Teaching And Learning Portal

A series of short, 'how to'-style videos for the Teaching and Learning Portal is being created and UCL staff have the opportunity to influence the subjects these cover through a short survey which also offers the chance to win a £50 John Lewis voucher.

An event on 27 June aims to explore the roles of gender and caste in university-based relationships.

Does our gender or caste identity – as teachers or students – matter? How are our experiences of teaching and learning shaped, enhanced and challenged by the interplay of our own characteristics such as gender or caste and by those of our teachers? And how are these influenced by the wider culture of an academic department or discipline, the culture of the university as a forum for learning and teaching, and the broader aspects of the host culture?

Abbie Willett reports on this year’s final ‘Summits and Horizons’ session, where Dr David West explained how School of Pharmacy students are learning to think in a connected way through concept-mapping and wikis.

A series of teaching-related presentations made by members of the UCL Faculty of Engineering are now available to view online.

Guest lecturer Dr Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa will explain the new academic discipline of Mind, Brain and Education (MBE) science at a workshop on Thursday 4 July.

An event on 5 June will see an expert panel discuss the implications of the EU's Danube Strategy.

From its source in the German Black Forest to its delta on the borders of Romania, Moldova and Ukraine, the Danube links ten countries, seven of which are EU members. This river shapes a region of remarkable cultural diversity, but also of great socio-economic inequalities, a region with a turbulent past that is now at the forefront of European enlargement.

The winning bids for E-Learning Development Grants (ELDGs) have been selected, with project ideas ranging from a digital treasure hunt to a Mandarin wiki. A total of £28,850 has been awarded this year, and you can read about the successful applicants and their projects below.

How do you raise awareness of the 73.9 million pounds of plastic floating in our oceans? One option, as experienced by the speaker at this lecture, is to build a vessel out of 12,500 two-litre plastic bottles, call it Plastiki and sail it 8,000 nautical miles from San Francisco to Sydney.

The Vice-Provost (Education) discusses the importance of developing solid criteria to use when considering teaching-based promotions.

On June 24-25 2013, The Bartlett is holding a conference exploring the role of cutting-edge digital technologies in built environment education.

Dr Rosalind Duhs reports on a course for UCL teaching staff who would like to help support Postgraduate Teaching Assistants (PGTAs). The initiative is being led by Rosalind and Dr Teresa McConlogue, both of whom work in CALT as Schools-Facing Teaching Fellows for SLMS.

Carmel McNaught, CALT's Visiting Professor of Higher Education, discusses the challenges and opportunities offered by the diversity of UCL's student body.

Andrew Bishop reflects on the work presented at the most recent Summits and Horizons lunchtime workshop, which focused on the use of technology in feedback.

The Higher Education Academy (HEA) has planned a number of webinars for May and June...

An introduction to the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) and advice about applying

JISC's Futures Forum is offering students with ideas on how to improve university life using digital technology up to £5,000 in funding through its Summer of Student Innovation project.

Bella Cuthbert, a final-year Natural Sciences student at UCL, discusses her experience of the applications process for postgraduate degrees and explains what motivated her when choosing where (and what) to study.

At 5pm on Friday 7 June 2013 Moodle will be made unavailable to allow the yearly archive copy to be created and to enable upgrades and security improvements to be made.

The UCISA Digital Skills and Development Group's Academic Support Group (ASG) is collecting case studies demonstrating best practice in the use of mobile technologies to enhance teaching, learning and assessment.

The third and final Distance Learning Forum of the 2012-13 academic year will be held on Wednesday 3 July alongside the inaugural CPD and Short Courses Forum. 

There is increasing research into the role of tutor and peer feedback within higher education. But how much of this research is relevant to teaching academics? On Monday 20 May 2013, visiting speaker Paul Orsmond will discuss this in a talk entitled ‘Feedback practices: what do they tell us?’.

UCL’s School of Public Policy and NYU Wagner have announced an innovative new one-year Executive Master of Public Administration in Global Public Policy and Management (Global EMPA) that will equip future leaders with the skills to deal with complex global issues and policy decisions.

Continuing professional development (CPD) in Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy has never been more important. Rosalind Duhs reports on a day designed to explore the best ways in which UCL can provide for industry and practitioners. 

Explore the benefits and best ways of using flipped teaching in a two-day workshop, led by a visiting professor.

The Vice-Provost (Education) discusses the various conferences he has opened over the past week and reflects on the most important aspects of each one.

A UCL conference dedicated to discussing how we can best prepare students for the world of work through their academic work provided plenty of food for thought, writes Ele Cooper.