13 articles in this issue
Dylan P Williams,Shane Lo Fan Hin,Erlina Erlina
Recent work on student perceptions of skills development and engagement with different teaching and learning approaches have provided useful evidence bases for practitioners aiming to enhance the student learning experience. Although there has been some u... see more
Alison Faith Kelly,J Bell,R Dicker,M Garcia,E Kelly,R Streich,Hilda Mulrooney
Working effectively within multidisciplinary teams is an important employability skill common in postgraduate working life, but opportunities to develop this are limited in many undergraduate taught programmes. The projects reported here offered twelve le... see more
Hilda Mary Mulrooney
Self-assessment, whereby students are actively engaged in assessing the quality of their work, has been shown to benefit them. It is not routinely carried out in all institutions. This pilot study aimed to explore the extent to which students chose to eng... see more
David John McGarvey,Laura M Hancock
A readily implementable and effective whole-class face-to-face tutor-led student self-assessment method for enhancing engagement with feedback is described and discussed. Key features of the approach are the transfer of responsibility for writing feedback... see more
Elizabeth R Hurrell,Emma Shawcross,Edward Keeling
Over the last decade the number of students coming to university with a BTEC qualification has risen. As BTEC students are more likely to come from widening participation backgrounds, accepting students with a BTEC qualification has been instrumental in h... see more
Philippa B Cranwell,Michael G Edwards,Katherine Jane Haxton,Julie Hyde,Elizabeth M Page,Daniela Plana,Gita Sedhi,James S Wright
An extensive study has been conducted into the experiences of Chinese chemistry students studying on transnational education (TNE) programs at four UK institutions partnered with Chinese universities; in particular, student expectations regarding studying... see more
Rachel Hilliam,Derek Goldrei
There is an increasing focus within Higher Education on the wider student experience. Student engagement and a well-developed community are associated with greater levels of retention, student satisfaction and success. Whilst creating opportunities for st... see more
Katherine Jane Haxton,Richard J Darton
As part of a transnational degree programme, students in the UK and China were linked together to carry out group work. This was enabled by having two versions of our FHEQ Level 4 Sustainable Chemistry module; in person for UK students, and by distance le... see more
Leanne A Blount,Richard A.R. Blackburn
Picture boards as a visual support aid for in-lab demonstrator briefings were deployed for a single experiment in both the first and second year undergraduate practical classes. The boards are easy to create and provide an alternative, more accessible and... see more
Christopher Hutton,Julie Robson
Developing an online learning community can help to improve student success. This presents a challenge as the student cohort is often time-limited and shifting in composition before a module starts. The continued evaluation and development of an online pr... see more
Alison Faith Kelly,Hilda Mary Mulrooney
Belonging is multidimensional, personal and geographical in nature. Establishing a sense of belonging benefits students and institutions. This study sought to explore aspects of belonging from the student perspective. Data were collected using open text b... see more
Claire Cornock,Ellen Marshall,Jess Hargreaves
Universities are often criticised for not adequately preparing students for the workplace. In particular, the testing of taught content through examinations does not reflect the open nature of most roles, which require the application of knowledge. The BS... see more
James William Gaynor
An initial pilot evaluation is presented of students’ awareness of health and safety training provision, and a comparison of two models of health and safety training after a curriculum redesign. The old model focussed on students generating their own COSH... see more