Widening Participation
A standing working group on widening participation was set up in early 2020, to oversee WP activity within Admissions and Schools, and to improve dissemination of information among Schools and Units. The formal remit…
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Exploring micro-credentials and digital badges – staff event
Exploring micro-credentials and digital badges” is a programme of activity being taken forward as part of the new QAA Enhancement Theme ‘Resilient Learning Communities’. This activity is a collaborative cluster which…
Vertically Integrated Projects at St Andrews
Dr Ian Smith, Director of the Vertically Integrated Projects Programme, describes the implementation of the new Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) and reflects on what’s been learned so far. Working together…
Library satisfaction survey results
At the end of last year, the University Libraries asked staff and students to complete a survey to help understand how changes to processes and the introduction of new services during the pandemic have supported your…
Doomscrolling, writing apps, Toucan extension, Cyber Scotland Week, tech repairs, MS Authenticator app
Welcome to the eighth post in this student learning blog series. This week’s featured resources, brought to you by various members of staff from across the University, are below.
Setting up our shared space
Guidance on engaging in a shared online teaching space is available for staff and students. The guidance articulates the issues as experienced by both staff and students. It does not provide a solution but rather…
‘Introduction to Statistics’ for research students and staff
Another change made in response to feedback received from postgraduate research students as part of the blog series You said….we listened: You said: we want more support for our skills development, in particular more…
Postgraduates: You said….we listened
Student feedback is important to us and to show you that we listen, we have listed some of the changes we have made in response to feedback received from postgraduates: You said: we want more careers support We did:…
Undergraduates: You said….we listened
Student feedback is important to us and to show you that we listen, we have listed some of the changes we have made in response to feedback received from undergraduates: You said: we want to develop skills to boost…
Decolonising the Curriculum Speaker Series
A new series of speaking events on Decolonising the Curriculum, sponsored by The Centre for Education on Racial Equality in Scotland (CERES); The Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain; and University of…