The Innovation Fund – One Year On

One year on from her Innovation Fund win, Biology’s Alison Graham is handing over the reins of a very successful PG demonstrators training programme to other colleagues. The Innovation Fund is administered by ULTSEC (the University’s Learning and Teaching Student Experience Committee) to support schemes which represent new or innovative approaches to teaching and learning …

Visualising programme level assessment

As part of our Assessment and Feedback Sprint Series. A small team of students and colleagues have been investigating the question:  How do we articulate a meaningful programme experience that ensures a cohesive assessment journey for all of our students? Feedback (Stage Surveys, NSS etc.,) tells us that students and colleagues struggle to see assessments …

Newcastle University Digital Exams Service announced as finalist in the e-Assessment Awards

The e-Assessment Association has announced the shortlisted finalists for its international awards programme, The e-Assessment Awards. We are delighted to announce that the Newcastle University Digital Exams Service has been shortlisted in the ‘Best Use of Summative Assessment’ category. The e-Assessment Awards programme holds a unique position, as it encompasses all sectors of education: from …

Learning and Teaching Conference 2018: Legacy Resources

Education for Life: celebrating partnership, encouraging innovation This year’s Learning and Teaching Conference took place on the 21 March 2018.  Staff from across the University came together to explore the following questions: How do we provide education for life, across all of our campuses? How can we engage, challenge and support our students to discover …

May 2018 Learning and Teaching Newsletter

Advance HE continuing to support the HEA Fellowship network As you’ll probably have seen in the press Advance HE is the new agency formed from the merger of the Equality Challenge Unit, the Higher Education Academy and the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. However your Fellowship post-nominals to demonstrate Fellowship status: AFHEA, FHEA, SFHEA, PFHEA …

Essay Mills and Contract Cheating

Wednesday 18th October 2017 marks the second International Day of Action against Contract Cheating, promoted by the International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI). Contract cheating occurs when one person completes academic work, such as an essay, assignment, test or exam, for another who then submits it for academic credit. This behaviour undermines academic standards and …

Postgraduate Research Experience Survey Launch

The Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES) will launch on Monday 20th March and will remain open until Thursday 18th May 2017. The PRES is the only UK higher education sector-wide survey to gain insight from postgraduate research students about their learning and supervision experience. What is it? The survey is designed to capture the opinion of any research …

Simon Meacher explains the Higher Education Review

The University will undergo QAA Higher Education Review in the week commencing 18 April 2016. Higher Education Review (HE Review) is the process of review for all higher education institutions in the UK. The University last underwent review by QAA in December 2009 according to the QAA’s Institutional audit process. The overall aim of HE …

Learning and Teaching Conference 2014

Learning and Teaching Conference 2014, 18th-19th June 2014 Our annual Learning and Teaching Conference was on 18th-19th June 2014.  The conference theme was ‘Learning, Teaching and the Student Experience’. The main purpose of the Conference, hosted by Suzanne Cholerton (PVC Learning and Teaching), is working with staff to enhance the student learning experience. All staff …

Learning and Teaching Conference 2013

The annual Learning and Teaching Conference took place on 24th-25th June 2013. This Conference was hosted by Suzanne Cholerton, PVC Learning and Teaching. It celebrated the many learning and teaching successes which have further improved the learning experience of our students, sharing these examples across NU. The overall theme of the conference was ‘Meeting needs …