(Coaching is available for direct entries for Fellowship. Contact me to discuss) The majority of academic staff in the United Kingdom will have come across the UKPSF in one form or another. It has been a benchmark for my academic
Paper: Rethinking personal tutoring systems, the need to build on a foundation of epistemological beliefs.
Newly uploaded, here is the final paper that was previewed in blog postings during December 2014. Atkinson, S. P. (2014) Rethinking personal tutoring systems: the need to build on a foundation of epistemological beliefs. BPP University Working Papers. London: BPP University. My
Resources: International Student Lifecycle
The Higher Education Academy issues extensive guidance on supporting the International Student Lifecycle. This is the result of The Teaching International Students project which was a joint initiative between the HEA and the United Kingdom Council for International Student Affairs
The research basis on which institutions respond to the case for learning support
(extracts from a draft Working Paper) Following a review of institutional websites in October 2014 it is clear that the vast majority of UK higher education institutions have explicit policy statements relating to the provision of personal tutoring (80%) with
Changing Student Demand for Tutorial Support
(Extracted from a draft working paper) One might expect this diversity in provision in Higher Education to be reflected in the personal tutoring support provided however there is remarkably little difference in the way in which support for students is
Resources: Pre-arrival and pre-sessional support
The Higher Education Academy is currently running a Teaching International Students project which aims to support teaching staff in the classroom (either at ‘home’, online or overseas) rather than issues of pre-arrival support. However, the project team advocates a coordinated
Sharing POISE with University of Gloucestershire
It was a great please to share the new POISE resource with colleagues at The University of Gloucestershire on Friday 13th September. A busy workshop attended by staff on the PGCert, and colleagues from the Royal Agricultural University, as well
Study in the UK: A Practical Guide
The UK Council for International Student Affairs has a website crammed with useful information for students planning to come to the UK to study. It deals mostly with the official and procedural information, but there is also advice on choosing
Prepare for Success Resources: Student Support
An excellent resource for those wishing to explore their own preparedness to study, particularly overseas students looking to come and study in the UK, is ‘Prepare for Success’. The comprehensive website, which needs a reasonable level of English to navigate,
Kaupapa Māori and the Pragmatic Pill
I delivered a webinar recently on technology enhanced learning. It was a 90-minute session (possibly too long) in Adobe Connect attended by some 15 faculty. Several of the evaluation comments suggested that the first third of the webinar, dealing with