At the University of Birmingham, every undergraduate and taught postgraduate has a Personal Academic Tutor (PAT). The role of the PAT is to support academic progress and personal development throughout a student’s University career (University of Birmingham, Code of Practice for Personal Academic Tutors, 2019). Personal Academic Tutoring is an anchor for students; it puts … Continue reading “Personal Academic Tutoring – Dionne Barton”
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The partnership between academic and professional services staff – Charlotte Jarvis
While there has always been a strong partnership between academic and professional services staff, over the last 5 years there has been more emphasis on the partnership in areas such as academic engagement and technical enhanced learning. This has seen new types of roles emerging such as student experience roles, professional services welfare tutors, technology … Continue reading “The partnership between academic and professional services staff – Charlotte Jarvis”
How will students want to learn (in your subject area)? (Institute of Clinical Sciences led workshop: discussion responses)
In health professions programmes, there is likely to be an increased demand for learning through simulation. Well-equipped and staffed simulation centres are attractive to students and can allow them to learn clinical skills in an environment that is safe for them and for patients. Use of simulation may extend to augmented reality and virtual reality … Continue reading “How will students want to learn (in your subject area)? (Institute of Clinical Sciences led workshop: discussion responses)”
Want to make good teachers? Make them run 10K
On January 1st 2017 around 2:45 in the morning I began to establish a series of New Year’s Resolutions knowing that I would achieve very few of them. Of course, most of them were incredibly generic: be more positive, be better with money (both of which I have already failed). I then chose the golden … Continue reading “Want to make good teachers? Make them run 10K”