Teaching and Learning Forum October 2014

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Students as Partners A listening university Where are we? What next?

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Times Good University Guide th of 155 HEIs rd of 119 HEIs th of 116 HEIs 2013 Subject Tables Plymouth improved in rank in 12 of the subject areas, remained static in three and decreased in 21 in , some improvements

Subject Tables Plymouth is in not in the top 10 in any of the subject groups in Dentistry in 2015 Plymouth was in the top 20 for six subjects in where now? 2015, 2014, 2013 Agriculture & forestry: 15, 11, 14 (out of 20-30) Building: 26, 29, 15 (31-35) Dentistry: 10, 12, 14 (14) Food science: 14, 13, 16 ( ) Hospitality, leisure, recreation & tourism: 17, 12, 12 (49-61) Medicine: 28, 29, 15 (31)

Subject Tables 2015, 2014 Accounting and Finance: 73, 54 (out of 97) Architecture 33, 35 (51) Biological Sciences: 55, 49 (99) Civil Engineering: 32, 29, (54) Economics: 59, 57 (78) Geography and Environmental Science: 38, 34 (71) History of Art, Architecture and Design 23, 22, (32) Mathematics: 53, 52 (69) Mechanical Engineering 37, 33 (65) Nursing 59, 53 (72) Politics: 38, 44 (85) Psychology: 49, 47 (112) Music: 43, 49 (72) Sociology: 65, 37 (94)

NSS and SPQ Issues Inadequate / unreadable feedback Shortage of Library Space Delay in work returned Difficulty in contacting tutors / tutors don’t reply to s Timetable changes without notice Last minute Room Changes make finding classes difficult Assessment deadlines are bunched together Classes spread across the week waste time / difficult for part time students/ Classes too easy, people miss classes, group work is then difficult No one knows who I am, including my tutor Not enough books in the library

Resources ‘Education for Sustainable Development: Guidance for UK HE providers’ document. sustainable-development-Guidance-June-14.pdfhttp:// sustainable-development-Guidance-June-14.pdf Healey M, Jenkins A and Lea J 2014 College-based higher education and student research and inquiry: Some challenges and opportunities for educational developers. Educational Developments 15(1), 5-8 Healey M, Flint A and Harrington K 2014 Engagement through partnership: Students as partners in learning and teaching in higher education. York: HE Academy 76pp [pdf at through-partnership-students-partners-learning-and-teaching-higher- education]Engagement through partnership: Students as partners in learning and teaching in higher educationhttps:// through-partnership-students-partners-learning-and-teaching-higher- education Mazoue, J.G 2013 The MOOC Model: Challenging Traditional Education Educause Review online model-challenging-traditional-educationhttp:// model-challenging-traditional-education Bayne, S. and Ross, J. The Pedagogy of the Massive Open Online Course: the UK view HE Academy 76pp WEB_240314_1.pdf