A Hollistic View on Assessment – Why We Must View Assessments Through the Lens of the Whole Programme
Dr Grazyna Grace Lipowska-Bhalla is a Lecturer in Cancer Biology within the School of Medical Sciences and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). She serves as the Programme Director for the postgraduate programme in Cancer Pathology, whilst also...
Eye Know How, Co-Creating Team-Based Learning: A Journey in Active Learning
Authors: Catherine Porter, Catherine Collin, Janna Ajmal, Samra Syed Team members: Arij Dar, Fateema Gani, Amy Le, Natasha Qader TBL (Team Based Learning) is a pedagogical strategy designed to foster collaboration, critical thinking, and the application of knowledge....
An Essay in Seconds: What AI Reveals About Broken Assessments and the Need for Pedagogical Reimagining
Stephen Wheeler is an eLearning Technologist at the University of Manchester, supporting values-led approaches to digital learning. Grounded in Critical Pedagogy, his work focuses on how technology shapes power, participation, and the learning experience, rather than...
Assessing the Impact of Student-Led Clinics: Harnessing Authentic Assessment to Enhance Pharmacy Education
Harsha is a Senior Lecturer on the MPharm programme and co-lead for prescribing skills. She is an experienced clinical pharmacist with a background in both community pharmacy and general practice, where she has led clinics focused on managing long-term conditions,...
Microlearning can be useful addition to university teaching
Robert Phillips is senior lecturer in entrepreneurship at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester A rise in microlearning and “bite-sized” courses has been fuelled by post-pandemic shifts, such as increased digital engagement and flexible...
Why we should consider keeping digital teaching in our plans
Robert Phillips is a senior lecturer in entrepreneurship at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. The Shift to Online Learning During the Pandemic Prior to the pandemic, digital teaching accounted for less than 5 per cent of university...
Managing Instructor Teams Across Campuses in Transnational Education: Challenges and Solutions
Dr. Stefan Zagelmeyer, Reader in Comparative and International Business at Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS), has extensive experience in international higher education and research. He leads multiple programmes at AMBS and serves as the Teaching &...
Using photography as an inclusive approach to hearing students’ voices
At the University of Manchester Teaching and Learning Conference held in July 2023, Heather and Zhuomin presented findings from their project exploring how postgraduate students used photographs to explore and present their experiences while here at UoM. They have...
Increasing dialogue but not workload: developing effective dialogic feedback processes through using interactive coversheets
Craig Davis is a Senior Language Tutor and Academic Leader at the University Centre for Academic English (UCAE) within SALC. He teaches and coordinates a range of courses providing academic language support, primarily for international students. As the assessment...
Bridging the Gap: Preparing Students for the Realities of Employment
This blog is the second part of an interview with Jonathan Hourigan, which will eventually also be published as a podcast. The previous blog, as well as a short biography of Hourigan, can be found here. In our recent podcast with Jonathan Hourigan (soon to be...
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