Abstract The case study was presented in person at the 2023 UCL Education Conference. It shared postgraduate students’ views from an ongoing UCL approved study with focus on the placement theme. In preparing health care students for practice, opportunities toContinue reading… Ready for Professional Clinical Practice Abroad?
Category: Skill development and experiential learning
A UCL Education Conference 2023 theme.
The Careers Extra buddy scheme
Conference abstract This peer-to-peer buddying scheme with associated social and careers events was proposed, developed and delivered in partnership with students belonging to Careers Extra, our programme of enhanced careers support for UK undergraduate students from backgrounds under-represented at UCL.Continue reading… The Careers Extra buddy scheme
Creating imaging and digital literate researchers and clinicians through the Health & Bioscience IDEAS interactive training programme.
Health and bioscience researchers increasingly need to work with complex data types, such as imaging and -omics data. This requires them to develop additional skills around image processing, data science, artificial intelligence, coding, and data management – areas not typicallyContinue reading… Creating imaging and digital literate researchers and clinicians through the Health & Bioscience IDEAS interactive training programme.
Academic integrity at UCL: Student & Staff perspectives
Since Covid-19, UCL has moved towards a ‘digital first’ approach for assessment. Despite significant advantages, technology-enabled assessment presents new challenges. One of these is a widespread concern in HE around student academic misconduct, now amplified by the advent of generativeContinue reading… Academic integrity at UCL: Student & Staff perspectives
Developing (language) learning opportunities for precarious migrant workers at HE institutions
Based on a research project that investigated a grassroots programme offering English language classes for precarious migrant workers (mainly cleaners) at the IOE, this talk discusses the challenges and opportunities of such initiatives in the context of wider dynamics ofContinue reading… Developing (language) learning opportunities for precarious migrant workers at HE institutions
Lessons Learned from universities who are widening participation: Supporting an unbounded approach to the reading practices of First Year Undergraduate students at UCL
Presenter: Craig Martin Format: Case Study/Individual presentation Abstract UCL’s aspirations for a future focussed education recognises the importance of embedding skills and experience across the curriculum in more systematic and consistent ways. This is of particular value for our widening participationContinue reading… Lessons Learned from universities who are widening participation: Supporting an unbounded approach to the reading practices of First Year Undergraduate students at UCL
Let’s go outside: introducing a community-based research network to increase experiential learning opportunities for master’s students
Thanks for dropping by my blog as part of the 2023 UCL Education Conference! I am Anne Laybourne and I run the Community Research Initiative, a project with UCL’s Volunteering Service in the Students’ Union UCL. I have pasted theContinue reading… Let’s go outside: introducing a community-based research network to increase experiential learning opportunities for master’s students
Developing an effective and equitable proofreading policy for UCL student work
Abstract Writing almost always involves people (and now perhaps AI chatbots) other than the author. In contexts outside education, this is in plain sight, with editors, proofreaders, translators, colleagues’ opinions and co-authored work a norm. However, because student writing isContinue reading… Developing an effective and equitable proofreading policy for UCL student work
Policymaking Skills in Interaction: A Case Study of UN-Student Collaboration
Abstract In Political Science, professional skills training usually takes place in extra-curricular career events or in the classroom, as part of learning activities, games and simulations. Rarely does it happen in direct interaction between students and global policy practitioners focusedContinue reading… Policymaking Skills in Interaction: A Case Study of UN-Student Collaboration
Enriching student learning by linking classrooms online across continents
Richard Pearson1, Cathy Sutherland2, George Lekeas3, Mvuselelo Ngcoya2, Andre Vosloo4, Sidd Krishnan5, Saloni Bhatia5, Rob Slotow1,4 1 Division of Biosciences, UCL, UK, 2 School of Built Environment and Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 3 Digital Education Team, UCL,Continue reading… Enriching student learning by linking classrooms online across continents