NEWS
Students as Partners conference at Wilfrid Laurier University
Shivangi Shah I started working as a Student Partner Ambassador at my university with my amazing colleagues, Fatima, Kyra, Mellisa, Lauren, Rifa, Matheesha
Students as Partners conference at Wilfrid Laurier University
Lauren Nader As part of my Student Partnership Ambassador position at the University of Westminster, I recently had the amazing opportunity to attend
RAISE conference at University of Lincoln
Author: Kyra Araneta. Towards the end of the summer, myself and Huanyu got to attend the 2022 RAISE conference held at the University of Lincoln. The two-day conference was an opportunity for students, lecturers and academic staff to come together to reflect on the origins and impact of Student as Producer practice and hear about the project and programs going on in the field.
EVENTS
Co-liberation, anyone?
In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively
Learning and Teaching Symposium 2018
Learning and Teaching Symposium 2018 Westminster Pedagogy: Making a Difference
Learning and Teaching Symposium 2017
The Learning and Teaching Symposium is an annual event which gives all staff at
LEARNING COMMUNITIES
Even better than the real thing? What’s the point of authentic learning?
“Authentic learning is a sham,” an experienced academic colleague tells me. “How can we pretend that what happens in my class, and what happens within a university generally, isn’t real life in some way?
Enhancing student group work
Author: Mick Healey. “This timely and comprehensive report synthesizes key scholarship on group work, resulting in an essential guide for supporting students working in teams in higher education. The report provides staff and academic developers with a nuanced analysis of both the benefits and challenges of group work, as well as strategies for teaching group work skills and integrating teamwork pedagogies across the disciplines. It’s an invaluable resource.” (Jessie L. Moore, Elon University Center for Engaged Learning, United States)
Reimagining the curriculum as social enterprise
Author: Andy Pitchford. Two men with big bushy beards have had a disproportionate impact on my academic career. While I am grateful for their influence, for reasons that I will now explore, I am occasionally troubled by the beards themselves.
Reimagining the curriculum as a circular economy
Author: Andy Pitchford. One of the more depressing moments of my academic career was on a July Friday, in the midst of a long, hot summer sometime in the late 1990s. I had just taken the wrong door out of my department office, having had a very nice chat with the people there which had distracted me somewhat from my morning’s journey.