Category: Case Studies

Case studies of City academics that have worked with LEaD in some capacity for enhancing their teaching or examples of effective practice in teaching.

Leading by example, with lecture capture

Lecture Capture

Do you use lecture capture in your teaching? Margaret Carran, Senior Lecturer at City Law School and Deputy Associate Dean (Education) does, and she’s been sharing her experiences with LEaD, in the latest of our Educational Technology video case studies. This short film takes a different approach from the ‘talking heads’ style and uses animation…Continue Reading Leading by example, with lecture capture

Leading by Example: Careers Consultants at City, University of London

The Careers Consultants team in City’s Careers, Student Development and Outreach service (CSDO) have worked closely with colleagues in the Educational Technology Team to review, redesign and enhance their interactions with students through the use of digital media such as screencasts and webinars. CSDO work with current students and recent graduates to develop our students’…Continue Reading Leading by Example: Careers Consultants at City, University of London

Online Role-play and Simulated Practice in Pre-Reg Midwifery Education

The midwifery context Despite nursing and midwifery being defined in terms of being caring professions, recent investigations into practice in the NHS make sombre reading, describing both nurses and midwives failing to demonstrate care or compassion in their practice (Francis 2013; Kirkup 2015). The need to ensure that qualifying midwives have a thorough understanding of…Continue Reading Online Role-play and Simulated Practice in Pre-Reg Midwifery Education

Behind the award-winning CitySCaPE project

  Last month, a team of staff from LEaD and SHS were recognised for innovation in developing healthcare learning materials at an NHS awards ceremony. Their work on CitySCaPE, a multimedia simulated reality learning package targeted at improving healthcare for people with learning disabilities, won a £10,000 first prize at the annual HENCEL (Health Education North…Continue Reading Behind the award-winning CitySCaPE project

Distance Learning: LLM International Business Law

On behalf of The City Law School, we are proud to have launched the University’s first distance learning degree programme, the Master of Laws (LLM) in International Business Law (IBL), in May 2014. In consideration of the school’s strategy to internationalise our postgraduate curriculum and course offerings, Professor Jason Chuah, the Head of Academic Law,…Continue Reading Distance Learning: LLM International Business Law