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Enables more students to achieve their study goals

The Experience of BAME Students on DE300

Project Team: Sharon Xuereb

It is well documented that Black and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) students are awarded lower grades at university than their White counterparts. In the UK, a first class and second upper class degree classifications are considered ‘good degrees’.

Tracking retention and building community in distance music study

Project Team: Alexander KolassaLilian Simones

There are three objectives of this project (presented in order of priority):

SMART Feedback: Exploring the impact of action-focused student feedback on the student experience of learning

Project Team: Charlotte Lattin-Rawstrone

The proposed study intends to investigate the application of aspects of the research and framework through an intervention that builds on this framework with a specific focus on the reciprocal process and enactment of outcomes of feedback components by using SMART goals in the feedback process.

Embedding Employability Resources in DB125: An Evaluation

Project Team: Jonquil Lowe

DB125 You and Your Money replaced DB123 from October 2018J.

Communication Strategies and the Tutor-Student Relationship

Project Team: Wendy HumphreysVicky Johnson

One of the findings of our completed project, The Quality of Tutor-Student Early contact in Post Level 1 Modules, was the extreme variation in both the interpretation and practice of tutors, in terms of early communication within a module.

Developing an Approach to Networked Audio for Distance Learning in Music Practice

Project Team: Sean WilliamsNaomi Barker

This project examines the use of networked technologies for group music practice, within the context of a small group of 3-7 players.

Challenges of Distance Teaching Masters in International Relations

Project Team: William Brown

In the age of digital information and high levels of technology in academic life, critical thinking skills are not just considered as an element of academic literacy; they have been interpreted in terms of the ability to use Microsoft Office and reference managing software effectively when underg

Teaching Critical Thinking Skills

Project Team: Sue NielandIan McGarryAmita Sen-Gupta

In the age of digital information and high levels of technology in academic life, critical thinking skills are not just considered as an element of academic literacy; they have been interpreted in terms of the ability to use Microsoft Office and reference managing software effectively when underg

The Relaxed Tutorial Project

Project Team: Trevor FearNaoko YamagataCora Beth FraserArdle Mac Mahon

‘Relaxed’ events are held across the Arts sector, primarily as a means of accommodating neurodiversity, but also as a way of suiting other specific needs.

Investigating tuition attendance in Arts & Humanities: Stage 2

Project Team: Robin MackieSteve PadleyMaddy SharmanJen ShepherdAstrid Voigt

In our previous project we were able to use data from the LEM system to explore student attendance in tuition from across the Arts & Humanities programme.