quality radiotherapy, affecting cancer cure rates. Simon Duke, as part of a doctoral research project funded by Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (Cambridge), has been collaborating with Nottingham University and the EMBRACE-II cervix cancer trial group to investigate innovative ways of improving how …