Good Practice Lunches 2008/09
Schedule
| Date | Details | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 30th September 2008 | Prepare your international students for academic life in your School before they arrive This lunchtime session will present ‘Prepare for Success’, a free web-based interactive learning resource for international students developed at the University of Southampton. The resource helps HEIs prepare their own international students for the challenges of adjusting to academic culture in the UK before they arrive. It also offers scope for students’ to improve their language skills. The workshop will explain the different ways in which individual Schools can make use of the resource and there will be an opportunity for hands-on exploration of the resource. |
Julie Watson, eLanguages | Building 58, room 1043 (with lunch in 1065) |
| Wednesday 15th October 2008 | International Students' Experience DVD This DVD highlights aspects of the lives of international students at UG, PGT and PGR levels from all 3 faculties. It shows them responding to a range of authentic scenarios about the experiences and challenges of being an international student at the University of Southampton in the early 21st century from their perpective. The overall objective of this short film therefore is to capture experiences and viewpoints of international students currently at the University. By viewing this DVD, it is hoped that staff will be able to gain a better understanding and appreciation of what their international students are feeling and facing at various points along their student life cycle. |
Hazel Chauhan, Employability Coordinator | Senate Room, Building 37 |
| Tuesday 25th November 2008 | Web Streaming Using the IM Webcaster, Tom will demonstrate how this has been used to transform how some lectures are being delivered within CEE. This tool allows lectures to be video recorded and then the presentation slides added to stream over the web. |
Tom Cherrett, CEE | Senate Room, Building 37 |
| Tuesday 27th January 2009 | Experiential Learning Through Business Simulation Summary: During the last 20 years I have been working as a Management Training Consultant developing computer business simulations for varied companies - such as Vodafone, Mars....Zurich Financial Services. This session will describe how to design and develop business simulations that can enable managers and students to experience the implementation of management theory - putting theory into practice. |
Andrew Stainton, School of Management | Senate Room, Building 37 |
| Tuesday 24th February 2009 | Acoustic Consultancy - LTEF Funded project outcomes
ISVR Consulting supervised a series of highly successful consultancy training projects which enabled groups of 2/3 students at final year MEng or MSc level to participate in consultancy work experience. The projects were facilitated and mentored by a senior member of ISVR Consulting and were undertaken in areas where there was insufficient funding for a fully commercial project of the type that would normally be handled by the engineers within the consultancy group. |
Stuart Dyne, ISVR | Senate Room, Building 37 |
| TBC | Create IT - results from the LTEF Funded project (more details to follow) | Kenji Takeda, SES | Senate Room, Building 37 |
- These good practice lunches are focused on supporting individuals and Schools to meet the objectives of the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Strategy.
They are open to all, but are primarily aimed at academic teaching staff, learning support staff and school administrative staff.
They start with a brief presentation on a learning and teaching theme or aspect of practice (approximately 15-25 minutes) and move on to an open discussion to investigate the theme/issue further.
*You are welcome to arrive from 12.30 onwards - water and coffee are provided, as well as some sandwiches . The presentations usually starts at 1.00 and the session finishes by 2.00.
What is the purpose of the Good Practice Lunches?
To bring together staff from across the University to discuss learning and teaching issues of a practical and/or strategic nature;
To foster thinking and discussion about teaching in a research intensive environment;
To identify issues or highlight themes of particular importance that have an impact on learning and teaching;
To identify strategies to support continuous enhancement of the student experience.
Please contact us if you would like to propose an area of interest/theme for the good practice lunches.
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