Each year the Manchester Institute of Education (MIE) hosts a conference offering workshops for PGCE students and early career teacher alumni from members of the Institute on their area of expertise. This year’s conference theme was ‘Inclusion and Inspiration:...
Category: Inclusive teaching
What can inclusion look like in practice?
Dr Holly Morse is a Lecturer in Bible, Gender and Culture (School of Arts, Languages and Cultures). She joined the University in 2016, shortly after her doctoral thesis was published by Oxford University Press as part of the Oxford Theology and Religion Monograph...
Communication and community – utilising the Year Manager system
Rachel Parker-Strak is a Senior Lecturer in Fashion Buying and Merchandising in Materials, School of Natural Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering). In 2021 her Fashion Business and Technology (FBT) Support and Community Team won a University Teaching...
Using Mentimeter to support learning and engagement in the classroom
Dawn Holmes is a Lecturer in Marketing working in the Alliance Manchester Business School. Academia is a second career for Dawn, who previously spent 30 years as a marketing practitioner. Since discovering a love of teaching, she has been awarded a teaching bursary...
Making teaching and learning accessible – upcoming workshop
University colleagues are invited to a talk to learn more about accessible teaching and learning in higher education on 19th January (12-1pm), which has been arranged by Amal Al-Amin (Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Officer in FSE) and Rachel Cowen (Director...
5 things to read in… Disability History Month
Disability History Month ran from 18th November to 18th December. To mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3rd December, the University participated in #PurpleLightUp. At The University of Manchester, over 19% of students and approximately 11% of...
5 things to read from… Islamophobia Awareness Month
It is important that matters which might be brought under the umbrella of ‘inclusive teaching’ don’t have their individual significance diluted, and Islamophobia Awareness Month offered us an opportunity to reflect on our teaching and consider how it respects the...
Bringing ILOs to life for students
Dr Amit N. Jinabhai is a Senior Lecturer in Optometry, working in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health. He won a Teaching Excellence Award (2021) for his ability to teach challenging content in innovative and engaging ways, to positive effect on both student...
Demystifying Dual Delivery
Dr Miriam Firth is Director of Teaching and Learning (Strategy) for the Manchester Institute of Education (School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED)). We interviewed Miri about her experiences as an ‘early adopter’ of Dual Delivery following the...
In it together: creating a sense of inclusion for students learning remotely
In her recent post, Jo Hicks promised that we would be sharing some of the great examples of practice from colleagues that were highlighted in the recent OfS exercise on the teaching and learning we delivered to our students in 2020/21. We’re delighted to bring you...