Creating an academic community.
April 11, 2013
Video >> Dr Gaby Neher and Dr Nick Thomas: “Both the Department of History and the Department of Art History have constructed curricula with the development of subject-specific skills built in to the progression process. Further, there is a recognition that students need to be socialised into both a University context and into their subjects …
Supervising an International Masters project – a UK perspective
April 9, 2013
Prof Vicky Story: “Both Duncan [Dr Shaw on the UK perspective] and Mohan [Prof Mohan Avvari on the Malasia perspective] highlight the difficulties in getting firms to host MBA projects. However, as they also highlight, and based on my own experience supervising a number of these company-based projects, when they are done well, they are …
Supervising an international Masters project – a Malaysia perspective
March 26, 2013
Anita Chakrabarty: “The success of an international project hinges on many things, amongst them of course is excellent support from the teams that set up the entire collaborative effort in both campuses. Apart from students, I believe that such projects are equally sought after by faculty, for two reasons. First it expands our own knowledge …
Setting up an international Masters project – a Malaysia perspective
March 13, 2013
Prof. Mohan Avvari: “As Dr Duncan Shaw rightly put it in his post on the UK perspective, many MBAs love doing projects with external organisations because it gives them access to the full commercial context of their work, they can see how it helps the firm and they have a much more compelling addition their …
Setting up an international Masters project – UK perspective
February 26, 2013
Dr Duncan Shaw: “About seven years ago they gave me the admin job of finding projects for MBA dissertations. I used to work for Motorola and I did consultancy projects for lots of firms, so when I became an academic the Business School in the UK asked me to work with firms to get company-based …
Using stories to encourage student empathy
January 30, 2013
Charley Baker: “The theoretical and pedagogic background to using literature, narratives, stories, autobiographies and fiction (and other humanities) in the education of clinical professionals is the subject of a growing body of research, with accompanying fierce debate about its educational utility. Tischler (2010, p. 2) suggests that current clinical curriculums “don’t nurture the student’s whole …
Transition to, and through, university
January 8, 2013
Dr Jo Robinson talks about the connections between developing students’ subject-specific and academic skills and the skills that will help them into employment. Dr Jo Robinson, School of English. This interview was carried out as part of the Study Skills project, run by Kim Lawson in Academic Support.
Developing independent thinking through student-led activities
January 2, 2013
Dr Nick Thomas describes how giving students the responsibility to lead seminars helps them to develop important academic and transferrable skills Dr Nick Thomas, Department of History. This interview was carried out as part of the Study Skills project, run by Kim Lawson in Academic Support
Embedding study skills into the International Media and Communications degree
November 22, 2012
Video >> Dr Eva Giraud talks about designing a module dedicated to developing students’ study skills, set in the context of the discipline. Dr Eva Giraud Department of Culture, Film and Media This interview was carried out as part of the Study Skills project, run by Kim Lawson in Academic Support .
Assessment “as” (not “of”) learning
April 20, 2012
Dr Matt Green: “As a lecturer with a longstanding interest in the contributions that technology can make to teaching, as well as a member of the University’s own Assessment in the Digital Age working group back in 2010, it was fantastic to see the conference topic generating such momentum and enthusiasm. The day’s discussions were …
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