• 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…

  • 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…