At the end of July, James Perkins finishes his two year term as Vice President Education for the Students’ Union and alumnus of City University London. He has been a great asset to the students and staff of the university in many ways and worked closely with our team on numerous projects and activities, including his…Continue Reading James Perkins VP Education Interview
The Learning at City Conference is now in its sixth year and continues to go from strength to strength. This year, for the first time, the conference took place at an external venue and was opened up to presenters and attendees from other HE institutions. The Conference took place on Wednesday 4th June at The Hatton…Continue Reading Learning at City Conference 2014 – Catch up
We very much enjoyed presenting our paper on students as partners in study skills teaching & learning at the Learning at City Conference 2014. In case you missed the presentation, here’s a link to the paper. We would welcome your comments, of course. http://moodle.city.ac.uk/mod/page/view.php?id=212316 Best wishes Richard, Sally, Emma & David Academic Learning Support, Learning…Continue Reading To what extent can students be partners in their study skills learning? An evaluative study of a series of academic learning support workshops
By Martin Agombar and Lisa Baker Peter Bryant (LSE) set the tone for this meeting by indicating the barriers that exist to student production work. He noted how institutions are highly resistant to change. Students of course are miles ahead and use technology intelligently for their own creative purposes. The institutions’ cumbersome structures prevent them…Continue Reading M25 at LSE 26 March 2014: Students as Producers
Last week I had the opportunity to attend a one-day event on ‘Leadership for a better student experience: What do senior executives need to know?’ jointly organised by the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education and the Higher Education Academy. The event’s topic, homonymous to Prof Ramsden’s 2013 stimulus paper, was particularly appealing to me on…Continue Reading Leadership for a better student experience; What do senior executives need to know?
Many students find the writing process difficult. Despite having completed A levels or other qualifications, it is quite common to find students somewhat mystified by the writing required at university. This is particularly the case when it comes to writing a final year dissertation, which will usually be a longer and qualitatively different piece…Continue Reading Student writing – the benefits of freewriting
It was an honour to be invited to the exhibition showcasing and engaging guests with students’ work on ‘The Reflective Practitioner’ module as part of BSc Management and BSc Business. Angela Dove, the module leader, working in conjunction with the students and other supporters put on this year’s exhibition in the newly refurbished Drysdale Lecture…Continue Reading Reflective Practitioner Exhibition
One of the more challenging aspects of our work as educators is how we develop students understanding of plagiarism. At the beginning of the year, you may have felt that you have appropriately outlined your expectations to your students in terms of plagiarism. You may even have called in the expert librarians to help run…Continue Reading Its a cut and paste job.
According to two articles in Times Higher Education change is moving both too fast and too slow as these quotes demonstrate: “Many students will “defend to the death” the need for traditional campus-based lectures, and will only delve into the world of free online educational resources if instructed to by their teachers, a conference has…Continue Reading Traditional versus radical change in education
Reading List Online This blog post is written by Ajmal Sultany and Samantha Halford. City University London has recently launched a new library software, known as the Reading Lists Online (RLO). This blog post presents the collaborative research between Library Services and the LDC, which attempts to understand the experience and perceptions of City University students towards this newly-implemented online reading list software. An…Continue Reading Reading List Online