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This summer, Dangeni from the Academic Practice Team here in LTDS attended the Graduate Teaching Assistants Developers Network, held at the University of Manchester. Dangeni shared her experience of the day in a blog post, click on the link to learn more!👉bit.ly/46F5SoF

Take a look at how students at Newcastle University linked the UNSDGs to food and nutrition, through the SDG Peer Mentor Induction Challenge, delivering creative and innovative solutions to campus issues alongside personal and professional development. 👉bit.ly/3PwCpHk

A Newcastle University team from the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences and Careers Service led by Dr Lee Higham have won a Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE). Well done everyone! 👏 Find out more here: advance-he.ac.uk/cate-team/SNES…

Congratulations to Dr Joanna Matthan, Dean of Academic Affairs here at Newcastle University for her National Teaching Fellow (NTF) award for teaching excellence in anatomy, her innovative teaching approaches and a dedication to equality, diversity, and inclusion.👏

We are proud to congratulate Professor Ruth Valentine (Educational Engagement), named National Teaching Fellow (NTF) for her work improving opportunities to widen student participation, resulting in many more young people from WP backgrounds enrolling at Newcastle University. 👏

The next episode in our podcast series discusses Newcastle University’s response to AI text generating tools, with a focus on our five principles for the use of AI. Listen here podcasts.ncl.ac.uk/learningandtea…

👏Congratulations to Dr Carys Watts and Rosalind Beaumont, 2023 winners of the Vice Chancellor’s Education Excellence Award at Newcastle University, celebrating their teaching excellence and dedication to student learning.👏 Learn more on the LTDS blog👉 bit.ly/3PN5Mpe

In this case study Dr Raghda Zahran explains how PG students from Newcastle University’s School of Computing worked as creative designers and developers of relevant Learning Analytics as part of an Innovation Project. Find out more here: 👉bit.ly/3NzNO6U

A big thank you👏to everyone who attended the Three Rivers online conference hosted by Newcastle University yesterday. Lots of thought provoking presentations on a wide range of HE topics. See you all next year! #3Rivers2023

We love a podcast here @ Newcastle University! In the latest episode in our series, Librarian Liaison Officer Louise Masson talks about the importance of reading lists within our modules and programmes. Listen here: podcasts.ncl.ac.uk/learningandtea…

Complete our Pedagogy of Canvas podcast mini-series with Part 3. podcasts.ncl.ac.uk/learningandtea… Missed the first two parts? Visit podcasts.ncl.ac.uk/learningandtea… to catch up!

Enjoyed the first episode in our podcast mini-series looking at the pedagogy of Canvas? Explore further with the next episode: podcasts.ncl.ac.uk/learningandtea…

Listen to part 1 of our podcast mini-series looking at the pedagogy of Canvas and how Newcastle University is utilising Canvas tools to provide a rich student learning experience. podcasts.ncl.ac.uk/learningandtea…

I was overjoyed to present my first MedEd research project at the Newcastle teaching and learning conference. Albeit virtually, everyone’s very kind, huge thanks to Carol! I learned about qualitative research through this project and have been involved ever since! #ltcncl23

👏 A huge thank you to all our speakers today! 👏 We have really enjoyed hearing about all the different ways we can implement Student Centred Learning at Newcastle University! Thank you! #ltcncl23

Prof Ruth Valentine - Interim Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education: “We need to try to get back to a state where colleagues have some thinking time to implement changes.”

❓What lessons do you have for us in terms of culture change? Simon Lancaster, @NousGroup: “Take a few risks… when universities do that… you can start to see the dominoes fall.” #ltcncl23

Prof Ruth Valentine - Interim Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education: “We’ve got brilliant staff and excellent students and we should be working more closely together.” #ltcncl23

Thanks to our brilliant panelists discussing Student Centred Education : Prof Ruth Valentine, Dr Sarah Graham, Dr David Kennedy, Rachel Dearlove, Simon Lancaster and Grace Simpson from the @NousGroup.