During the last two weeks, an online survey was released targeting postgraduate students, academic staff and professors from different departments across the Management School. So far there has been a great response. 50 students answered the survey, 30 professors, and 10 from the staff department. Some interesting results: Students believe that there should be a […]
Read More
Jed’s July update on the ‘Social Media to improve Employability’ project: The first step of the e-learning project involved designing and implementing a questionnaire to examine BLS students’ social media usage habits. This survey is currently receiving its finishing touches in the programme Qualtrics and will be distributed among 2nd year BLS students as soon […]
Read More
The survey for improving Moodle usage has been completed and, since 98% of respondents use Moodle in their studies, identifying issues and making necessary changes to the software is of high priority. The survey specifically identified the various devices and connections that students use to access Moodle. Most commonly, laptop computers and smart phones are […]
Read More
General aims Social media will be used to enable students to share their degree experiences with others. This project is designed to develop students’ breadth of knowledge, writing skills, employability skills and awareness of careers. This will be run by the students, for the students. The Biomedical Life Sciences (BLS) blog may enable students to […]
Read More
Salomé Villa Larenas has been working with the Department of Linguistics and English Language on evaluating how digital conferencing systems can be used to simplify access to, and support increased PGR participation in learning. Here is the update from Salomé: We have trialled Skype for Business with: 2 research groups (several sessions) 1 poster session […]
Read More
Zak Varty, is working with Stephen Power (the Maths & Stats Study Abroad Coordinator) to develop a dedicated Moodle page with a range of content for study abroad students in his department. He hopes students will use it to discover what to expect from a year abroad at a Partner University. Zak’s update: Things have […]
Read More
Carolina Perez is working with Professor Alison Sealey to improve the effectiveness of LING200 by developing a web page with engaging content that will act as the go-to place for information, advice and development of the skills students need for their dissertation. Here is an update from Carolina on progress so far. What have you […]
Read More