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Dr Sarah Allsop, Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol Medical School The Association of National Teaching Fellows (ANTF) symposium was a fantastic opportunity to share practice with enthused colleagues across a wide range of contexts. In my workshop about student partnerships, I hoped to engage colleagues in a conversation about how we can truly embed students… Continue reading Collaborating with your students as partners: how to move from consultation to true collaboration
Buddy Penfold; Laurie Truscott; Nicholas Rodgers from De Montfort University We are academics from De Montfort University, in the School of Fashion and Textiles, teaching studio based, practical creative subjects. The students learn through active learning, constructivism pedagogy (Hamer and Van Rossum, 2010) and working as a community of practice (Wenger, 2010). Context for this… Continue reading Promoting friendships in first-year university students: creating a community
Associate Professor Earle Abrahamson, NTF, PFEHA FISSOTL, Learning and Teaching Specialist, Learning and Teaching Innovation Centre, University of Hertfordshire The ANTF symposium spanned two wonderful days of learning with, and from, colleagues. Hosted at De Montfort University in Leicester and set against a backdrop of the “WISER” acronym (Wellbeing, Innovation and Impact, Students/Staff/Stakeholders collaborations, Equity… Continue reading Learning to be WISER for a day – reflection, connection, direction: Focus on SoTL
