Loughborough Students’ Union (LSU) is advertising a number of posts ahead of academic year 2014-15, one of which is for a Student Voice Consultant – Peer Support. This Peer Support Coordinator will work in partnership with staff and students across Loughborough University to promote and support Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) and Peer Mentoring schemes, as well as taking responsibilityRead more
Loughborough University’s newest National Teaching Fellow has highlighted teaching awards as a key driver in developing academics’ teaching careers. Speaking at the 2014 Teaching Innovation Awards, Dr Peter Willmot from the Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering talked of his delight when teaching received international recognition for developing researchers and engineers. Pro Vice ChancellorRead more
The annual Research-Informed Teaching Awards have now been made for 2014. There was considerable interest from across the University and the panel, chaired by the PVC (Teaching), including three ADTs and representatives from the Teaching Centre has made three awards. The award winners are: Jo Bullard, Professor of Physical Geography, Department of Geography, who isRead more
Congratulations to Dr Peter Willmot on being awarded a Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellowship. The Higher Education Academy has announced today, 12th June, the 2014 National Teaching Fellows. The National Teaching Fellowships are the most prestigious awards for excellence in higher education teaching and support for learning. There were 180 nominations with 55 fellowshipsRead more