Happy New Year! We hope you had a relaxing and recuperative Christmas break... We are already in the thick of term, but whether you are emerging from piles of marking, working with final year students on their dissertations and projects, planning lectures, or all of these and more all at once, we hope you might … Continue reading Happy New Year and welcome back
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Facilitating reflective practice within the university
In the latest of our monthly posts from the Forum committee, Jenny Gibbons from the York Law School reflects on teaching reflection. Following discussions with colleagues from other departments at Forum workshops and the 2015 Learning and Teaching Conference, it is apparent that reflective writing is increasingly becoming an assessed component on undergraduate and postgraduate … Continue reading Facilitating reflective practice within the university
Deparment of Chemistry to host Teaching Fellows Network Meeting
The Royal Society of Chemistry supports a Teaching Fellows Network. The group encourages colleagues to discuss common issues, share practice, ask questions and make new contacts. The next meeting will be hosted by the University of York. Royal Society of Chemistry Teaching Fellows Network Meeting 9th December 2015, 10:30-16:30, Department of Chemistry, University of York The event … Continue reading Deparment of Chemistry to host Teaching Fellows Network Meeting
Korean students’ Shakespeare
Sarah Olive, Department of Education, reflects on educational experiences of Shakespeare in South Korea. Twenty university students and academics from three institutions in South Korea – mainly in the North West, around Seoul – contributed to a vox pop about Shakespeare in the South Korean education system, to be published in issue 9 of the … Continue reading Korean students’ Shakespeare
Value added graduates
In the first of our monthly posts from Learning and Teaching Forum committee members, Phil Lightfoot asks, 'How do we build a York graduate?' How do we build a York graduate? Do we always have a clear idea what kind of graduate our degree programmes will produce, and are we confident in the effectiveness of … Continue reading Value added graduates
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