Dr Neil Morrison is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics and one of our ITL Fellows. Here he answers some questions about his fellowship topic ‘Study Expenditure’ and its Alignment to the ‘Study Budget’ in Flexible Learning. N.b -‘Study budget’ refers to the...
Category: Projects
Paediatric simulation clinics as a student vs. as a facilitator
Freya Mulderrig is currently a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist working at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. 6 years ago I began my journey to a career in Speech and Language Therapy as a first year student at the University of...
Story of simulation – using simulation to enhance practice based learning opportunities
Emma is a Senior Clinical Lecturer in the School of Health Sciences. She has worked for many years in the NHS and has taught at the University of Manchester for over 10 years.Emma’s area of interest is simulated clinical learning, with a particular focus on the...
Authentic Prescribing Safety Assessment
Rachel Heyes is a Learning Technologist within FBMH eLearning who is assigned to support the MBChB Medicine programme at the University of Manchester. Rachel is an experienced teacher, and creative content producer who is interested in supporting academics and...
Collaboration and Collusion
David Schultz is Professor of Synoptic Meteorology within the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. He is the author of the award-winning Eloquent Science: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Better Writer, Speaker, and Atmospheric Scientist and has published...
Designing Better Assessments through Innovative Testing Methodology
David Schultz is Professor of Synoptic Meteorology within the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. He is the author of the award-winning Eloquent Science: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Better Writer, Speaker, and Atmospheric Scientist and has published...
Institute news: our 2020/21 Fellowship reports are out
We're delighted to share with colleagues the outputs from the projects completed by our Inaugural ITL Fellows, which focused on a range of ways we can enhance teaching and learning for all of our students. The reports outline each Fellows’ project objectives,...
Assessment literacy
Sally Hickson SFHEA (Deputy Head of Student Operations for the School of Heath Sciences) has a keen interest in curriculum design with a particular focus on assessment, and co-chairs the FBMH Assessment and Feedback Effective Practice Hub. In 2020/21 Sally was one of...
We need to talk about Contract Cheating
Emma Sanders is a Teaching and Learning Adviser in the Institute of Teaching and Learning (ITL). Rhea Poonevala was one of the ITL’s first Student Partners in 2020 and is currently a student on the BSc (Hons) IT with Business (ITMB) programme. Together they ensured a...
Not just the ‘rules police’
Jo Hicks is Teaching and Learning Manager in the Division of Teaching, Learning and Student Development (TLSD), with responsibility for our University quality framework and matters concerning Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) guidelines. In this blog she...