• Personal Tutoring

    The next Personal Tutoring Staff Development Workshop will be held on Wednesday 24th April. To attend please book via the CLT Professional Development Series web space. Or for more information or to book a bespoke workshop for your department please contact Dawne [email protected] or email [email protected] for more details.

  • Supporting Transition through our bespoke Introduction to HE Study Skills Sessions:

    What happens? Between first week and reading week the students engage with work which extends that which they started pre-course and during First Week.  These sessions include input from Learning Services on accessing information and Assistive Technologies.  The course team (Programme Leader & Course Leader) deliver these sessions covering active reading techniques, how to get…

  • Getting Started: Supporting Transition into Higher Education

    If you haven’t started already its time to get planning for September 2019 … For a number of years now we have run this initiative with brilliant results. Students have access to our Getting Started in HE booklet which introduces them to the likely ways of studying at university.  They complete this before they arrive at First…

  • Developing undergraduate research skills

    The focus on, and development of, students’ research skills at undergraduate Level 4 and beyond What happens? Students find the skills requisite for a successful dissertation difficult to develop from a standing start at L6. The aim is to introduce the relevant skills at L4 and develop them further at L5 such that they are…

  • Placement support app

    What happens? This app, which will be piloted from September 2017, is proposed to provide support and useful information to 3rd year students whilst on placement. It will enable them to have instant access to and understand issues such as safeguarding and conflict resolution. Practical details such as travel information will also be included. What…

  • Supporting retention with ‘Transition Days’

    Student ‘Transition Days’ at critical junctions within the programme which make effective use of contributions from Graduate Teaching Assistants What happens? The transition days generally evaluate well, however informal feedback from students has been extremely positive regarding the sessions delivered by the GTAs. They find the GTA role itself ‘aspirational’. They also refer to the…

  • Supporting students on work placement

    The Department’s implementation of the academic post of Practice Education Lecturer to support the management of placements and the student experience What happens? This provides a physical FoHSC academic presence in the work-based learning area that facilitates open communication between placement, student and programme team. This enables effective and timely potential for problem solving/ information…