• Alumni to support transitions and improve retention

    As part of the Department’s Careers and Employability Week for all Level 5 and 6 students, the Department engages with alumni, particularly their involvement in the Careers and Employability Week and fieldtrips What happens? A number of alumni deliver short presentations on their career path since graduation and how they have applied the knowledge and…

  • Alternative assessment

    The Department proposes to collaborate with the Department of Computer Science to explore the potential use of the CAVE resource for developing virtual field trips to 3D landscapes, simulating natural and environmental hazard scenarios etc., to support and enhance students’ experience of fieldwork and hazard management. What is the likely impact? Such virtual fieldtrips would…

  • Embedding research skills

    Embedding of research skills at all Levels of the programme Embedding research skills at all Levels allows for a gradual progression in the sophistication of techniques and approaches introduced and applied as a student progresses through the programme, so that they have a range of research skills at Level 6 that can be applied in…

  • Developing a Work Placement Module

    Work Placement Module The Work Placement Module was allied to relevant employment areas and also often utilised to provide questions for dissertation work with results reported to site if appropriate. What was the impact? Enthused by experience of seeing subject skills in work context. If dissertation evolves from placement, there is satisfaction in addressing an…

  • Engaging students in authentic programme development

    Engaging students in programme development This project involved detailed and thorough consultation with current and prospective students in line with Competition and Markets Authority guidance. The change of programme and award title to Creative Performance was identified as beneficial for students through a particularly rigourous process of consultation. What happened? We conducted an internal survey…

  • 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…