Building Student Resilience: THE POSTIVE MINDS PROGRAMME By Dr Paddy Woodman
In Spring 2017 the Student Success & Engagement Team partnered with Positive (and the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust (CWMT)) to develop and deliver the Positive Minds pilot programme to 150...
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Launch of the Large Class Education Toolkit By Dr Katja Strohfeldt
With the start of the new term most of us will focus once again on one thing: How can we offer the best teaching to all of our students? Many of us will also face a very similar challenge: Class sizes...
View ArticleA Language Teaching Community of Practice: Collaborative development of...
Over the course of the last academic year, the idea of creating a Language Teaching Community of Practice (LT CoP) has taken shape and developed as part of the University strategy to support and...
View ArticleWhat are the benefits of Study Smart? A student perspective By Tom Wise (Part...
Being a student mentor for the Study Smart online course for Part 1 undergraduates has offered me an opportunity for personal development, through examining the perspectives of upcoming students to the...
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Facilitating student reflection on learning in the Great Hall by Rev Dr Geoff...
The Great Hall is the jewel in the crown of the London Rd campus and its cavernous interior gives it a unique atmosphere, ideal for reflective kinds of learning. I was fortunate enough to teach a...
View ArticleA letter to my pre-UoRM self about teaching international students By Dr Dan...
Dear pre-UoRM Dan (circa 2015), So, you’re looking forward to going to the University of Reading Malaysia (UoRM) soon, right? Slightly daunting I’m sure, but you’ll be telling yourself that the UK...
View ArticleReflections on university transition from a new staff member By Dr Alana James
I started university this year, or at least it feels like I have upon starting my new job as a Lecturer in the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences (PCLS). Every face around me is...
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AN ‘APPY CHRISTMAS IN AGRICULTURE: SHARING OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING...
During December 2016, we had the chance to share our teaching and learning experiences here at the University of Reading with thousands of other educators around the world by providing a case study for...
View ArticleInvolving students in the appraisal of rubrics for performance-based...
Context In 2016, in the Department of Modern Languages and European Studies (DMLES), it was decided that the marking schemes used to assess writing and speaking skills needed to be revised and...
View ArticleSupporting Diversity through Targeted Skills Development: Helping Students to...
Context As the student population becomes increasingly international, the IWLP language class cohorts are becoming ever more diverse. It has become evident to tutors in IWLP (as throughout the...
View ArticleForecasting, Feedback and Self-reflection by Dr Peter Inness
Overview: Each year a group of part 2 students from Meteorology make their way across campus to the Minghella Building to film weather forecasts in the professional “green screen” studio. As well as...
View ArticleLaunching the FLAIR CPD scheme at the University of Reading Malaysia – By Dr...
One of the highlights of 2017 for me was launching the FLAIR CPD scheme at the University of Reading Malaysia. A substantial part of my role involves talking to colleagues about their work to help them...
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Exploring different types of video cameras for use in practical classes and...
A successful TLDF application in April provided us with funds to explore the use of different lapel-mounted cameras to look into student-student and student-staff interactions within a practical...
View ArticleTHE BENEFITS OF NEW MARKS AVAILABILITY ON RISIS FOR PERSONAL TUTORING: By Dr...
The EMA Programme has delivered a new function within RISIS that allows colleagues to see their students’ sub modular marks on the Tutor Card. We have all had access to the Tutor Card for some time and...
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How pre-sessional English has develop the use of Turnitin, submission,...
Jonathan Smith is the School Director for Technology Enhanced Learning in ISLI (International Study and Language Institute). He is also a PSE (Pre-sessional English) Course Director and teacher of...
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Curriculum Framework Conference 2018
On 31 January the Meadow Suite in Park House was a-buzz with an air of anticipation as attendees at the Curriculum Framework Conference munched on Breakfast Baguettes and gulped down copious quantities...
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Curriculum review in practice Aligning to the Curriculum Framework – first...
We’re all hearing about the University’s new Curriculum Framework in meetings and training. But how do we start to put this process of alignment into action for individual programmes? Three Typography...
View ArticleMaking Word and Powerpoint accessible: By Professor Richard Mitchell and Dr...
Preamble Last year the University agreed a new Policy on Inclusive Practice in T&L, which is available at:...
View ArticleCo-presenting with Students at Conferences and Engaging them in the Teaching...
Dr Madeleine Davies (Department of English Literature) and Bethany Barnett-Sanders (Part 3 student, Department of English Literature) Engaging students in academic conversations outside the classroom...
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The EMA Symposium: Sharing Knowledge, Good Practice, and Cake
Dr Madeleine Davies and Dr Emma Mayhew On Tuesday 22nd May 2018, over 150 colleagues from across the university gathered in the Meadow Suite to hear a series of presentations and to engage in...
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