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.
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.
Dr Alison Graham describes how challenges with unprofessional conduct are turned into growth through guided reflection in the PARTNERS supported-entry route Assessed Summer School.
With no single placement output to assess, bioscience students used reflection to evidence learning and personal development during a 35 hour work placement undertaken as part of an employability skills module.
How Tariq Shafi, Senior Pre-Clinical Lecturer at NuMed Malaysia, supports Stage 1 Medicine students to develop oral communication skills through a staged research communication task. The approach combines formative preparation, small-group presentation, peer questions and immediate feedback to help students build confidence and capability in a supportive environment Our challenge Oral communication is an important part of students’ Read more about Building students’ confidence and capability in oral communication[…]
Discover how a flexible, adaptable 3-week summer project focusing on science communication can enhance bioscience students’ academic and professional skill gains, placement attainment rates, confidence, as well as provide a transnational educational opportunity.
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.
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.
Emily Smith, LET Coordinator in FMS TEL, describes how she worked with Sue Campbell and Krissie Howkins from the Chemotherapy Nurse Training module team, responding to negative student feedback to review and revamp materials for an unpopular topic in the module, replacing text heavy resources with animated infographics, and interactive quizzes using H5P, turning the topic into one of the most popular of the module.
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.