Teaching and Learning Bulletin
Learning Outcomes: Linking Constructive Alignment and Employability Skills I recently led a Teaching and Learning seminar that focused on how we write, use, and reflect on learning outcomes. The session explored constructive alignment (Biggs and Tang 2011) and how our learning outcomes …
What Do We Value in a University?
This week I’ve been attending education fairs and meeting prospective students and their families. It reminded me that to maximise an outcome you first need to know what you value. Some things are easy to see: certificates, facilities, rankings — and yes, …
Teaching and Learning Bulletin
Graduate Attributes: Exploring how our students shape their futures through skills, values, and reflection In this post, I wanted to share and reflect on a recent session with our new students focused on our Graduate Attributes. The students worked in small groups …
Teaching and Learning Bulletin
Placing our students at the heart of the learning process. Active Learning: what it is, why it matters Welcome to this edition of our Teaching and Learning Bulletin (now shared as a blog).Our aim is to offer ideas and approaches that can …
The Lessons That Come From Getting It Wrong
In education, as in leadership, we tend to celebrate what goes right. The project that succeeds. The idea that works. The outcome that matches the plan. But often, it’s the times we get it wrong that shape us most. Why We Resist …
