The recently published Higher Education Academy (HEA) report by Mick Healey, Abbi Flint and Kathy Harrington entitled Engagement through partnership: students as partners in learning and teaching in higher education (York: HEA, 2014) makes for very interesting reading. In declaring that engaging “students and staff effectively as partners in learning and teaching is arguably oneRead more
The Teaching Centre is changing….. On 3rd October 2014, the Teaching Centre will become the Centre for Academic Practice. The new Centre will support all academic and academic related staff, research staff, staff with a teaching-related remit and PGRs with their academic practice. Drop in and find out more on: Friday 3rd October 2014 RutlandRead more
Appearing in Enhancing Learning in the Social Sciences (ELiSS), a practice paper entitled “‘A Picture Is Worth 10,000 Words’: A Module to Test the ‘Visualization Hypothesis’ in Quantitative Methods Teaching” has just been published by Paola Signoretta, Marty Chamberlain and John Hillier (School of Social, Political and Geographical Sciences, Loughborough University). The abstract reads: “Inadequate quantitative methods (QM) training provision for undergraduateRead more
From 2014/15 a new and improved Co-Tutor will be rolled out across Loughborough. CEDE would like to celebrate and thank the many colleagues that have been involved along the way and will be hosting a launch event on the 24th September 2014 at 12 noon. Register for the event here: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/co-tutor-launch-event-tickets-5255206464 For the past yearRead more
From 2014/15 a new and improved Co-Tutor will be rolled out across Loughborough. CEDE would like to celebrate and thank the many colleagues that have been involved along the way and will be hosting a launch event on the 24th September 2014 at 12 noon. Register for the event here: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/co-tutor-launch-event-tickets-5255206464 For the past yearRead more
The Learn interface to TurnItIn is changing next year. When the new edition of Learn is released on July 22nd, all TurnItIn assignments will need to be re-created for the new session. This is no different from previous years, although the software will look slightly different (see: Changes to Turnitin ). A six-slide PowerPoint presentation is availableRead more
The Centre for Academic Practice (CAP), which is the new name for the Teaching Centre from this autumn, is again advertising for a Graduate Intern. This vacancy is a fixed-term position running across academic year 2014-15, and it is only open to recent Loughborough University graduates. Please note that the deadline for applications is 31 July 2014, with further information regarding thisRead more
The Student Engagement and Experience Journal (SEEJ), an online peer-reviewed publication by Sheffield Hallam University, has just published an article entitled “‘Involve me and I learn’ – students’ Think BIG learning partnership” by Deena Ingham (Teaching Centre, Loughborough University), Josh Habimana and Paige Walker (both University of Bedfordshire Students Union). The abstract reads: “Learning is at the heart of theRead more
The first large-scale analysis of the National Student Survey (NSS) since its launch in 2005 has reported that UK university students have become more satisfied over time. The study by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) looked at trends in the responses of more than 2 million final-year students over nine years andRead more
The first European Conference on Social Media (ECSM) is being held from 10-11 July 2014 at the University of Brighton; the ECSM is keen “to establish a platform where academic and professional approaches to this rapidly expanding field of online activity can learn and share”. Prior to the ECSM, a Student Social Media Showcase (SSMS)Read more