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Category Archives: Research
Placement showcase: Rachel Glover
Subscribers of this blog will have followed the adventures of our placement student, the fabulous Rachel Glover, who has been working with us since June on the student employability aspects of the Digitally Ready project. Rachel has now started her … Continue reading
Posted in Dissemination, Employability, Research, Video, Work/Academic placements
Tagged ALT Conference (ALT-C), Assessing work placements, Department of Politics & International Relations, Digital Literacies for Student Employability, Experiences with Digital Literacies, Nadja Guggi, Rachel Glover, RAISE, Sir David Bell KCB, Summer Employment Experience and Discovery (SEED), Video
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Digital literacies for student employability: Spotlight on work placements
Rachel and I were invited to speak at the Teaching & Learning Showcase on ‘Assessing work placements’ here at Reading yesterday. The showcase events are a series of informal lunchtime gatherings which provide an opportunity for colleagues to share T & … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment & Feedback, Dissemination, Employability, Meetings & Events, Research, Work/Academic placements
Tagged Assessing work placements, Cindy Becker, Department of English Literature, Developing Effective E-Learning: The Development Pyramid, Digital Literacies for Student Employability, Hannah Jones, Helen Beetham, Joy Collier, Nadja Guggi, Rachel Glover, Rhona Sharpe, School of Agriculture Policy and Development, Teaching & Learning Showcase events
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Placement showcase: Carrie Philp
Continuing my placement showcase series, I interviewed Carrie Philp about her experiences during her UROP placement and how she used social media to recruit students for her project. A third year Psychology student, Carrie, who only heard about the opportunity … Continue reading
Posted in Dissemination, Employability, Placement student showcase, Research, Work/Academic placements
Tagged Careers Placements Experience Centre, Carrie Philp, Employability Ambassadors, Newcastle University, Rachel Glover, RAISE, School of Psychology &Clinical Language Sciences, Sir David Bell KCB
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Developing students’ digital skills through placements – Maximising student engagement
I have previously blogged about my trip to ALT-C in Manchester. In the same week I went to the RAISE Conference in Southampton. The Researching, Advancing & Inspiring Student Engagement day was my first opportunity to speak about some of … Continue reading
Posted in Dissemination, Employability, Placement student showcase, Research, Video, Work/Academic placements
Tagged ALT Conference (ALT-C), Developing students’ digital skills through placements, Nadja Guggi, Rachel Glover, RAISE, Student employability, Student engagement, Summer Employment Experience and Discovery (SEED), University of Southampton
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Placement showcase: Chelsea Zahra
Over the summer, we have been in the fortunate position to be able to employ a number of students on Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme placements. You may have seen a number of posts from Rachel Glover, who has been working … Continue reading
ALT-Conference: The Digital Literacies perspective
Last week was very hectic as I travelled up and down the country to attend two conferences. The first was the Association for Learning Technology Conference (ALT-C) in Manchester. The conference’s objective was to understand how technology can best be … Continue reading
Placement Showcase: Harriet Taylor
I have been asking some of my fellow placement students to share their experiences and talk about what impact their work has had on the projects they’ve been working on. Harriet Taylor, a third-year History student, has spent 10 weeks … Continue reading
Placement showcase: Hannah Little
In my previous blog post I spoke about the common themes that have occurred in my research. One of these predominant themes was that students really value a palpable output for their placement work. By that I mean that they … Continue reading
E-books and students: an uneasy relationship?
As the Liaison Librarian for Pharmacy, I am keen to ensure that the library collection meets the needs of our Pharmacy students. However, these are large cohorts, and it is not possible to provide a copy for each student. To … Continue reading
Research update #2: Common themes
Over the past few weeks I have been speaking to academic members of staff, local employers and University of Reading students about their experiences during placements. I have focussed on the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP) and Summer Employment Experience … Continue reading