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Author: Anthony Ogbuokiri, Nottingham Trent University 1.1 What we did This Seedcorn project sought to provide answers to the following questions: What are the challenges of equality, diversity & inclusion, factors responsible for these challenges, intersectionality of factors, impact, and possible solutions? The project captured resources from the ‘ADBE EDI matters’ competition; a new initiative […]

Authors: Matthew BarrHead of Education & Practice Section, School of Computing Science, University of GlasgowVicki Dale, Nathalie TaslerAcademic and Digital Development, Academic Services, University of Glasgow Table of Content Our Story so Far It all began with a paper Vicki and I tried to submit together with our students, and one journal in particular, sent […]

Authors: Sarah Honeychurch, Nathalie Tasler and Alison McCandlish During the month of November some of us in the UofG SoTL Network have been participating in SoTLWriMo. Inspired by other initiatives such as NaNoWriMo and AcWriMo, this was a collaborative endeavour to try to write regularly and motivate ourselves and each other throughout the month. We […]

Author: Iain Wilson, Nottingham Trent University Table of Contents Earlier this year I had the pleasure and privilege to present at the Trent Institute of Learning and Teaching (TILT) Annual Learning and Teaching Conference about a core passion of mine; Reflection. I presented the Big Question: Should we change the way we assess reflection? Exploring […]

Today we share a video by Nicola Jones, Lecturer in the School of Education

Author: Samantha ReadNottingham Trent University Table of Content When looking at the Four Pillars of SOTL, I am immediately drawn to the first pillar – ‘Passion’ – as this is the baseline for everything that I do within my role as Learning and Teaching Manager for Nottingham Business School (NBS). Over the past year, my […]

Authors (Blog):Dr Linnea Soler & Dr Smita OdedraAuthors (Resource):Drew Gupwell & Sinead O’Hara (BSc project students)Smita Odedra & Linnea Soler (project co-supervisors)School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow Table of Content Reflections Curiosity, coupled with a deep-desire to enhance the student learning experience (SLE), drives, and underpins our SoTL and discipline-based education research (DBER). In-fact, our […]

AuthorsAlison McCandlish and Colin MackUrban Studies, University of Glasgow Table of Content This year Colin (CM) and I (AM) have the privilege of continuing the L+T bookclub which was set up by our esteemed colleague Professor Susan Deeley, and for this blog we decided to reflect on how this is helping us and our colleagues […]

Authors Rose Gann (Head of Social and Political Sciences) and Julie Hulme (Professor in Psychology Education). Nottingham Trent University Table of Content Mapping Scholarship in a large School of Social Sciences: sharing our approach and initial findings from this project. The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) is widely recognised as providing an evidence base […]

Authors: Lovleen Kushwah and Geethanjali SelvaretnamAdam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow Table of Content Compassionate Classrooms and Approachable Lecturers – 12 Practical Tips  The Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in the UK are being encouraged to get the University mental health charter Award (Department of Education, 2021) to establish a secure and relaxed learning environment […]

Author: Pamela CampbellSchool of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow Table of Contents As is true across many STEM disciplines, barriers to accessing and succeeding in the geosciences are widely documented, with the geosciences being recognised as the least diverse of all STEM fields (Mattheis et al., 2022; Gonzales & Keane, 2020). Much change […]

This year the SoTL Santas (yes there are many Santas of SoTL!) from Nottingham Trent University and The University of Glasgow are collaborating on an Advent Calendar to celebrate some of the fantastic SoTL projects that have been happening across each of our institutions over the past year. We have asked colleagues to share across […]