University Centre, Grimsby: The TEC Partnership

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What makes a good university taster event?

Showing a course’s real-world applications and linking to potential students’ studies will help to ensure that your higher education taster event turns interest into enrolments

Russell Woodward, Amanda Markey

University Centre, Grimsby: The TEC Partnership

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What higher education can learn from school and further education teaching

As universities strive to improve teaching, they should look to schools and further education colleges for lessons in effective pedagogy and student engagement, write Russ Woodward, Tim Veal and Nicola Pattinson

Russell Woodward, Tim Veal, Nicola Pattinson

University Centre, Grimsby: The TEC Partnership

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Please follow the following: user guidance tasks as assessments

Challenging students to create user guidance manuals relevant to their subject, explaining how something should be used or carried out, is an effective way to assess their applied knowledge, Russ Woodward and Nicola Pattinson explain

Russell Woodward, Nicola Pattinson

University Centre, Grimsby: The TEC Partnership

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Writing about the day job: levelling up scholarship across higher education

Tutors with full class schedules have little capacity for research but by focusing on the scholarship of teaching and learning, they can contribute valuable insights supported by their day job, write Russ Woodward and Tim Veal

Russell Woodward, Tim Veal

University Centre, Grimsby: The TEC Partnership

Advice on using campaign based assessments in higher education

Putting the case: campaigning documents as assessments on vocational degrees

Russ Woodward looks at the merits and practicalities of using campaign-based assessments on vocational higher education courses

Russell Woodward

University Centre, Grimsby: The TEC Partnership