Tutorial teaching for the first time: some advice for preparation
byWith the beginning of semester 1 looming, many higher degree research candidates will be preparing to tutor for the first time. This is likely…
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Engaging students with tough topics using informal tutorial quizzes
byOn paper, tutorials are small classes that allow students to apply, discuss, debate or practice the week’s lecture content. Though often imagined as a forum for student…
Cultural Competence within Introduction to Geology (GEOS1003)
byBy Gulnaz Beg (student ambassador), with Tom Hubble. We participated in the 2016 ‘Students as Partners for Cultural Competence’ project, designed as collaboration between…
Strategic Education Grants – Humanities, Social Sciences and Creative Arts
byAcademics from Arts and Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Sydney College of the Arts and Sydney Conservatorium of Music were successful recipients of…
Wassup? – Embedded Mental Health Education to raise awareness of mental health issues
byBy embedding mental health education in to the Bachelor of Health, students will gain an understanding of mental illness and overcome obstacles to academic…
Strategic education grants – transforming learning in health and medical sciences
byInnovative teaching and learning initiatives from the health and medical sciences are on the way to transforming student learning and well-being. Projects from Dentistry,…
Entrepreneurial Thinking for Sydney’s Students
byNew Open Learning Environment (OLE) on Business Entrepreneurship will help today’s students become the business founders and leaders of the future. Entrepreneurship is often…
Grant success helps develop professional learning in Architecture, Design and Planning
byThis year Dr Adrienne Keane and, Dr Dagmar Reinhardt along with Dr Andrew Merchant from Agriculture have received an Educational Innovation Grant for $12,000…
‘Big Science’: Open Learning Environment to help students access large-scale research facilities
byStaff from the faculties of Science, Engineering and Information Technologies and Pharmacy, led by Associate Professor Christopher Ling, have been awarded a 2017 Strategic…
Video project to enhance learning for criminology students in Law
byLaw School Educational Innovation Grant uses expert and student generated multimedia to help students connect theories from the classroom to real-world cases. For Sydney Law…