CultuRACE is a longitudinal, embedded pedagogical framework that uses playful, experiential, and reflective approaches to support culturally responsive practice, enabling students to engage safely and progressively with culture, power, bias, and professional responsibility.
Jennifer Dodds-Vigouroux explains using a reflective learning framework supports students to develop self-awareness, critical thinking and problem-solving skills and provides a strategy for continuous learning and development. Implementing a peer-based reflective model enables students to learn more effectively.
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.
By being open and consistent about how AI supports learning materials, an MBA accounting module built trust, encouraged responsible use, and improved engagement with flipped resources— without making transparency feel like a lecture.
Adam Badger, Lecturer in Economic Geography, discusses sharing module responsibilities in Geography.
How structured team-teaching in the School of Geography supports curriculum resilience, and programme coherence.
Building professional competency in Public Relations by connecting academic learning with industry practice through client briefs, portfolio development, and reflective academic writing
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.
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[…]
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.