April McMahon: Replacing Blackboard Learn with Canvas by Instructure
Our University has started on its journey to replace Blackboard Learn with Canvas by Instructure as our central learning environment to improve teaching and learning experiences.
Banji Adewumi: The Will Wanes While Waiting
Banji Adewumi, Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, through her poem The Will Wanes While Waiting, reflects on the significance of Black History Month.
Miriam Firth: Why do we need Flexible Assessment?
Dr Miriam Firth, Academic Lead for Assessment within our Flexible Learning Programme, explores why we need Flexible Assessment.
Steve Jordan: Bringing our people and estate closer than ever before
In 2004, the merger between UMIST and Victoria University of Manchester was born out of a simple vision – combining the history, spirit and innovation from two institutions to form the largest single-site University in the UK.This same idea of idea of bringing...
Rachel Cowen and Adèle MacKinlay: Driving gender equity – our journey so far
As we approach International Women’s Day Rachel and Adèle share our position in relation to gender equity.
April Mcmahon: The hype and reality of ChatGPT: Exploring its impact on teaching and learning
There is a lot of noise, perhaps even a little bit of hysteria, around ChatGPT. AI tools of this sort are becoming more mainstream; and alongside the challenges they may present for some aspects of our teaching and assessment, they also bring opportunities. ChatGPT is...
Adèle MacKinlay: Reflections on a privileged life
Following a discussion at SLT where we talked at length about how we can deal with racial inequality and racism I wanted to share with you my reflections on what I recognise is my privileged life.
Nicky Cullum: Our developing role in addressing Health Inequalities
Well known global and regional health inequalities have been exacerbated by the COVID pandemic. Our University is developing its role to address this, inviting colleagues to join the conversation and the work ahead.
Patrick Hackett: Operations and change
It’s a rainy morning as I write this; I knew that before I opened the curtains as I checked the weather on my phone and read through the day’s headlines. Technology has changed the way we live and work beyond recognition, particularly in the last 10 years. That got me...
Simon Thomson – The future of teaching and learning
Flexible Learning is about providing an ambitious and forward-looking strategic vision for the future of teaching and learning at The University of Manchester. Despite the darkness of the pandemic, I do often talk about the “slivers of silver” that we might glean from...
