This blog post presents a short action research project at the University of Leeds School of Law that seeks to shed some light on postgraduate taught (PGT) international students’ views on academic offences and their approaches to academic integrity to inform future policies and prevention strategies.
This example covers the various stages of the application and selection process for those seeking a placement. It discusses some of the ways in which students can be used as partners in the teaching process.
Short Flipgrid videos from students are used to encourage participation and communication in an enjoyable and convenient way. Using a link or join code, students are able to upload videos easily and interact with other students’ contributions. What did you do? Why did you do it? To maintain a communicative approach to teaching in the Language Centre despite being online, we used Flipgrid to…
This initiative was for students at Masters level studying counselling and psychotherapy. Developing self and intersubjective awareness through digital learning is a very different proposition as there are many psychological differences in how we exist and interact online. This initiative offered an introduction to these issues from an expert and discussion space at the start of the programme. What…
This example describes the design of an interdisciplinary module for second and third-year students in response to the social changes brought about by the pandemic. The module is accessible to students in Politics and International studies, Sociology and Social Policy and the School of Law. The online education approach adopted We have produced an interdisciplinary…
This example describes how we can stay in touch and keep our staff-student community alive and vibrant online. It summarises how we have offered support to our final year undergraduate students during and beyond lockdown and graduation. The online education approach adopted: During the spring 2020 lockdown, I maintained frequent contact with students via email…
Distance or hybrid learning can create a lack of group cohesion and a feeling of isolation in some learners. Here is one way we tried to overcome these issues in block taught apprenticeship programmes. What did you do? Why did you do it? At the start of each taught block, a Teams ‘Welcome Back’ meeting…
