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Category Archives: Small project funding scheme
From paper (lots of it) to pixels
A distinguishing feature of the BA programme in Typography are the professional assignments we run with external clients – our Real Jobs scheme. These ‘in-house placements’ allow inexperienced students to deal with professional work in a staged and supervised way, … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment & Feedback, Dissemination, Employability, Small project funding scheme, Staff-student partnerships, Work/Academic placements
Tagged Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, Gerry Leonidas, Jake Giltsoff, Real Jobs scheme, Rob Banham, Robbie Sterlini, WordPress
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Art studio network: Students take the wheel
“Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.” (John Dewey) A few months ago I contributed a blog post here about OSCAR, the Online … Continue reading
Pharmacy students and e-books: an update
In my September blog post, ‘E-books and students: an uneasy relationship?’, I introduced my study into e-books usage by Pharmacy students, funded by Digitally Ready. The project is now well underway. An online survey on the usage and awareness of e-books, … Continue reading
Academic publishing and interviewing: first steps
I took my first steps into the world of academic writing and publishing last week when my supervisor informed me that we are going to submit my work on the Modular Training for Industry project in an appropriate journal. I … Continue reading
Posted in Employability, Internationalisation, Small project funding scheme, Staff-student partnerships, Work/Academic placements
Tagged Existing and Emerging Biotechnologies (EEB) Framework, Kimberley Watson, Modular Training for Industry, Sam Holton, School of Biological Sciences, Sir David Bell KCB, Steven Mithen, Tee Nadan, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP), University of Hong Kong
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Interactive sculptures: Squishy circuits
Digitally Ready is supporting Sensory Objects, a three-year AHRC-funded research project which explores the potential of newly developed easy-to-use electronics in making the experience of members of the user-group more vital and meaningful when accessing heritage sites. The project consists of … Continue reading
New Teaching & Learning Showcase series
We are kicking off the new year with another round of Teaching & Learning Showcase events here at Reading, starting next week with a session on the ‘Use of technologies in Teaching & Learning’. Join us on Tuesday 22 January … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Heroes, Dissemination, Meetings & Events, Small project funding scheme
Tagged Augmented Reality (AR), Closing the feedback loop, David Nutt, Department of Chemistry, Department of Classics, Digital modelling, Flipped classroom, Inclusive practices in teaching learning and assessment, Matthew Nicholls, Milan Radosavljevic, Nadja Guggi, Orla Kennedy, School of Construction Management and Engineering, Teaching & Learning Showcase events, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP), Use of technologies in Teaching & Learning
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Me on the digital battlefield
To introduce myself, I am Sam Holton, a second- year student in the School of Biological Sciences here at Reading. Christmas and New Year are over and being the ambitious student I am, it was time for me to get … Continue reading
Posted in Internationalisation, Small project funding scheme
Tagged Articulate Engage, Articulate Storyline, Flexible Learning, Internationalisation Change Programme (ICP), Kimberley Watson, Modular Training for Industry, PyMOL, Sam Holton, School of Biological Sciences, Simon Sweeney, Students’ experiences with placements and opportunities for developing their digital literacies at the University, Teaching & Learning Showcase events, Tee Nadan, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP)
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Internationalisation: where to for HE institutions?
Who says internationalisation in HE inevitably refers to resources and technologies. In this new digital era, to be competitive as a HE institution we have to keep up to date with educational technologies, and this is particularly important if our … Continue reading
Poll Everywhere: would you rather be attacked by one horse-sized duck or a herd of duck-sized horses?
Anyone standing in front of a crowd of student might be familiar with a mix of expectant and sleepy faces staring stoically ahead – their gaze occasionally brightened by the latest notification on their portable devices that life and imponderables, … Continue reading
The opportunity to work with the Digitally Ready team
The Existing and Emerging Biotechnologies (EEB) Framework and our work in Creating a Global Agenda in the Biosciences and the Internationalisation Change Programme (ICP) , have recently enabled us to work with the Digitally Ready team. Via the small project … Continue reading
Posted in Dissemination, Employability, Small project funding scheme, Staff-student partnerships
Tagged Existing and Emerging Biotechnologies (EEB) Framework, International Change Programme (ICP), Internationalisation, Katerina Lazidou, Student employability, Student engagement, Tee Nadan, VLE
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