The Academic Registry – LTE team offers a number of professional development opportunities for academic staff. Our CPD sessions are especially designed to meet the needs of our academic staff…
The Students as Researchers scheme is a fantastic opportunity for our undergraduate students to gain valuable skills, knowledge and experiences. Beginning in 2011/2012, it has given students the opportunity to undertake a range of research activities alongside academic staff as paid research assistants on a variety of authentic discipline and pedagogic research projects.
After Easter, the university will be launching three Higher Education Academy surveys into students’ experiences of their time at Teesside. The responses to the surveys (along with responses made to other institutions) will allow us to develop a stronger evidence base for enhancing learning and teaching across the University. In an environment where students have many competing demands on their time…
Graduating from University and entering the world of work can be a tricky transition for many students. Graduate entry jobs have not grown in line with graduate supply, which could be related to the government’s “widening participation” agenda. Consequently, the graduate job market is increasingly competitive and leaving University with purely a degree and a CV alone is no longer an option…
The Oxford English Dictionary definition of Conference is “a formal meeting of people with a shared interest”, an apposite description of the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Conference on 16th March 2017. Students and staff from Teesside University and its partner colleges met to discuss employability and student futures, and it was great to see so many people engaged with this agenda…
We all know assessment and assessment feedback is a crucial aspect of any accredited programme of study. Allowing students to get feedback on their work enables them to identify not only areas for improvement but also highlights the great work
The growth in Internet technology and the availability of cheaper, versatile hardware such as mobile devices has rapidly increased online video consumption. YouTube was launched in 2005, after just over a decade with a billion users, almost a third of the world population host, stream or download videos…
Earlier this year a few colleagues and I attended the Blackboard User’s Conference, organised annually by Durham University. It’s one of the better conferences in our field and is always really well organised by our counterparts over in Durham…
Over the last year at Teesside University, a new lecture capture system branded as ReView has been rolled out to all Lecture Theatres and General Purpose Teaching Rooms. Although referred to as a Lecture Capture system, ReView (powered by Panopto)
The launch of LTE Online represents a significant step change for the online presence of the Teesside University Learning and Teaching Enhancement team (LTE), with the intention of strengthening and broadening our reach and impact across the sector…
