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

Posted on 18th May 202311th July 2025 by Michelle

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).

Virtual Exchanges – The value of international student exchanges during Covid

Posted on 7th December 202121st February 2022 by ndl93

Emma Robinson, Dr Paula Waterhouse & Luisa Wakelin Dental Sciences Faculty of Medical Sciences What did you do? Created a four-week online virtual exchange between Newcastle University, Universitas Indonesia, and Fiji National University. The exchange was open to both BDS and ODHS students. Very limited information was sent to students regarding what the exchange would Read more about Virtual Exchanges – The value of international student exchanges during Covid[…]

Forensic Psychology Professional Mentorship Scheme

Posted on 12th November 202111th July 2025 by Claire Burnham

Mentors from external partners worked closely with current students to help develop professional, communication and interpersonal skills. Dr Carla Chivers shares how this worked in this latest case study.

Enhanced Personal Tutoring: Embedding Academic Mentorship

Posted on 20th October 202111th July 2025 by Claire Burnham

An overhaul of the personal tutoring system resulted in the introduction of Academic Mentorship in the School of Medical Education. Find out how this impacted on student evaluation, portfolio usage metrics, and academic performance

Using Canvas New Analytics to gain insights into students’ access

Posted on 16th July 202110th July 2025 by nkv15

Find out if Dr Rachelle Maddison and Dr Raghda Zahran could use Canvas New Analytics to check whether a small cohort of international students could access resources in their own countries.

Assessing students innovatively via peer-reviewed small group video presentations

Posted on 6th July 202111th July 2025 by Claire Burnham

Dr Jessica Komes assessed students through a pre-recorded oral group presentation. As well as assessing the student’s ability to orally articulate the intended knowledge and skill outcomes, this approach helped students engage with each other and provided an opportunity for peer feedback.

Sustainable Futures in Focus – Global Partner Student Research Poster Competition and Forum

Posted on 1st July 202115th July 2025 by Claire Burnham

A collaboration with four other Universities provided students with a unique opportunity to showcase research related to UN Sustainable Development Goal 10: Reduce inequalities within and among countries.

Lived Experience Exchange

Posted on 18th May 202115th July 2025 by Claire Burnham

LEE (Lived Experienced Exchange) is a group of service users and trainee clinical psychologists who work together to make sure that views and experiences of service users are interwoven into learning and teaching. Read more about the group and current projects in this case study.

Diagram of the Lab heath and Safety project

FMS BNS Health and Safety Case Study

Posted on 28th April 202115th July 2025 by nkv15

The aim of this project was to produce an online lab health and safety package to support students from Biomedicine, Sports and Nutrition. Academic staff were finding it difficult to monitor student engagement with the module handbook and lab code of conduct and wanted to have a more standardised approach to ensure that all students are aware of and complying with health and safety requirements in the lab.

Rapid Reviews in Pharmacy

Posted on 22nd April 202123rd August 2021 by Claire Burnham

It became clear that the laboratory-based projects for stage 4 Pharmacy students would be undeliverable this year, so the type of project provided had to change. Building on their successful use in other areas, Rapid Reviews were introduced. Find out more about how they worked.