Over the past year you may have found yourself in one of the University’s new flexible learning spaces. These rooms have been designed by the Learning Spaces Group, with a membership made up of academics,…
Development Activities
Graham Gibbs – ’53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About’
Graham Gibbs has started to publish a weekly Blog on the SEDA website focused on his 53 powerful ideas all teachers should know about. Graham is hoping to engage the community in discussions around his…
Reflections on our inspiration day
In November, Anise, Annemarie and myself took a day out to try the technique of walking and learning, as outlined in Anise’s previous post. The day was a fantastic opportunity to gain some thinking time…
British Museum Walking and Learning
Students on the Leading Change in Higher Education module of the MAAP course participated in an activity that explored their values, leadership qualities and leadership journeys within the galleries of the British Museum. This was…
Engaging Change in Learning and Teaching: Students, staff and institutions as partners
I attended the above one day event on Friday 28th March at the University of Westminster. This was jointly hosted by the Higher Education Academy. The day was really energising with presentations from a range…
Walking and Learning: Reflections on leadership and change
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”― Mahatma Gandhi At the end of last year we engaged in a day of walking and learning in order to build resilience, explore this technique…
Civil Engineering Show ‘n’ Tell – 22-01-14
This was a thoroughly engaging and useful session in which staff from the Civil Engineering met to share ideas and insights on their teaching practice. Here is a summary of the five presentations (which were…
BETT 2014
I spent yesterday at BETT (the British Educational Training and Technology Show). BETT is a giant exhibition for vendors of Educational Technologies. I went along with colleagues from IS and PAF to investigate classroom technologies. This…
The call for abstracts for the 2014 Learning at City Conference is now open to all City Staff.
Learning at City Conference 2014 – Students as Partners in Learning? Wednesday 4th June 2014 | 9am – 6pm We are pleased to open the Call for Abstracts for the 6th Annual Learning at City…
THE award for Outstanding Contribution to Leadership Development Shortlisting
LDC was shortlisted for the THE award for Outstanding Contribution to Leadership Development. This was in recognition of the impact of an in-house version of the Collaborative Leadership Programme based on the Leadership Foundation for…