• Primary ITT: Assessment and Student Choice

    Primary ITT: Student Choice Giving students a choice of genre/ format through which to respond to the assessment title with appropriate mapping. Some modules intend to present students with a limited choice of genre / format through which they can respond to the same assignment title and module learning outcomes. The programmes involved will ensure…

  • Primary ITT: Mental Health and Wellbeing

    What is the focus? Students on Primary ITT programmes receive specific input around mental health and wellbeing across two strands: Students’ own mental health and wellbeing – recognising positive and negative indicators; developing positive, proactive strategies for managing stress and wellness Students’ awareness of children’s mental health and wellbeing and its impact on their development…

  • Supporting transition and retention with Peer Mentoring

    Computer Science Peer Mentoring To support transitions, student retention and develop graduate attributes the department of Computer Science offer an innovate peer mentoring system that involves mentoring throughout the student’s life from pre-entry into employment. The Rationale Many students coming to university will go through a transitional period.  They have to adapt to new ways of…

  • The Roll of Honour

    Identified good practice The implementation of the Roll of Honour which recognises and rewards students’ outstanding academic and personal achievements and inspires other students to achieve their full potential [SOURCE: Periodic Review of Business School]. How is it innovative or distinctive and transferable to other settings? Outside of Edge Hill, this is actually quite common…

  • Presenting Performance and Practice

    Kevin Henshaw is a Senior Lecture in Operating Department Practice, Kevin has been involved in a project piloting the use of Panopto software to record students performing presentations and clinical skill procedures for summative assessment. Panopto software provides lecture capture, screencasting, video streaming, and video content management solutions.  The  Panopto  lecture/media  capture  system  is  now  available  for  use  by …