Category: Student Support, Employability and Wellbeing

Use this category for all posts that would fall under categories as: Peer Mentoring, personal Tutoring, Virtual Exchange, Academic and Study Skills, ASK, Reading List, Careers, Wellbeing, Employability

An image of the top section of the 'How does it work?' info graphic, including the title, a cartoon figure with question marks above its head, the words PEC in HCA, followed by a short explanation of what a PEC is.

Supporting students through Personal Extenuating Circumstances (PEC) via tailored infographic

Posted on by Michelle

John Holton, Director of Education in HCA explains how student demand for clarity on navigating the PEC process led him to develop a bespoke, student-facing infographic, re-packaging important information and key take-aways in an engaging and easy to understand format, resulting in a reduction in student anxiety, increasing confidence in the process, and reducing workload for staff responding to queries.

Peer Mentoring Induction Period Challenge – ‘Develop a strategy to raise awareness of one of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to students on your course’

Posted on by Claire Burnham

This challenge gave students the opportunity to become familiar with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, work as a team and demonstrate their creativity. Find out how it worked and view some of the fantastic winning entries.

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The Politics of Happiness

Posted on by nkv15

David Walker in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology has placed student wellbeing at the centre of his module Politics of Happiness. Find out how weekly assignments posted to Canvas on mindfulness, meditation, exercise, and unplugging your devices, have helped improve student engagement…

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Integrating employability and enterprise into the maths curriculum.

Posted on by Claire Burnham

Colleagues in the Careers Service and the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics are working together to deliver the Mathematical Skills and Career Management module. This case study shares how they are successfully embedding employability into the curriculum.

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Transition Officer for Mathematics and Statistics programmes

Posted on by Claire Burnham

The new Transition Officer has a real positive impact on students in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics. This is achieved through a proactive approach to providing both pastoral and academic support. Dr Kate Henderson shares how this works in practice.