UNNC T&L newsletter 11
September 19, 2014
UNNC Teaching and Learning Newsletter (Special Teacher’s Day Edition 2014). Welcome to the newsletter relating to Teaching and Learning issues, Quality Assurance requirements and the Student Learning Experience. Welcome from Vice Provost Teaching and Learning. September 10th is Teachers Day in China and we would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the …
Evaluate update: September 2014
September 10, 2014
Prof. Alan Ford: “I am pleased to be able to confirm that Evaluate is now live and available for use. Evaluate replaces paper-based SET and SEM surveys, which will no longer be processed or supported. Here you will find further information on training and familiarisation sessions, testing in UNNC and UNMC and more general information …
TTP: an introduction
July 9, 2014
Video >> Wyn Morgan introduces the Teaching Transformation Programme and describes the activities so far: The Teaching Transformation Programme web pages include full details of TTP activities, reports, contacts etc. For colleagues in China, the version below should be available as it is hosted locally: http://media.nottingham.edu.cn/TTP-Introduction.html
UNNC teaching development projects
June 16, 2014
We are delighted to announce that the successful proposals for the first UNNC Small Teaching and Learning Development Grant (STL) have been selected, with project ideas ranging from a digital story to linguistic and cultural diversity at UNNC. You can read about the successful applicants and their projects below. Intercultural Communication in the Teaching and …
Evaluate: (SET/SEM) update
June 11, 2014
Prof Alan Ford: “I am pleased to be able to give you an update on the progress of Evaluate. In recent weeks, a number of UK schools (Chemistry, Health Sciences, Maths, Medicine, NUBS, Pharmacy and Physics & Astronomy) have been taking part in an extended pilot to further test Evaluate prior to the full roll …
Students at the heart of Nottingham: towards closer collaboration
April 29, 2014
Video >> Ruth Edgar, Students’ Union and Carina Neil, LRLR, University of Nottingham, on “Students at the heart of Nottingham: towards closer collaboration”. This was a session at the 2014 University Teaching and Learning conference on Students in Conversation. Session abstreact: The University and the Students’ Union are committed to working together to enhance teaching at …
Engaging students through partnership towards better educational outcomes
Video >> Colin Bryson, with Ruth Furlonger and Jenni Cannon, talks about involving students more fully in conversation about curriculum design, assessment and teaching. This was the plenary session at the 2014 University Teaching and Learning conference on Students in Conversation. Session abstract: Student engagement now occupies a prominent focus in Higher Education. However it …
Perspectives on students in partnership
Audio >> Prof. Wyn Morgan, Prof. Julie Sanders, Prof. Stephen Doughty and Dasha Kurzunina talk about what partnership means to them. Perspectives on students in partnership was a plenary session at the Students in Conversation conference (April 2014). The transcript from Dasha’s presentation is available below: Dasha Karzunina: “Hello and welcome. I’m here to talk …
The first Teaching Policy Forum: a review
January 8, 2014
Alan Ford: “Along with Wyn Morgan I attended the first Teaching Policy Forum last week in what I hope marks the beginning of a long line of conversations with colleagues from across the University on the role and importance of teaching for this institution. I was pleased to see upwards of 70 colleagues at the …
Messages from new Faculty Directors of Teaching at UNNC
January 6, 2014
As announced by Professor Julie Sanders in her recent email, we now have three Faculty Directors of Teaching at UNNC. The Faculty Directors of Teaching are members of a newly reconfigured Campus Teaching Committee and will have representation on the UK Faculty Teaching Committees. They will also serve on the UK based Quality and Standards …
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