Category: Central Services

Gigi Herbert

Professional conversations as authentic oral assessment in career development modules

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This case study explores the design and use of Professional Conversations as an authentic oral assessment within credit-bearing career development modules, supporting reflective, work-related learning, and employability. Our challenge / opportunity Our 20-credit, year-long career development modules are structured around work-related learning, with a focus on personal and professional development, self-awareness, reflective practice, and skills Read more about Professional conversations as authentic oral assessment in career development modules[…]

Real-world enterprise challenges in Psychology

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Dr Patrick RosenKranz discusses how the School of Psychology designed enterprise challenges with charities to help students apply psychological literacy to real community issues, develop employability skills, and see how their subject knowledge can make a difference beyond professional psychology careers.

Embedding overseas research mobility into the curriculum

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Dr Carys Watts explains how embedding short overseas research projects into the curriculum gives bioscience students a structured, supported and equitable way to experience international research without committing to a full semester or year abroad.

Professional Dialogue for Fellowship applications provides an accessible and inclusive assessment option

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Dr Rebecca Gill discusses how Professional Dialogue for Fellowship applications offers an alternative to a written application, enabling participants to demonstrate their evidence for Fellowship recognition in a mode that best suits their preferences and needs.

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Using ArcGIS StoryMaps to practice digital storytelling

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Dr David Hope reflects on using ArcGIS StoryMaps as a summative assessment for a second-year undergraduate module and offers practical advice and inspiration for colleagues interested in the potential of this digital tool as a form of authentic assessment.

Dr David Grundy

Looking Beyond the Data – Using Student Learning Analytics as a Conversation Starter

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Dr David Grundy, Director of Digital Education Newcastle University Business School Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences  What did you do? I was part of the Learning Analytics Pilot who were using the Jisc platform, Data Explorer, to have data-informed conversations with my students about their progress and support. I usually have four meetings a Read more about Looking Beyond the Data – Using Student Learning Analytics as a Conversation Starter[…]

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Working in Partnership with the Academic Skills Team to Develop Effective Student Guidance on Designing and Producing an Infographic Assessment

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Dr Angela Mazzetti from NUBS explains her partnership work with Liv Jonassen of the Academic Skills Team from the Library to produce engaging and informative assessment support videos on the subject of designing infographics for BUS2040, resulting in an improvement in student achievement, and increased confidence when engaging with the assessment.

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Virtual Tours of the NU Farms

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As part of the Agriculture, Earth and Environment, and Applied Social Sciences Cluster (AESSC) Curriculum Redesign Project within SNES, we have developed virtual tours of NU Farms using H5P. These virtual tours provide an immersive experience during Open Days, familiarise students and colleagues with the farms prior to field trips, and enrich fieldwork activities.

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Incorporating the Peer Mentoring Induction Period Challenge on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into Teaching

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Dr Helen Mason and Gabrielle Vallons explain how the Peer Mentor Induction Period Challenge on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals is incorporated into first year teaching and delivered to students studying Nutrition and Dietetics, creating opportunities for students to submit group proposals for creative and innovative solutions to campus related issues with the potential to have lasting impact across the student body, alongside enhancing Peer Mentors’ personal and professional development.

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From Medications to Music Therapy (and back again): an undergraduate virtual exchange using intergroup dialogue to support cultural competence

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Dr Adam Rathbone, Lecturer in Social and Clinical Pharmacy at the School of Pharmacy collaborated with Dr Meganne Masko, Associate Professor of Music Therapy, to adapt the intergroup dialogue method of developing cultural competence to a virtual exchange between Pharmacy students in Newcastle and Music Therapy students from Indiana University – Purdue University, Indiana (IUPUI).