The LSD team comprises the Academic Librarians, the Assistant Academic Librarians and the Learning Hub staff. Our role is to work in partnership with you, as Academics, and your students to ensure you derive the maximum benefit of the Library’s services and resources. Below are a series of ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ to help you understand what academic skills support we are offering in the Hybrid Learning Environment…
Individual Recognition in Personal Tutoring for Teesside University Colleagues
The UK Advising and Tutoring (UKAT) Conference took place last week over four days: ‘Festival of Effective Advising and Tutoring.’ A number of our colleagues engaged in various parts of the conference that were available for all to attend and Dr Marjorie Wilson represented Teesside University as the main delegate….
Induction Activities – Promoting a Sense of Belonging and Engagement
Student engagement can have a positive impact on enhancing the student experience and has a critical role to play in improving student retention and achievement. Teesside University is committed to student engagement, retention and success evidenced through its Vision, Mission
Call for Contributions – New Book on UK HE Personal Tutoring and Advising
Many academic and support staff across Teesside University are involved in personal tutoring and/or advising our students. As many of you know, Teesside University has a Personal Tutoring Code of Practice which was introduced in September 2018…
Designing Take Home Examinations
As we continue our journey in the planning and designing for delivery of courses as part of a hybrid model, we must keep in mind that principles of good assessment design such as equitable and appropriate assessment methods, clear and transparent criteria, and timely feedback, remain key considerations…
Student Futures Support and Advice for Personal Tutors
Personal Tutoring at Teesside University provides a consistent, equitable and structured approach for all students to pastoral, general academic and professional support. With relation to providing professional support, Student Futures have pulled together some top tips…
Solution-Focused Coaching in Personal Tutoring
A solution focussed approach to mentoring can help students to find solutions to the challenges they are presented with. A UKAT webinar on Coaching approaches for remote tutoring: helping students feel in control and connected is taking place on Thursday 25th June 2020, 2pm…
Considerations and Resources for Supporting Alternative Assessment Methods in a Hybrid Delivery Model
Recent published guidance around the need to develop Flexible Assessment for a Hybrid Model outlines the importance for assessment arrangements to be responsive to the requirements of a hybrid model of learning and teaching and the possibility of a combination of on-campus and online delivery from September 2020…
Staff Guides to Support Practice through the Hybrid Delivery Model
From September 2020, the University will adopt a hybrid delivery model consisting of on-campus and online delivery, aligned with Government social distancing restrictions. This model is distinctive from existing forms of online or blended delivery…
Reviewing Practice – What Can I do to Effectively Nurture Creative Learners?
It is for us as educators to decide the role creativity plays within our courses and modules in preparing our students for increasingly uncertain future professional lives. The following prompts are designed to support reflection and inform action and can provide a useful source of data from which to evidence or benchmark current practice, progress, and impact, or to inform planning and/or decision making for future curriculum developments…