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...
Simon Merrywest: Student Welfare
Warning: The following article discusses themes relating to student suicide. If that is not a topic for you then thanks for clicking through and you may prefer instead to read about our support for students elsewhere on Staffnet.There has been a lot of media coverage...
Helen Ashley: Why you should have your say
My first experience of the University of Manchester was attending a Women into Science and Engineering weekend course in 1987 with other teenaged girls from all over Greater Manchester.
Patrick Hackett: Working Together Charters – Actions speak louder than words
It’s almost a year since I wrote my Viewpoint blog ‘Slowly emerging from upheaval – an opportunity to do things differently’
In it I talked about what we’d learned during COVID-19 and the importance of using this valuable knowledge and wisdom to develop new ways of working. So, one year on, how are we doing?
Banji Adewumi and Dawn Edge: the Race Equality Charter and our race equality journey
July marks the start of the 12-month countdown to our next Race Equality Charter submission as we stand firm in our commitment to progressing race equality and equity for all.
Simon Merrywest: Why we’re running our first harm reduction campaign
In partnership with the Students’ Union, we have moved from a zero-tolerance to a harm reduction approach to drugs and alcohol. We will be running our University’s first harm reduction campaign from the 30 May 2022.
