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Research shows that meaningfully integrated interactions (student–content, student–student, and student–teacher) increase learning outcomes.

Giving our students feedback can have a profound impact on how they learn and how they feel about their studies. It is arguably one of the most important things we can do to help our students improve their performance in summative assessment (Broadfoot & Black 2004). Yet it is easy to brush past the practical […]

A guide to setting up and using Buddycheck within your Blackboard course space.

Guidance to help you prepare and design your peer assessment activity

An overview of the benefits of using peer assessment in teaching and learning.

Here Fiona Lynch tell us about her experience of applying for SFHEA as a member of PS staff and the benefits it has had for her career development.

Colleagues across our Faculty regularly demonstrate innovative and inclusive teaching practice, going the extra mile to ensure our students’ learning experience is the very best it can be. Whether you know a colleague who does great work or want to celebrate your own teaching practice, the University has several awards dedicated to recognising excellence in teaching and learning.

Designing and delivering course units to ensure that all our students have the opportunity to be successful on their programme, no matter what their background and educational needs.

Students often print teaching resources out to paper. Sometimes web links cannot be accessed because the full web address is not shown on the course material, and the link cannot be clicked on as with an electronic resource. One possible solution is to include QR Codes within the resource which can be scanned by students using a mobile device to open the web links.

Planning the structure and delivery of your blended course is important. This webpage details some useful steps to help with this process.