Sally Brown

I am today giving a further presentation about the Assimilate Project at the Society for Research in Higher Education Conference at Newport, and my slides for the presentation are here. SRHE slides (639 downloads) . I am learning a great deal from the other presentations, particularly a striking analysis of higher education futures by Howard Hotson of the University of Oxford, entitled ‘Big Business at the Heart of the System: Understanding the Global University Crisis’. I am also introducing my new role as Series Editor for the new learning and teaching series with Palgrave Press.

Today and tomorrow, Phil and I are running workshops on assessment working with colleagues from Leiden University through the agency of Utrecht University. It’s lovely to work with Hetty Grunefeld again, who runs programmes promoting excellent teaching with change agents and managers at various universities in the Netherlands. We’ve also managed to fit in a little tourism, so today went to the Mondrian Museum in Amersfoort. Leiden University (730 downloads) , Leiden Handout (593 downloads)

Today I am working with the Post Graduate Certificate students at Liverpool John Moores university on assessment. We plan to play the Egg Game (see an earlier post on my website), use the  attached ‘pros and cons’ table of assessment methods and also some of the slides in this presentation. LJMU slides (776 downloads) , LJMU handout (783 downloads) .

On our third day working at Cork Institute of Technology, I ran two intimate workshops on ‘Retention’ Retention and Student Experience Cork IT (694 downloads) and ‘Streamlining Assessment’ Streamlining assessment (772 downloads) and the slides I used are here. Thanks to Marese Bermingham for making us so welcome, and building us into her important initiative on student engagement and retention.

On our second day working at Cork Institute of Technology, I was working with the Faculty of Engineering and Science, and the following two workshops formed the basis of my discussions on ‘student engagement’ and ‘feedback and assessment’. Strategies for Student Engagement (615 downloads) , Feedback for learning (786 downloads) .

This week Phil and I are spending three days running workshops and meeting staff at Cork Institute of Technology. Today I ran a workshop on ‘Making Learning Happen’ for which the slides are attached here. Making Learning Happen (782 downloads) .  See also Phil’s website for more about the model of learning, at www.phil-race.co.uk  I also had the great priviledge of addressing the Academic Council on Retention and Engagement, and received a very warm welcome.

On Thursday  November 8th I had a productive and positive day at Leeds Met meeting with Teacher Fellow colleagues talking about getting published and doing a PhD by publication and then an open  session on Masters level learning. My slides and handout are here. It was great to see lots of people I knew from my days working there and to meet new colleagues. slides (561 downloads) , handout (576 downloads)

We have been made most welcome at the Institute of Social Studes in The Hague, part of the Erasmus University. The slides from my session on Inclusivity and Diversity at Masters level are here. Hague (659 downloads)

I am here in Norwich on Thursday 11th and Friday 12th October presenting workshops on masters level assessment, Developing an Inclusive approach to learning in Higher Education and Internationalising the curriculum. The slides are available here. Masters level assessment (808 downloads)   Inclusivity (963 downloads)   Internationalisation (763 downloads)

Yesterday we saw my son Matt graduate not just with a first, but also the ‘outstanding achievement’ award for his programme area. No wonder he looks so cheerful.