Category: Students & Learning

A lecturer’s perspective on ETT’s CPD sessions

This autumn the Educational Technology Team (ETT) which works with the School of Arts & Social Sciences and the School of Health Sciences ran its programme of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for teaching staff. Sessions were run by members of ETT, colleagues from LEaD’s Learning Success and Academic teams and teaching colleagues in the School…Continue Reading A lecturer’s perspective on ETT’s CPD sessions

City Learning & Teaching Forum – Student Wellbeing

As part of the LEaD series of Learning and Teaching Fora , the City Students’ Union has been invited to present a workshop on Student Wellbeing to staff at City. The event will encourage staff attending to actively participate and share good practice. After a very short exercise and an introduction from the SU Officers (Kristina,…Continue Reading City Learning & Teaching Forum – Student Wellbeing

Why did I start blogging? Present Absence

Shoes hanging from a telephone wire

Recently, Dom Pates, Jane Secker and I were discussing the future of the blogging group once I leave City (more about that later). We ended up talking about why we started blogging. Here’s my answer. My first blog post dates back to February 2008. What were you doing then? I was living in Sao Paulo,…Continue Reading Why did I start blogging? Present Absence

Learning is a Social Process

learning is a social process

Outside of my role here at City, I work as consultant in learning space design and development. One of my projects was to create a CPD package for a furniture manufacturer, with whom I have worked in support of their education market endeavour. In September they published the training package having secured accreditation from RIBA,…Continue Reading Learning is a Social Process

Funding opportunity to develop your teaching

Would you like to implement a new approach to teaching or a new assessment activity? Or, do you want to undertake a research study to evaluate an approach you have already implemented?   If you are a member of City, University of London staff, Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD) have a fund available to help…Continue Reading Funding opportunity to develop your teaching

Blend your teaching to increase student engagement

Following on from Health’s Got Talent in June (see our previous blog post), we are sharing some of the excellent learning and teaching and practice presented at the event. In this post we will explore the use of technology to produce engaging content for students, with an example from Kat Millward in the School of…Continue Reading Blend your teaching to increase student engagement

Cass Teaching & Learning Exchange

Academic and professional staff met for an afternoon of discussion about innovative teaching approaches in the first Cass Teaching and Learning Exchange. The event was hosted by Dr Martin Rich and Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD). The first session was an introduction to the forthcoming new Business Management degrees, where Martin described how the degrees are…Continue Reading Cass Teaching & Learning Exchange

And the winner is…Health’s Got Talent 2018

Health’s Got Talent is the School of Health Science’s (SHS) annual learning and teaching showcase. The ten finalists this year presented an impressive array of projects. Learning and Teaching Awards with cash prizes were provided by LEaD. The difficult job of awarding the prizes was in the capable hands of the judges: Professor Debra Salmon (Dean of SHS), Professor Pam Parker (Deputy Director of LEaD), Malek Areb (Student Union President) and Patrick Burke…Continue Reading And the winner is…Health’s Got Talent 2018

Recognising excellence in research skills and information literacy

One of my favourite days of the year is the TeenTech awards at the Royal Society which were held this year on 25th June. As part of my role as Chair of the CILIP Information Literacy Group I have attended and judged these awards now for the past four years. TeenTech was co-founded by Maggie…Continue Reading Recognising excellence in research skills and information literacy

‘The Reflective Practitioner’: a one-of-a-kind elective

The Rational & Intuitive Manager: Holtham & Dove (2018)

This is a guest post from Aurelie Zhu, a 1st year Business Studies student at Cass Business School, that looks back on her participation in the ‘Reflective Practitioner’ module. What is the module about? The module is designed to enhance and develop Intuitive qualities which are essential to any successful managers of our time. And…Continue Reading ‘The Reflective Practitioner’: a one-of-a-kind elective