CLS Courtroom Use – Quick Guide

The City Law School (CLS) at City St. George’s University of London is home to a fully equipped mock courtroom, complete with witness boxes and modern digital technology. The space is designed to mirror real court environments, giving students practical, hands-on experience in advocacy, courtroom communication, and legal procedure. As part of the Higher Education…Continue Reading CLS Courtroom Use – Quick Guide

LEaD heroes eliminate Glass Boards against all odds

In 2023, LEaD recommended that the old Glass Boards in 18 existing learning spaces be replaced with a low-gloss dry wipe board, now standard (DALI) specification at City St George’s.  This was to address several complaints made by students to the Students Union, Learning Environment Committee and Digital Accessibility Working Group, about their difficulty in…Continue Reading LEaD heroes eliminate Glass Boards against all odds

Sampling a school: an integrated and directed approach to reviewing accessibility and encouraging change

At City St George’s, University of London, we are proud that improving the accessibility and inclusivity of our teaching, and teaching materials, is understood not just as a legal requirement, or a “nice to have”, but a core responsibility of our Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD) department and Associate Deans for Education across the university….Continue Reading Sampling a school: an integrated and directed approach to reviewing accessibility and encouraging change

Gender Equality and Law: Transnational learning and co-producing research with students from Udayana University in Indonesia and City St George’s University

Map of the world with pins for where conference delegates come from

A British council’s Gender Equality Partnerships grant, as well as strong international network links in the school, meant that the City Law School was recently able to run a transnational hybrid project focusing on Gender Equality and Law. This project brought together 20 students, 10 each from Udayana University (Bali, Indonesia) and City Law school. …Continue Reading Gender Equality and Law: Transnational learning and co-producing research with students from Udayana University in Indonesia and City St George’s University

A new tool for assessing the impact of AST tutorials: detailed feedback questionnaire

Background Dr Agnieszka Marciszewska, an academic skills tutor from the Academic Skills Team (AST) based in LEaD department, has designed a new detailed feedback questionnaire for individual tutorials carried out by her team. The questionnaire was embedded in Qualtrics by her colleague David Shah. It has been piloted and is now successfully rolled out in…Continue Reading A new tool for assessing the impact of AST tutorials: detailed feedback questionnaire

From Delivery to Dialogue: Reimagining Inclusive Assessment and Feedback Design

Recently, my colleague and former student, Dr Stamatia Papathanasiou, and I spoke at the Learning at City conference about assessment and feedback as a mosaic: an interconnected design of practices, modalities, and relationships that shape inclusive learning from the outset. Stamatia was a student on the second-year 15-credit MAAP (MA in Academic Practice) module: EDM126…Continue Reading From Delivery to Dialogue: Reimagining Inclusive Assessment and Feedback Design

Module starting soon: Digital Literacies and Open Practice

Have you ever wondered if students really are digital experts? Or considered how you can use educational resources available online? If so, join us in October 2025 on the elective module EDM122: Digital Literacies and Open Practice. This module is taught by Dr Jane Secker, Associate Professor in Educational Development, and Dr Julie Voce, Head…Continue Reading Module starting soon: Digital Literacies and Open Practice

Building a Playful Learning Community – And You’re Invited!

What happens when you bring together a group of curious, creative university staff and give them permission to play? You get something pretty special — a playful learning community that’s reshaping how we think about teaching, learning, and collaboration in higher education. Myself, Susannah Quinsee and Sara Reimers recently published an article in the Journal of…Continue Reading Building a Playful Learning Community – And You’re Invited!

Notes From A Spanish Gathering (Part II)

Woman sitting at table in front of AI-generated slide depicting Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in a university context.

Or, 10 things I remember from Edulearn24 (the other five) 06. On Volumetric Video I’ve long been curious about the possibilities for education of being able to effectively digitise people and recreate them in three-dimensional space and be able to interact with them, in contrast to things like the screen-bound but largely passive experience of,…Continue Reading Notes From A Spanish Gathering (Part II)