A psychologically informed approach to teaching leadership and harm

Pip Kyle explores a psychologically informed approach to supporting students to present and critically engage with research on leadership and harm. The case study relates to an international cohort of postgraduate students studying on an MSc in Management programme, Developing Leadership Perspectives module, committed to enhancing their leadership development and practice.

Dr Gethin Rees

Support to Study in Sociology

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.

Street Law: Bringing Legal Education to Newcastle Community

More than 130 Newcastle Law School students translate theory into action by getting involved in one of several pro-bono /community-based projects. The projects are wide ranging, from delivering awareness raising sessions through the Street Law Project, to other social justice-based initiatives with various partners which allow students to participate in live-client advice and research campaigns.  Read more about Street Law: Bringing Legal Education to Newcastle Community[…]

A photograph of Cong Zhang

Boosting digital literacy through phonetics learning

Dr Cong Zhang, Lecturer in Phonetics and Phonology in ECLS, discusses embedding authentic, engaging, and practical digital literacy skills into phonetics learning through interactive tools, online assessments, and creative multimedia projects.

Newcastle University Business School building

The LOV AI Co-Creation Approach: Creating Business Teaching Cases with Deep Research AI

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.

Loiana Leal

Using Inspera Digital Exams for a Language Module Assessment Strategy

Loiana Leal, Lecturer in Modern Languages, worked with the LTDS Digital Exams Team to introduce digital exams using Inspera in a Portuguese module—co-creating authentic assessments with students to improve marking, feedback, and the overall experience.