Events

You may have heard recently about the ongoing Multi-Mode project being carried out at the University. The project is designed to facilitate the delivery of content in a teaching room to both in-room and remote students simultaneously whilst supporting full interaction between all participants. The project will allow in-room and remote students to see, hear,…

LITE Fellow, and Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology. Suzanne Young  will showcase the findings of her LITE project, Transitions through university: Exploring expectations and motivations of undergraduate students to date. Suzanne will cover motivations for going to university, expectations of courses, and considering where students go upon graduation. The findings are based on…

LITE Fellow Bridgette Bewick will lead July’s ‘I belong: Compassionate Curriculum Conversation on Wednesday July 7th 12:30pm-1:30pm. The series is a space for staff and students to regularly come together to explore and discuss how we might develop a more compassionate curriculum at the University of Leeds. To sign up and/or to let Bridgette know…

On Tuesday July 6th 10-11:30, we will be hosting the first ever LITE Collaboration Kickstarter! The event is designed to allow anyone interested in, or curious about, getting involved in pedagogical research at Leeds in any way to meet other like-minded people. The tone will be kept purposefully “LITE” and fun! We are inviting you to…

This interactive workshop hosted by LITE and the TIPS Community, and led by Dan Pullinger and Jiani Liu from Skills@Library, will explore research findings from a project that evaluated the academic skills, support needs and expectations of taught postgraduate students. Participants will be provided with initial results and introduced to a new online resource- Step…

Study Abroad is one of the University of Leeds’ great strengths and whilst the current situation is challenging for student mobility, we can, and should, look to a future when not only will travel resume, but our developing digital capacity will offer many more opportunities for our students to study in different cultural environments; giving…

Would you like to hear about, and contribute to, the latest developments in the Leeds Sustainable Curriculum? And explore how to embed sustainability in your teaching content and approach without making huge changes? You can sign up for the event here This session will be led by Dr Jen Dyer who is leading on resource…

LITE Fellows Niamh Mullen and Peter Matthews invite colleagues to their Fellowship Showcase, which will focus on considering comprehension in lectures from a student perspective. Niamh and Peter will begin with an activity that will allow us to think about areas which might pose a challenge to students’ comprehension in lectures. The workshop will then…