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Teaching, learning & assessment
329 pieces carry this tag, newest first.
QAA has guidance out on placements, years abroad and apprenticeships
08/04/20
QAA has guidance out on practice and lab-based assessment
07/04/20
QAA has guidance out on academic standards and supporting student achievement
07/04/20
Digging into research on student views on Covid-19 handling
07/04/20
OfS publishes guidance on teaching, assessment, student support and consumer rights during Covid-19
03/04/20
Changes being made to teaching and assessment have to last beyond the lockdown
02/04/20
Key points from QAA’s guidance on Covid-19 and the student learning experience
24/03/20
Does sleep affect academic performance?
11/03/20
Student-staff co-creation in higher education
06/03/20
How can uni and SUs bridge the gap between school/college and uni?
04/03/20
Unbiased, reliable, and valid student evaluations can still be unfair
28/02/20
Does lecture capture mean fewer students are turning up (and so what if it does?)
26/02/20
Wellbeing and burnout: is it worse for medical students?
21/02/20
Revealed: The big differences in student satisfaction between types of student
19/02/20
Guess what: there’s a link between the academic experience and mental health
13/02/20
There’s funding available for SUs to do some research
07/02/20
Are some subjects worse than others for student mental health?
05/02/20
This is why men do better when they appeal
04/02/20
How do people get on when they study more than one subject at uni?
19/12/19
Are graduates hitting the world of work underprepared?
17/12/19
Are universities a sinister cult, and can you have a “neutral” education?
06/12/19
How to respond to OIA’s extenuating circumstances consultation
27/11/19
The headlines from the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey 2019
14/11/19
How to embed mental health in the curriculum
08/11/19
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