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In this episode we chat to Catherin O'Connor (Trinity College Dublin) about the student experience in coming to university for the first time. She's written a student handbook, "Surviving your First Year at University" designed as a student handbook for smoothing the transition to Uni.We chat about the complexities of student assimilation into University life, how to advise students on making the most of their experience and different methodologies to help them reach their potential
In this episode we chat to Dr Peter Wolstencroft from Liverpool Business School. Peter is an author of "Achieving Teaching Excellence: Developing your TEF Profile and Beyond" and has introduced innovative new approaches to workload management at LJMU to drive creativity and individuality to each course leader.We chat abouty student engagement and attendance, the changing needs of the modern student and how best to meet the challenges of the day.Pick up his book here : https://www.mheducation.co.uk/achieving-teaching-excellence-developing-your-tef-profile-and-beyond-9780335249299-emea-groupFollow Peter on Twitter: @Peter_wolst
In this episode we talk to Dr Raj Sachdev, author of the new Digital Marketing text from McGraw Hill. We talk about the ever changing face of digital marketing and the approach he takes to keeping students engaged and educated when learning in a field that is constantly changing
In this episode Wes Hallam interviews Yurtsev Uymaz, an associate professor in finance from the Norwich Business School at the University of East Anglia. Yurtsev discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected finance courses and why he believes that whilst other disciplines have seen a decline in student numbers, finance courses have seen a rapid expansion. Yurtsev believes that the lockdown and the shift to online learning have changed students' habits, and they now see finance as a discipline that can prepare them to survive in a post-COVID world. We also talk about his conservative perpective on ChatGPT in the Finance education world.
In this episode we chat do Dr Emma Towers and Dr Lizzie Rushton about sustainability education, the perspective of teaching at Secondary/Further Education and the flow through to Higher Ed and about forming communities of best practice to drive equity across the board.