Jude Carroll on plagiarism

Video >> Jude Carroll: “And what’s interesting about the question “Are any of these people plagiarists?” is actually that question is “What do you mean by the words that are in this definition?”. And one of the things that I think is very interesting is that the definition of plagiarism is not a platonic ideal …

The “Tour de Pasenville”: an induction exercise

Tim Heath spoke to Kate Exley about the “Tour de Pasenville”, a cross-year design project modelled on the “Tour de France”, which aims to introduce new students to key concepts in design and each other in a friendly competitive exercise that runs in the second week of Semester 1. This is an innovative School based …

Mathematics Electronic Learning Environment in Engineering and Science (MELEES)

Stephen Hibberd and Cliff Litton: “MELEES is a web-based environment, developed since 2002, to support students who take mathematics modules as a part of their course. In 2004-5 over 2000 students across Engineering and Science at the University of Nottingham used MELEES to support their learning. “The principal challenge within the service teaching of mathematics …