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January 2019
Supporting Students with Mental Health Difficulties
Book your place here. This session will give practical guidance on how to identify and support students with mental health difficulties. Staff will learn to identify signs of students who may be experiencing mental health problems, and learn some strategies to respond appropriately to support them e.g. signposting to support available, and general resources. Attendees are invited to bring examples from within their own experience (without names to protect confidentiality). This session aligns with A4 of the UKPSF.
Find out more »February 2019
Developing Intercultural Competence in Teaching and Supporting Learning
Book your place here. This session is for anyone working with home and international students. This session will present a rationale for the development of intercultural competence within the context of the university curriculum framework, and globalisation strategy. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss models of intercultural competence, and consider how they can be implemented in T & L situations. We will explore critical incidents and the use of reflection as vehicles for an enhanced understanding of intercultural competency.…
Find out more »Helping Your Students Use Their Feedback: Insights From Central Services
Book your place here. This session is primarily aimed at academic staff who teach students and provide them with feedback. It would also be helpful for staff such as programme directors, Support centre administrators and others who are contacted by students about their feedback, as it will look at ways in which they could help students use their feedback effectively. Working in central support services (Study Advice and Student Wellbeing Services) gives us unique insights into how students regard…
Find out more »Supporting Your Tutees With Their Career And Professional Development
Book your place here. This session is designed to help Academic Tutors have more information and tools at their disposal in helping tutees manage career and employability skills questions. Session Content will include: what to do and when, insights into services and support offered by the Careers Centre and when to refer to the Career Centre. There will also be time to answer any queries Tutors might have. The session will be run by Kevin Thompson who is a…
Find out more »Inclusive Teaching Strategies
Book your place here. This session is for colleagues who are involved in teaching and/or supporting students. All students are entitled to a high quality learning experience that enables them to participate and to achieve their potential. Ensuring that all students receive this entitlement involves anticipating barriers to learning and identifying strategies for removing them. This session focuses on inclusive practice in terms of the methods, approaches and strategies we use in teaching/supporting students. It will provide opportunities for: •…
Find out more »March 2019
T&L Essentials: Student Support & Engagement 1 (Support)
Book a place here. This is the first of two sessions on T&L Policy: Student Support And Engagement - with a focus on student and staff support. It is an introduction/refresher for School or Departmental DTLs, SDATs/DDATs , programme directors, staff involved in managing students within the new Student Support Centres and any other school/departmental administrators. It provides an overview of university support in terms of personal and senior tutors, disability support, and student support services. This session aligns with…
Find out more »T&L Essentials: Student Support & Engagement 2 (Policies)
Book your place here. This is the second of two sessions on T&L Policy: Student Support And Engagement - with a focus on policies and procedures. It is an introduction/refresher for School or Departmental DTLs, SDATs/DDATs, programme directors, staff involved in managing students within the Support Centres and any other school/departmental administrators. It provides an overview of university procedures relating to situations in which students find themselves in difficulty with their course, including: 1. student academic engagement and fitness to…
Find out more »Scaffolding Academic Literacy Development: The challenges students face and what you can do to help
Book your place here. This session is aimed at anybody involved in teaching at the university. The first part of this session will focus on what it means to be ‘literate’ in an academic context and why many students - particularly students from international or non-traditional backgrounds - initially struggle with understanding and mastering the literacy expectations of their discipline and degree programme. In the second part of the session, we will explore practical approaches to scaffolding and accelerating students’…
Find out more »April 2019
ASD/Asperger Syndrome – Learning from Experience
Book your place here. This session offers a chance to find out more about Autistic Spectrum Disorder/Asperger, the types of support available for students and classroom strategies which have proved helpful for students. The session is led by a clinical psychologist who specialises in ASD/Asperger. This session aligns with A2, A4, K3, V1 & V2 of the UKPSF.
Find out more »May 2019
Employability and Student Success
Book your place here. Embedding employability can be a challenge. This is in part due to the way that the implementation of the concept varies based on the needs of the stakeholder. The model of student success seeks to address the curricular/learning implications of employability alongside those relating to employment targets and careers support. The session will explore the model of student success, generating practical ideas for embedding employability. It will discuss the way that curricular and co-curricular initiatives can…
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