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Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University
by Newcastle University
This fortnightly podcast looks at all the great things we are doing in learning and teaching here at Newcastle University. In each episode we will hear from a wide range of guests, and guest hosts to discover more about their stories and the work behind their stories. There will be long form conversations, magazine style articles, and much more.
Episodes
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Episode 037: AI at Newcastle University with Dr David Kennedy and Professor Ruth Valentine
This week Ben Steel from LTDS sat down with Pro Vice Chancellor Education Professor Ruth Valentine and Dean of Digital Education Dr David Kennedy. As with all emerging technologies, it is our role as educators to explore and investigate the opportunities they provide to our students’ educational...
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Episode 036: The Importance of Reading Lists
This week Ben Steel from LTDS sat down with Louise Masson a Librarian Liaison Officer from our Library Liaison team in the Philip Robinson Library.
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Episode 035 – Pedagogy of Canvas Part Three – with Dr Helene Tyrrell
This is the final in a three part mini series that will look at the pedagogy of Canvas and how educators from across Newcastle University are utilising the tools in Canvas to provide a rich learning experience for our students.
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Episode 034 – Pedagogy of Canvas Part Two – with Dr Chris Graham and Dr Adam Potts
This is the second in a three part mini series that will look at the pedagogy of Canvas and how educators from across Newcastle University are utilising the tools in Canvas to provide a rich learning experience for our students.
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Episode 033 – Pedagogy of Canvas Part One – with Dr Chris Graham and Dr Adam Potts
This is the first in a three part mini series that will look at the pedagogy of Canvas and how educators from across Newcastle University are utilising the tools in Canvas to provide a rich learning experience for our students.
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Episode 32: Community Engagement
In this episode, we look at how students at Newcastle University engage with our community in the North East to support learners from all age groups and areas of society.
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Episode 031: Learning and Teaching Conference 2023
In this episode, Holly Wheeler talks to Professor Tom Ward, Mack Marshall, Dr Amina Razak and Claire Rodgerson about the 2023 Learning and Teaching Conference and its theme Student Centred Education.
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Episode 30 – Authentic Assessment with Professor Sally Brown and Professor Kay Sambell
In this episode, Dr Chris Whiting from the Academic Practice Team speaks with Prof. Sally Brown and Prof. Kay Sambell about authentic assessment in higher education.
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Episode 29 – In conversation with our new Dean of Digital Education
In this first episode, Sarah Graham, the Dean of Education for HaSS, sits down with Dr David Kennedy, our new Dean of Digital Education, to discuss: David’s new role His strategy for digital education over the next 12 months The challenges he will face over the next year And how digital education...
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Episode 028: Season 2 preview with Learning Analytics update
Hello and welcome to a special preseason trailer of the Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University podcast. We also have an update on one of our specials from season one. Dr. Raghda Zahran, from NUIT, returns to talk to Dr. Matthew Forshaw, a reader in data science, and Dr. Huizhi (Elly) Liang, a...
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Episode 027: Creative Practice
‘Creative Practice’ as a discipline itself can seem mysterious, and yet we enjoy the fruits of that labour all the time; whether through live performance, in a gallery, on television, radio or online, but also in the shape of the built environment, in consumer product design, in the visual and...
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Episode 026: Gamification in Learning and Teaching
In this episode, we speak to Dr Pascal Stiefenhofer (Senior Lecturer and UG Director of Studies, Newcastle University Business School) about his research using games to aid those with mathematical anxiety. We also hear from Sarah Carnegie and Dr Tracy Scurry (both also from Newcastle University...
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Episode 025: Ideas in Academic Practice 7 – Supportive Practice Toolkit
In this episode Emma McCulloch (Academic Practice Team Manager in LTDS) and Kevin Johnson (Disability Practitioner in Student Health and Wellbeing services) discuss the research Kevin has undertaken to develop a supportive practice toolkit to help teaching colleagues best support students with...
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Episode 024: Learning Analytics Special
This episode introduces Newcastle University's approach to learning analytics from four interconnected perspectives.
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Episode 023: The Return of In-Person Exams Special
As we approach the 2021/22 semester two assessment period, we will see the return of in-person exams for most of our students. Spring 2022 will be the first time since January 2020 that most of our students last took part in an in-person exam. Many students have not completed an in-person exam...
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Episode 022: Learning and Teaching Conference 2022 Special
Transcript available here Hello and welcome to episode 22 of the Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University podcast. We look back at our 2022 Learning & Teaching Conference that took place on the 31st of March 2022. The conference, titled ‘Education for All: Learning Together’ was a chance to…
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Episode 021: Supporting Student needs and wellbeing throughout the pandemic
In this episode, we talk to Sandy Alden, team leader withing the Universities Disability and Specialist Learning team and Dr Luisa Wakeling, a Senior Lecturer at the School of Dental Sciences to explore how the university adapted to teaching students with additional learning support…
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Episode 020: Ideas in Academic Practice: School X, rethinking a University Degree
In this episode Dr Paul Fleet (Chair of the Academic Progress Board of Studies at Newcastle University) talks to Professor Ruth Morrow and Professor Richard Clay (Co-Heads of School X) about harnessing the collective power of interdisciplinarity and cross-sector collaboration across the…
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Episode 019: Ideas in Academic Practice: Structures of Wellbeing in Learning and Teaching
In this episode Dr Paul Fleet (Chair of the Academic Progress Board of Studies at Newcastle University), and Kate Aitchison (Head of Student Health & Wellbeing) talk about the importance of embedding structures of wellbeing into Higher Education for the benefit of all stakeholders.
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Episode 018: Giving, Receiving, and Interpreting Feedback Special
According to the Learning and Teaching Website. Feedback should be a dialogue rather than one-way communication. It should clearly link to the learning outcomes and encourage students to reflect on their learning. In this episode, our guest host Susan Barfield a Learning Enhancement & Technology...
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Episode 017: The Deans view of Assessment
In a previous episode of the Learning and Teaching @ Newcastle University Podcast, we listened to the student’s view on assessment. In this episode, Graeme Redshaw-Boxwell from LTDS returns to speak to the three Deans of Education from our three faculties to discuss assessment.
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Episode 016: Student Voice and Student Voice Surveys Special
In this episode, our guest host Holly Wheeler, a Team Administrator in the Educational Policy and Governance Team in LTDS. Digs into the concept of the Student Voice and Student Voice Surveys.
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Episode 015: New Terms, New Semesters and New Horizons
In this episode we hear from Jack Chamberlain and Sam Mead who help to run the PARTNERS programme at Newcastle University. PARTNERS is a dynamic and innovative programme that gives prospective students a chance to experience university life before starting a degree. Both staff and students can…
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Episode 014: Ideas in Academic Practice: Assessment, Inclusivity, and Audio Feedback
In this episode Dr Paul Fleet (Chair of the Academic Progress Board of Studies at Newcastle University), Sandy Alden (Manager of the Disability Team within our Student Health and Wellbeing Service at Newcastle University), and Dr Hilary Potter (Teaching Fellow in German with research interests in...
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Episode 013: A Student’s View on Assessments
In this episode, we focus on a student's view of assessments. We catch up with Emily and Josh our regular student contributors. We then hear from Liv Jonassen and Helen Webster who take us through how the Library can support students in getting the best out of their assessments and exams.
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Episode 012: UKPSF Special with guest host Emma McCulloch
In this episode Emma McCulloch from the Academic Practice Team speaks with colleagues across the university who have recently gained a category of Fellowship with Advance HE.
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Episode 011: Ideas in Academic Practice: Technicians gaining AdvanceHE Recognition
In this episode, Rosa Spencer (Professional Development Manager at Newcastle University) and James Davoll (Creative Practitioner and Technical Manager at Newcastle University) talk about evidencing and gaining a category of HEA fellowship from Advance HE from a technician’s perspective.
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Episode 010: Decolonising the Curriculum
Hello and welcome to episode ten of the Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University podcast. As we celebrate black history month, we look at Decolonising the Curriculum and speak with key members of the university about this subject. In this episode, we try to go beyond the title and see how the...
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Episode 009: More on placements, and study abroad with Dr Lee Higham, plus an introduction to Inspera digital assessment
Hello and welcome to episode eight of the Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University podcast. This first section is dedicated to placements and internships in industry and also study abroad opportunities. Contributors to this episode include the NU Careers Service, International Office and…
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Episode 008: Placements with Dr Lee Higham, Settling into University Learning with Emily and Josh, and Learning through the Pandemic (Part Two) with Dr Adam Potts
Hello and welcome to episode eight of the Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University podcast. In this episode, we have five interviews that cover three topics, exploring different aspects of learning and teaching here at Newcastle University.
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Episode 007: Welcome to (back to) Newcastle University – Freshers Week Special
Hello and welcome to episode seven of the Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University podcast. In this episode, we have one topic and two interviews that will explore welcoming new and existing students on campus here at Newcastle University.
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Episode 006: Ideas in Academic Practice: An Audio Tour of the Newcastle University Branch Campus Sites
You may (or may not) already know that Newcastle University has two branch campuses; one in Malaysia and one in Singapore. In this episode Sue Gill from the Learning and Teaching Development Service (LTDS) and Dr Paul Hubbard (Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at New Med and currently based at…
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Episode 005: Introducing Emily and Josh our student podcast voices. National Teaching Fellowship with Dr Lindsey Ferrie. Part one of our look back at learning through the pandemic with Dr Adam Potts.
Hello and welcome to episode five of the Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University podcast. In this episode, we have three topics that will explore different aspects of learning and teaching at Newcastle University.
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Episode 004: Preparing students for their future, not our past with special guest Helen O’Sullivan
Hello and welcome to episode four of the Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University podcast. In this episode Suzanne Hardy from the Learning and Teaching Development Service here at Newcastle University speaks with Chair of the Association for Learning Technology, and DVC at Chester University...
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Episode 003: Digital learning activities, new technologies, and online safe spaces with special guest Helen Beetham
Hello and welcome to episode three of the Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University podcast. In this episode Suzanne Hardy from the Learning and Teaching Development Service here at Newcastle University speaks with education consultant, writer, researcher, and commentator Helen Beetham.
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Episode 002: Ideas in Academic Practice: Mental Health and Wellbeing in the University during Uncertain Times
In this episode Dr Paul Fleet (Chair of the Academic Progress Board of Studies at Newcastle University) and Michael Atkinson (Lecturer in Medical Education and Mindfulness Teacher at Newcastle University) talk about how we can best integrate mental health and wellbeing into our daily lives in…
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Episode 001: Welcome to the Learning and Teaching at Newcastle University Podcast
Hello and welcome to the first episode of the Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University Podcast. There is a transcript available. Launching on 7th July 2021, Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University looks at the great work we are doing at Newcastle University. This new podcast has been a...
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This fortnightly podcast looks at all the great things we are doing in learning and teaching here at Newcastle University. In each episode we will hear from a wide range of guests, and guest hosts to discover more about their stories and the work behind their stories. There will be long form conversations, magazine style articles, and much more.
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