Synergies in teaching and learning: meso-level cultures as a means of developing and sustaining excellence.

The Higher Education sector is grappling with cultural changes. Increasing emphasis is being placed on meeting the demands and expectations of students by continuously improving their experience whilst not diluting academic quality (PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2018). At the same time, the focus on teaching and learning (which we argue are core components Read more…

The Good, the Bad & the Ugly!

Dr Sarah Brearley and Dr Casey Cross, the Teach-Learn-Share leads, were recently invited to present at the EOCCS (Online course certification system) symposium in Madrid.  As part of the workshop participants identified characteristics of good and bad learner typologies.  Characteristics of bad students included silence, boredom, distracted and absent, whilst Read more…