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Ruth Weeks

Ruth Weeks

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Assessment, Offer meaningful assessment, feedback and academic integrity 13 March, 2023 13 March, 2023

Charting our students’ assessment workload

As detailed in our recent article asking How Much Assessment is Enough?, research across UK research-intensive universities by Tomas & Jessop (2019) suggests that…

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Assessment, Educational integrity, Inclusive teaching, Teaching tips 20 January, 2023 15 February, 2023

How AI can be used meaningfully by teachers and students in 2023

There has been a lot of hype over the last few weeks about students using ChatGPT, a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) that can write…

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Assessment, Offer meaningful assessment, feedback and academic integrity 18 January, 2023 18 January, 2023

How much assessment is enough?

We’re all aware that assessment is a central part of Higher Education. It plays a fundamental part in shaping the experience of how and…

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Be human, Build teacher-student relationships, Core pedagogical principles, First Year Coordinators, Foster a sense of belonging and community, News & events 28 April, 2022 29 April, 2022

Disconnection and humanising teaching

Recently there have been reports of a growing phenomenon of disconnection among students in the media. I’m sure that many of us can relate…

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Assessment, Be human, Build teacher-student relationships, Educational excellence, Offer meaningful assessment, feedback and academic integrity, Student experience, Teaching tips 23 March, 2022 22 February, 2025

Jisc’s new principles of good assessment and feedback

In case you missed it, Jisc has recently published an excellent resource on the principles of good assessment and feedback. A UK not-for-profit organisation, Jisc…

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Foster a sense of belonging and community, Have clear communications and expectations, News & events, Teaching tips, Transition 10 February, 2022 12 February, 2022

Creating a positive learning environment using classroom norms

The first few weeks of a new semester are vital to creating a sense of belonging for students and setting expectations for the semester…

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Core pedagogical principles, Educational excellence, News & events, Student experience, Transition 5 November, 2021 15 November, 2022

Principles for first year transition in 2022 and beyond

A successful transition to university is key to developing a sense of belonging. Belonging is strongly associated with retention, student satisfaction and achievement. In…

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Assessment, Core pedagogical principles, Offer meaningful assessment, feedback and academic integrity, Transition 25 October, 2021 24 January, 2023

Assessment in first year – what the evidence tells us

Transition to university in 2022 Throughout 2020 and much of 2021, students will have had variable school experiences, with fewer opportunities to learn study skills,…

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Graduate qualities, News & events, Student experience, Teaching tips 25 October, 2021 28 October, 2021

Encouraging collaborative learning

What is collaborative learning? Recently, a fantastic new resource for staff has been launched on the hows and whys of using collaborative learning with…

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Core pedagogical principles, Transition 17 September, 2021 20 May, 2023

Learning to learn after lockdown: the transition journey from alpha to omega

Transition is key to developing a sense of belonging which is itself strongly associated with retention, student satisfaction and achievement. At Sydney, even in…

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