Section outline

  • Learning, Teaching and Student Experience


    Conference 2023


    On Thursday, June 29th, 2023, the first online internal conference within University Partnerships was held. The conference featured presenters from all OIEG's embedded colleges, along with one external presenter. The theme of the conference was: Engaging learners in and beyond the classroom. The areas the sessions explored were: Automated language adjustment tools for assessed writing, Creating inclusive, interactive, and motivating learning environments, Boosting academic self-efficacy and student transitions, Education for Sustainable Development, Effective management of learning environments, Innovative approaches to active learning with multiple-choice questions.

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    • Introduction and Opening by Dr Steven Herron and Prof Julie Smith

    • Levelling the Field: An argument for allowing the use of automated language adjustment tools in assessed writing by Kelly Webb-Davies

    • The Learner Environment by Yvonne Leonard and Peter Hughes

    • Academic Self-Efficacy and International Students' Transition to Higher Education by Richard Cashman



      Link to QAA report (as mentioned by Rachel Humphries at 26:15): Student Engagement Guidelines: Learning from innovative practices introduced in response to COVID-19

    • Education for Sustainable Development in Pathway Colleges by Owain Llewellyn

    • Digital Dialogue Pedagogy by Xiangyu