Read our blog to explore ideas in teaching and learning. Students' first assignments often signal where skills and prior learning are wanting. But acknowledging the extent of these gaps and catering for the learning styles of all students can lead to more proactive approaches to addressing the problem.
So you’ve exhausted your TV subscription watch list and are looking for something that offers a more immersive real-life experience? Maybe you could try an immersive theatre experience that takes place in your bathroom or a virtual escape, or maybe some online role playing games?
If, like everyone else, you have been required to shift to online teaching this year, you will no doubt have researched the best approaches to doing so.
John Sloman, Jon Guest and Dean Garratt led a workshop for economics lecturers wishing to maximise engagement and employability in first year modules. Catherine Connolly reports back on the event.
Principles of economics is often taught in large cohorts, with students of mixed ability, including non-specialists. John Sloman, Jon Guest and Dean Garratt explore how to maximise engagement and employability in challenging first year modules.
Student life is full of transitions and choices. Few are so focal as the move into employment after university, and the choice of career.
