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A postgraduate student focus group exploring belonging and community provided valuable insights into authentic assessment, industry engagement and critical approaches to AI, helping inform curriculum redesign through the Leading Edge Curriculum (LEC) pilot.
Dr Kate De Rycker describes how she designed public-facing alternative assessments in Renaissance literature modules so students can demonstrate their ability to translate complex academic knowledge into real-world outputs such as theatre programmes, exhibition guides and teaching packs while retaining academic rigour through the inclusion of a rationale.
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[…]
The Sociology programme embedded a clearer Support to Study model, giving students flexible, personalised deadlines to support wellbeing alongside work pressures, improving student autonomy, mental health outcomes, and satisfaction, despite increased staff workload.
Dr David Grundy used the Lecturer Oversight and Verification of AI (LOV AI) Co-Creation Approach with ChatGPT o3 Deep Research and expert supervision to to produce extended case studies, concise summaries, and a suite of derivative teaching materials.
Dr Cristina Navarro Reguero and Dr Matthew Hopkinson designed CHEMmunicate, a fun team game where students draw chemical structures by asking yes/no questions—boosting communication skills and reinforcing organic chemistry knowledge.
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.
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.
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[…]
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.