Followers of the Teaching and Learning Blog will have seen a number of previous references to the work of Graham Gibbs, but you now have the opportunity to receive weekly postings across the next year regarding his views on teaching, learning and assessment. Entitled ’53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About’ and hosted by thesedablog, the firstRead more
The University’s Job Vacancies site is currently advertising for a Quality Enhancement/Learning and Teaching Project Officer. With a closing date of 6 May 2014, the job description points out that the “successful applicant will work to enhance the quality of learning and teaching and the student learning experience across the University. They will undertake this by leading orRead more
The tandem takes centre stage in illustrating a key question in the partnership of learning: which seat do each of us give our learners and which do we take for ourselves? The analogy formed part of Marcia Baxter Magolda’s talk at a recent Lifewide Learning event in London, where the conference artist illustrated her thoughts.Read more
A recent HEFCE report follows 130,000 home A-level students who entered university education in 2007-8. The report compares a number of factors which affect success at university, including: ethnicity, household income, state versus independent schooling, GCSE performance and overall school performance. This current report builds on previous work and affirms the previous findings that, although students from independentRead more
The Research-informed Teaching Award is designed to “recognise and celebrate academic staff who have made a sustained and outstanding contribution to the promotion of research-informed teaching at Loughborough University”. There have been a number of changes to the RiTA for this new call, including making this a more competitive process with no limits on theRead more