Presentations by the three recipients of the Vice-Chancellor’s awards for excellence in teaching and learning

The most recent CAP forum, introduced by Dr Nick Allsopp, provided opportunity for the three recipients of the Vice-Chancellor’s awards for excellence in teaching and learning to disseminate their practice. The event was well attended and each of the speakers engaged in a lively debate after their presentations.

Dr Cheryl Travers from the School of Business and economics disseminated her good practice relating to learning, transfer and impact where she used a five-stage model to encourage and help students to write smarter goals by using reflective practice. Further information is available in the following blog post: How to Evidence Excellence in Teaching and Learning – Reflective Goal Setting

The second speaker was Paula Gamble-Schwarz from the School of the Arts who presented on the Arts Foundation course. Paula talked about how this course, which has approximately 180 registered students, had been successfully restructured; students receive 20 hours contact per week and participate in a collaborative exhibition with Japanese students from Joshibi University of Art and Design. Further information is available on the following blog post: How to Evidence Excellence in Teaching and Learning – Foundation Programme

The final presentation was given by Dr Richard Hodgkins from Geography who focused on the importance of obtaining buy-in from the students and the student experience. He gave details about the achievement of accreditation from the Royal Geographical Society for our Geography degree programme. This accreditation has only been achieved by 20 institutions. Further information is available in the following blog post: Giving Students, Parents and Employers Confidence: Geography’s Experiences of Accreditation