Jenny Johnstone, Lecturer Newcastle Law School Humanities and Social Sciences What did you do? The Law School offers LAW8152, a two semester module on theories and methods of research specific to the field of law. Who is involved? Professor Chris Rodgers and Jenny Johnstone organise the module, and several other members of staff lead seminars Read more about LAW8152: A subject-specific research training module[…]
Stage 3 Employment Law Students practice applying law to real life situations using role play
Melissa Ware, School Postgraduate Research Administrator School of Engineering Science, Agriculture and Engineering What did you do? A Postgraduate Research Student Away Day has been held for the past two years to inspire community and social activity among students who come from a wide variety of research areas and expertise as well as countries, cultures Read more about PGR student away day[…]
Dr Jonathan Guy, Senior Lecturer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences Science, Agriculture and Engineering What did you do? Final year students organise a conference on current issues in animal science. Who is involved? Jonathan Guy, Facilitator, Andrew Beard, Facilitator, Helen Adamson, (expertise on poster design) Helen Atkinson, (Careers department) Eve Simcox, (Faculty Research Impact Read more about Organisation of a conference on current issues in animal science by final-year students[…]
The School of Dental Sciences describe their approach to assessing clinical and professional skills and knowledge.
Dr Jason Steggles, Senior Lecturer School of Computing Science, Agriculture and Engineering What did you do? Preparing and monitoring demonstrators involved in assessment to ensure consistency between marks and feedback provided. Who is involved? Jason Steggles, Senior Lecturer, School of Computing. How do you do it? I meet with the demonstrators as a group and Read more about Monitoring demonstrators to ensure consistency in marking and providing feedback to students[…]
Sarah Fletcher, Programme Co-ordinator School of Medical Education Faculty of Medical Sciences What did you do? The Master of Medical Education programme employs an early-warning system, allowing us to identify students who may be having issues early on and provide support. Who is involved? It focusses on identifying early on students who are not attending teaching Read more about Early-warning system for student progression issues[…]