Jennie Blake is the Academic Lead for Student Success at the University of Manchester's Institute for Teaching and Learning, Her remit includes academic advising, student support, induction, transition and a variety of university-wide initiatives and policy. She also...
Category: Student partnership
My Experience as an Intern with the University Living Lab
Heading towards the end of my second year as an undergraduate, I knew I wanted to make the most of my summer by finding an internship role that offered the opportunity to gain meaningful experience and grow beyond my regular degree learning. However, as a student...
Class Engagement Techniques in a Hybrid Setting
Reimala Sivalingam is a teaching-focussed lecturer in Accounting and Finance at Alliance Manchester Business School,University of Manchester. As a digital champion and advocate for innovative approaches in teaching, Reimala uses a broad range of readily available...
My experience as an SPI
Ffion Neal is a BSc Psychology (currently commencing her 3rd year) and an ITL Student Partner Intern (21/22 and 22/23), working in partnership with an ITL Fellow on a particular pedagogic project. I’m Fi and I am a 2nd year Psychology student who, since October...
Teacher of the Year 2021 (FBMH): Education, Engagement and Entertainment
Ben Chapman is a Senior Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology, Zoology at the University of Manchester and the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health (BMH)’s Teacher of the Year, 2021. He has been described as an academic who demonstrates a passion and commitment to...
Shaping teaching practice: Dr Nick Weise and PASS scheme students
Following his success at the Students Union Education Awards in June, in which he won the SU Education Award for Commitment to Student Partnership, we caught up with Dr Nick Weise (SFHEA) to hear about his work with the Chemistry and Biological Sciences PASS...
Is it more of a LEAP or a jump? A Student Partner’s Experience of LEAP
Jess Carroll is a Student Partner Intern (SPI) and has been part of our Online Blended Learning (OBL) cohort this year. Over the 2020/21 academic year this cohort of SPIs have worked in partnership with staff, undertaking activities such as reviewing academic content...
5 things to read on… student partnership
Freddie Gent is an HE Admin Intern in Academic Development, with a particular interest in inclusion and the student voice. He works across a broad range of ITL projects and areas including the current Inclusive Learning Workshop series, supporting the development of...
Institute Fellows 2020/21: John Owen
Continuing our Institute Fellows series is John Owen, a Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning in the in the i3HS Hub, School of Health Sciences, who was appointed as one of our inaugural Institute of Teaching and Learning Fellows in March 2020. In this post John...
Experience as a student partner intern: one year in the role review
Ayma Masood Khan is a Biomedical Sciences student and a Student Partner Intern (SPI), and has been part of our Online Blended Learning (OBL) cohort this year. Over the 2020/21 academic year this cohort of SPIs have worked in partnership with staff, undertaking...