Every winter the Government sets out the annual funding for higher education in a letter to HEFCE. This letter outlines the funds that are available for allocation, alongside any government priorities. One of the priorities in the latest letter is that the sector makes greater progress in delivering efficiencies, as “students will rightly expect valueRead more
It’s Week 6 and we’re just under half-way through our Introduction to Learning Technologies course with the University of Saskatchewan (UofS). Further to the call in the previous Truly taking the MOOC post asking for other colleagues to get involved, there are three of us based here at Loughborough University who now meet regularly in orderRead more
Please note that the closing date for submission of documentation relating to Teaching Innovation Awards is Friday 7th March 2014, directly to the Teaching Centre. For applications relating to Research-informed Teaching Awards, the closing date is Monday 28th April 2014. Further details on Teaching Innovation Awards can be found on the Teaching Centre website. FurtherRead more
The Teaching Centre is currently advertising (internally only) for a 0.4 FTE E-learning Officer post. The post is listed on the University vacancies webpage at https://vacancies.lboro.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec105gf.open?wvid=5913100PrZ . (Note that you’ll need to log in to see the listing.) The closing date is March 3rd. Contact me (c.f.g.shields (at) lboro.ac.uk) for more information.Read more
It is well recognised that there are limitations and issues in the use of the UK honours degree classification system (e.g. current grade classifications do not provide sufficient information to distinguish between graduates). The adoption of a single GPA system, as commonly used in many countries, could provide key benefits including a finer granularity ofRead more
An HEA STEM workshop entitled Practices in Peer Support – exploring alternative approaches to enhance the student experience was held just under a month ago on January 22nd in the Design Studio of the Centre for Design and Engineering Education. Various resources associated with this workshop (including each of the PowerPoint presentations given on the day) haveRead more
There is a major feature in the latest news at lboro (pp.12-13) regarding the Teaching Centre in an article entitled “Improving the learning experience”. Indeed, our work with students, their representatives and colleagues across campus features on the Spring 2014 cover page! The major focus of the articles are the Teaching Innovation Awards (TIAs), the nextRead more
Please note that the deadline for submission of documentation relating to the teaching element of Promotion applications is Friday 4th April 2014, directly to the Teaching Centre. If you would like to arrange an advisory meeting with Nick Allsopp, Head of Academic Practice, please e-mail Jo Wilkins – j.wilkins@lboro.ac.uk Further guidance on the Promotion processRead more
To the people out there that say delivering a lecture is easy, think again. I can now say this from experience! As the Graduate Intern in the Teaching Centre I’ve been involved in lots of different elements of Learning and Teaching at Loughborough and I have to say I never imagined I’d actually ever give a lecture.Read more
The University of Derby are holding a free event funded by the HEA on ‘Innovative approaches to teaching, assessing and feeding back to large Engineering and Computing classes.’ It takes place next week, 21st Feb 2014 at 10am. A programme is available, and bookings can be made online. For further information, visit the HEARead more