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Enhancing support for international students in FMS
Dr Alessio Iannetti (FMS) explored how best to support international students—while comparing their needs to those of home students. Guided by student and colleagues feedback, his pilot project suggests practical ways to strengthen support and foster inclusive learning communities.
Using Inspera for a Language Module Assessment Strategy
Loiana Leal, Lecturer in Modern Languages discusses how she worked alongside the Digital Exams Team from LTDS to integrate digital examinations in a Portuguese language module using Inspera, collaborating with students to develop authentic assessments delivering enhancements in marking processes, feedback delivery and a high quality student experience during formative and summative assessments.
Using portfolios to capture competency and engagement beyond module assessment
Discover how Katie Wray, Senior Lecturer in Engineering, collaborated with colleagues from LTDS and FMS TEL to pioneer an innovative reflective portfolio approach that was used with first-year undergraduate engineering students.
Using Applied Pedagogy to Deliver Social Value, on a Management Consultancy module
Jo Clark, Lecturer in NUBS, describes working with a group of postgraduate MBA students to deliver a consultancy project, using the social value model, offering a real-life consultancy opportunity, adding authenticity and contemporary relevance to academic theory, testing students’ skills as business consultants, and delivering value to a client organisation.
Surprise! Using “playful learning” to take older ideas seriously
Find out how Professor Nick Megoran from the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology designed an unconventional lecture that uses creative, playful learning and surprise to engage students.
Viewing a module’s exam questions to enhance student engagement
John Hedley, Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering, explains how his module’s NUMBAS exam assesses students’ effort during the module, by giving them the opportunity to see, practise and ask for advice on all exam questions prior to taking the exam, and in the process developing a deep understanding of the module’s learning outcomes.
Creating consistent and automatic feedback for large student cohorts
Dr John Hedley, Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering, designed a marking criteria for a team of markers on a large population engineering module, enabling fast and consistent marking, alongside effective descriptive student feedback that is automatically generated.
Space Investigators: a cross-university astronomy exhibition co-developed by students and staff
In this case study Dr Vicky Fawcett, Research Associate in Astrophysics, describes how Newcastle, Durham and Northumbria Universities collaborated to design a hugely successful astronomy exhibition at the Great North Museum, with the aim of getting more children from low socioeconomic backgrounds, as well as their families and the wider local community, interested in STEM subjects.
“Who wants to be millionaire” as a game to enhance students’ engagement and teamwork skills in life sciences curricula
Does the competitive nature of a game help to improve student knowledge retention, while making a seminar session more fun and engaging? Dr Alessio Iannetti investigated this and shares the results in this case study.
Pottery for Promoting Honest Wellbeing Discussions
PGR colleagues Jerome Ruddick and Elly Polignano designed a wellbeing workshop to tackle mental health issues within academia for PGRs both within Newcastle’s History, Classics and Archaeology department, and beyond, in other northern universities.
In this case study Jerome discusses how a hands-on, creative pottery making activity became a highly successful part of the workshop, creating a calming environment providing mental and physical respite, allowing PGR students to disassociate from their own thoughts, engage with their peers, and practice self-evaluation by engaging with wellbeing questions on a deep level.