PGR in-sessional impact: the story so far
Background Early career researchers or postgraduate researchers (PGRs) often struggle to adjust and cope with new modes of learning as they move across cultural milieus....
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LCS Project Report
Embedded Academic Literacies Approach in the LCS PGT Curriculum by Jiani Liu and Helen Sadig This report investigates academics’, students’ and our perceptions of the...
Integrated Provision in Civil Engineering
"We had a lot of say in what we were learning, this made the sessions more targeted to our needs and more enjoyable. Stephanie was...
Building relationships in the School of Mechanical Engineering
The Academic Literacy team, in particular Anna and Geoffrey, have supported the Professional Project module significantly. They organised some interactive lectures to help students to...
Developing a language syllabus for computer science
I was the first Language Centre lecturer to be embedded in the School of Computing, for two days a week 2019-2022. I supported the PGT...
Developing a module
Engineering Communication 2 is a supernumerary 5 credit module which supports approximately 300 undergraduate engineering students across Civil Engineering and Transport, Computer Science, Electronic and...
Language Centre and Library collaboration
Insessional teaching has been embedded in the School of English MA programme for the past three years and the Library’s Learning Development team have played...
A reflection on assessment literacy and group cohesion
“At the beginning, I do not dare to say anything in English in front of others... but now I can be confident to express my...
Academic literacies in Education
"[The insessional programme] really enriches my knowledge and ... teachers can always take consideration of our real needs in different learning stages. For example, when...
Meeting students’ academic literacy needs
Introduction I have been responsible for in-sessional provision in the School of Media since it was first introduced in 2015. This provision has, since its...