Category Archives: Latest News

Teaching and Learning in the School of Humanities. The Department of Philosophy showcases the First-Year Module ‘Reason and Argument’ (PP1RA) and the new Second-Year Module ‘Truth and Bullshit’ (PP2TBS): Interview held by Dr Rebecca Rist (School Director of Teaching and Learning) with Dr Nat Hansen (Department of Philosophy).

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Engage in Teaching & Learning

1.          How long has the Department of Philosophy offered the Part One ‘Reason and Argument’ module (PP1RA) and why have you decided also now to offer a new Part Two module ‘Truth and Bullshit’ (PP2TBS)? The module ‘Reason and Argument’ … Continue reading →

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Teaching and Learning in the School of Humanities: The Department of History Introduces the Third-Year Module History Education (HS3HED): Dr Rebecca Rist (School Director of Teaching and Learning) interviews the module convenor, Dr Elizabeth Matthew

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Engage in Teaching & Learning

1.       Why has the Department of History decided to introduce the third-year module History Education? The idea for History Education arose from two coincidental events in mid-January 2011.  A message landed in my inbox calling for applications for Faculty of … Continue reading →

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Mobile Technology – Changing the Learning Landscape – a HEA sponsored conference by Dr Natasha Barrett & Dr Samantha Weston

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Engage in Teaching & Learning

On Thursday 18th April, the HEA hosted a conference in Bristol, showcasing some innovative uses of old technologies as well as demonstrating the cutting edge of new tech used in the delivery of teaching materials to undergraduates in medicine and … Continue reading →

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Digital teaching in Classics –a recent conference at the University by Dr Matthew Nicholls

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Engage in Teaching & Learning

The University of Reading recently hosted the Classical Association Conference, the UK’s largest annual meeting for Classicists. As well as research papers, the CA traditionally hosts panels exploring the teaching of the subject at both school and University levels and covering new … Continue reading →

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What did I do wrong? Supporting independent learning practices to avoid plagiarism by Helen Hathaway

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Engage in Teaching & Learning

My paper on the project What did I do wrong? Supporting independent learning practices to avoid plagiarism was well received in Manchester last week at LILAC. What is the project about? It is one year project at the University of … Continue reading →

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Teaching in Higher Education by Dr Cindy Becker

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Engage in Teaching & Learning

This month sees the publication of my latest book, Teaching in Higher Education, written with Professor Pam Denicolo and published as part of the SAGE series Success in Research of which we are editors. I suppose it is inevitable, given our busy … Continue reading →

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Chemistry’s Mini MOOC Attracts Industrial Interest by Dr Elizabeth Page and Professor Mathew Almond

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Engage in Teaching & Learning

Dr Elizabeth Page and Professor Matthew Almond developed an online distance learning course in 2011-2012 with funding support from the National HE STEM programme. The distance learning course entitled ‘Fundamental Analytical Techniques for Industry’ encompasses a host of analytical chemistry … Continue reading →

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Showcasing Excellence in Students’ Research at Reading By Dr Anne Crook and Professor Julian Park

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Engage in Teaching & Learning

The T&L away day in September 2011 focused on the theme ‘Building an Undergraduate Research Community’. Arising from these discussions a group of staff met to investigate ways in which undergraduate research at Reading might be more effectively showcased across the institution … Continue reading →

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Online resources for physical and life sciences students by Helen Williams

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Engage in Teaching & Learning

Even more online support has been made available for students here at Reading seeking work placement and graduate employment. A new online tool dedicated to helping students find opportunities within the life sciences industry has been launched this month by the … Continue reading →

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Study support for MOOCs – do the Study Advisers have the answer? by the Study Advice team

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Engage in Teaching & Learning

The recent announcement that Reading has been selected as a partner in the Futurelearn project to provide free online courses is an exciting move towards new ways of engaging with a potentially massive cohort of students. However, concerns have been … Continue reading →

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Virtual Careers Fairs by Amanda Duggan

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Nadja Guggi

The Careers, Placement and Experience Centre’s investment, thanks to a grant from the Annual Fund, in a software package for virtual fair technology, has enabled the service to extend its traditional offer of careers fairs and provide students with a … Continue reading →

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Learning on Screen Awards by Nadja Guggi

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Engage in Teaching & Learning

Congratulations to Matthew Nicholls, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics, who has been shortlisted for a prestigious Learning on Screen Award by the British Universities Film & Video Council (BUVFC) in the Courseware and Curriculum Non Broadcast/Multimedia Award category. Here is … Continue reading →

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Internationalising Student Support Community of Practice (COP) by Matthew Daley

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Engage in Teaching & Learning

The Internationalising Student Support COP has been established with the remit to offer opportunities for staff involved with and interested in the development and enhancement of student support and experience in relation to internationalisation; to share best practice and discuss … Continue reading →

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Students like live lectures (and online ones as backup) by Rebecca Reynolds

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Engage in Teaching & Learning

Every year, students on the first year Analysing Museum Displays optional module have a talk from Dr Amy Smith at the Ure Museum, looking at the display there about the Greek symposium. This year I put the lecture online along … Continue reading →

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Presenting the brand new Placement Guide for staff by Em Sowden

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Engage in Teaching & Learning

The new placement guide has been written for all University staff involved in managing student placement options, internships, work placement programmes and volunteering schemes in and outside of the curriculum.operational processes involved in managing placements, alongside the details of key … Continue reading →

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Academic Placements by Dr Cindy Becker

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Engage in Teaching & Learning

In the Department of English Literature we have been working hard, as have so many of our colleagues across the university, to make the most of the intellectual, personal and career advantages that placement learning can offer our students. We … Continue reading →

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FORREST 2012

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Engage in Teaching & Learning

Forrest (Forensic Research and Teaching) is an annual conference partly organised by Higher Education Academy. Two of the strengths of this meeting are its multidisciplinary nature; chemists, biologists and physicists meet with lawyers and that it genuinely brings together research … Continue reading →

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I-TUTOR: Intelligent Tutoring for Lifelong Learning

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Engage in Teaching & Learning

The University of Reading is a project partner in a prestigious project to develop a multi-agent based intelligent tutoring system to support online teachers, trainers, tutors and learners: I-TUTOR. I-TUTOR, which stands for Intelligent Tutoring for Lifelong Learning is to be applied in … Continue reading →

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Flexible Learning: Blended Learning for the Biosciences

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Engage in Teaching & Learning

Recently, we had the opportunity to participate in the Teaching & Learning Showcase event on ‘Flexible Learning’, put together by the CDoTL team, during which we presented the Existing and Emerging Biotechnologies (EEB) Framework. You can read more about our … Continue reading →

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As good as it gets: Reflections on 2012 NSS in Clinical Language Sciences by Dr Tom Loucas and Carol Fairfield

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Engage in Teaching & Learning

Having students say they are 100% satisfied with what we offer is not an everyday occurrence.  This is what happened in Clinical Language Sciences in the 2012 NSS.  All of the students who responded said they definitely agreed with the … Continue reading →

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