By Peter Matthews and Niamh Mullen. Peter and Niamh completed their LITE Fellowship The Academic Listening Project in 2021. It is difficult to observe the product of listening in others (Lynch, 2011). In comparison to reading, writing and speaking, we know little about the success of our students in...
Femi Owolade is a Research Assistant at LITE supporting a range of LITE Fellowships contributing to the University’s work in widening participation and student success. Femi reflects on the Student Education Conference through a decolonising lens. The opening address of the Student Education Conference (SEC) saw the Vice Chancellor Simone...
Natalja Nassonova is a Student Research Assistant for LITE. Her role is to support LITE fellows in carrying out their research and to provide the student voice of reasoning to discussions and ideas. This year we invited her to attend the University’s Annual Student Education Conference (SEC) and to offer...
Jenny Brady, Project Lead for Inclusive Learning and Teaching, Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence, reflects on the standout messages from this year’s Student Education Conference at the University of Leeds Belonging means being seen In many ways, this years’ Student Education Conference (SEC) felt like a much deeper dive into...
With the International Day of Action Against Contract Cheating, Caroline Campbell and Lorna Waddington, Project Leads for the Academic Integrity Strategies LITE Fellowship, review progress made over the last 12 months in combatting the threat of contract cheating, and offer guidance on how we can better inform our students of...
LITE Fellows Ruth Payne and Andrew Mearman consider further implications of their work for future practice at Leeds. This blog is also available here as an audio clip One possible implication of ELIXIR (Exploring links between induction, exit, and retention) is structural. A key impact of the project was to...
When we suggested we might abandon Freshers’ Week, we didn’t anticipate closing the campus completely. LITE Fellows Andrew Mearman and Ruth Payne reflect on the impact COVID-19 has had on the way we approach welcome and induction at Leeds and show where there are signs of positive regrowth. The blog...
Each new edition of SEB, we’ll shine a light on a different aspect of the Student Education community at Leeds. This edition sees the University’s first ever International Officer, Franks Feng, take his turn in the Bulletin’s Q&A hotseat. The International Officer post is new to the University, can...
This issue’s focus on pedagogic research (PedR) explores the traditional image problem PedR has faced, but how that is now changing. LITE’s Research Assistant, Andrew Moffat, talks through some of the issues and how they are being overcome here for SEB. Pedagogic research is more important now than ever before. Modern universities...
With the onset of the pandemic, there was a rapid shift to move everything away from the physical to an online method of delivery. LITE Research Support Officer, Dave Riley, charts here how the Share, Adopt, Adapt Workshops (SAAW) were a central part of that journey. At LITE, our approach...