20-minute podcasts
Dr Philip Garrett has introduced a series of podcasts for all students on the ‘A Survey History of Japan’ module. You can listen to a section of one of the podcasts for some inspiration.
Category: Humanities and Social Sciences
Increasing student engagement with complex material during lectures
Dr Helene Tyrrell, Northern Law Awards Law Teacher of the Year, focused on engaging students with working cases during lectures. This has resulted in lots of positive feedback and student marks have also increased.
Assessment and feedback
Tom Astley, winner of the Outstanding Contribution to Feedback Teaching Excellence Award shares his approach to providing continuous feedback to students.
Peer mentoring: Business, Accounting and Finance
Find out more about how Peer Mentors support Business, Accounting and Finance students with placements.
Class generated content
Dr Helen Stringer describes how she introduced group seminar debates and a class book which includes essays from all students on the module. You can also read some feedback from one of the students on the module.
Inter-university competition – Greggs marketing challenge for postgraduate taught students
Find out about how Newcastle University Students took part in a competition to prepare a marketing and product development plan for local firm Greggs.
Providing audio feedback
Andrea Wilczynski from the School of Modern Languages records individual audio feedback for Stage 2 students studying German. Read more about the results here.
Peer review to improve essay writing for first years in School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics
Dr Kirsten MacLeod, Lecturer School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics Humanities and Social Sciences What did you do? Introduced compulsory Peer Review for First Year students. Who is involved? Dr Stacy Gillis, Dr Ruth Connolly and Dr Kirsten MacLeod introduced a peer review component for first term survey modules. Seminar tutors divide all of Read more about Peer review to improve essay writing for first years in School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics[…]
Shared sense-making through practical application of filmic storytelling for non-film students in literature
Dr Tina Gharavi, Senior Lecturer School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics Humanities and Social Sciences What did you do? I am a filmmaker and Senior Lecturer who uses practice-based learning to teach students about theory and application of learning/skills Who is involved? Only myself and third year students How do you do it? I Read more about Shared sense-making through practical application of filmic storytelling for non-film students in literature[…]
Student-led curriculum design
Dr Paul Fleet, School of Arts and Cultures describes how students helped to shape the curriculum design with some encouraging results.