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Towards A Learning Community in Chemistry Supported by Mindfulness Practice

Dr Silvia Wehmeier, School of Natural & Computing Sciences - Chemistry

Higher education has seen a growing interest in Mindfulness, though as a relatively new concept in universities it is mostly found in medical schools. My engagement as a Mindfulness teacher in the 3rd Year MBChB Medical Humanities Mindfulness and Medicine course led me to the initiative to make a Mindfulness course available to Chemistry students.

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Native Students in Foreign Language Learning

Dr Anna Bokedal, Modern Languages and Scandinavian Studies tells us about how she set up a new teaching method for Beginner Swedish through the inclusion of native speakers in group tutorial classes.

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Part-time route to postgraduate teaching

Dr Kirsty Kiezebrink, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, tells us about the part time route for all MSc programmes offered in Applied Health Sciences in order to allow working students to complete their studies.

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Introduction of a qualitative research support clinic for Applied Health Sciences

Dr Heather Morgan, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, tells us about the Statistics support clinic that runs daily mostly for MSc students and how it has helped them with their stats queries.

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Development of a multi-dimensional approach to a specific cohort with poor retention figures

Dr Steven Tucker of the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, tells us about the development of a multi-dimensional approach aimed at improving poor retention figures seen at level 3 courses.

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Improving student support mechanisms to enhance student engagement and learning

Dr Amudha Poobalan, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, tells us about the focus group discussions conducted with students to understand the factors that support student success and satisfaction.

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Use of Blackboard Retention Centre to monitor and improve student engagement

Dr Steven Tucker, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition tells us about the use of Blackboard Retention Centre to monitor and improve student engagement

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Part-time route to postgraduate teaching
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Use of Blackboard Retention Centre to monitor and improve student engagement
Native Students in Foreign Language Learning
Towards A Learning Community in Chemistry Supported by Mindfulness Practice

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