Thursday 21 September 2017, 11.07pm
Recent updates
- Higher Education Academy Hosting Professional Development Event at Essex
Inputs, outputs, outcomes and impact: rethinking CPD With the Teaching Excellence Framework imminent, Essex welcomes representatives from the HEA on Wednesday 22 June (2pm-4pm) to lead a workshop exploring fresh approaches to professional learning and CPD. The workshop will consider some fundamental questions about your own professional practice and how […]
- Support for Autistic Students in HE – three new guides
The European-funded Autism&Uni initiative has published three new guides for those teaching and supporting autistic students in higher education. GUIDE 1: For HEI managers and senior academics Providing you with information and evidence to help you develop policies and practices that will benefit autistic students and improve the student experience at your institution. […]
- New Work-Based Learning resources
Dr Steve McMellor, Learning and Development Adviser, discusses UoE’s commitment to Work-Based Learning and updates us on some exciting new resources to support WBL at Essex What is Work-Based Learning at Essex? Work-Based Learning (WBL) is defined at Essex as learning outside the classroom – through placements, visits or projects for an employer or client - that is […]
- Creating Space to Know: upcoming day workshop on contemplative approaches to and in Higher Education
Last few places available… On Friday 18 March, Learning and Development will be running a day-long workshop, led by Dr Caroline Barratt of the School of Health and Human Sciences, exploring contemplative approaches to teaching and learning in Higher Education. This workshop has been introduced in light of increasing interest in the potential of contemplative […]
- Enhancing the learning experience of IA-EBS international pathway students: ‘reversed mentoring’ on support, feedback and assessment
In 2013-14, Dr Ilaria Boncori, Senior Lecturer in the University of Essex’s International Academy (IA), and Bev Jackson, Student Services Manager at Essex Business School (EBS), won TALIF funding to investigate the learning experience of international students who transitioned into EBS from the IA business pathway. The project was designed to contribute to the improvement of retention rates, progression […]
