Enhancing student group work
Students have a love-hate relationship with group work in the classroom. Many recognise that they can learn from their fellow students and that the quality of the work they create together is higher than the work they can produce individually.
Even better than the real thing? What’s the point of authentic learning?
“Authentic learning is a sham,” an experienced academic colleague tells me. “How can we pretend that what happens in my class, and what happens within a university generally, isn’t real life in some way?
Sustainability Autumn Newsletter
The Sustainability Autumn newsletter is now live, sharing updates, initiatives and exciting plans for the semester ahead. It offers insights into sustainability efforts and opportunities to get involved.
Module Leader Continuous Improvement Report
The Module Leader Continuous Improvement Report is a pivotal tool for evaluating module effectiveness, fostering a culture of reflection and driving forward educational excellence.
Celebrating Multilingualism at Westminster
Did you know that in 2021/22, there were 350,325 international students pursuing degrees in the UK according to the Higher Education Student Statistics (HESA)? Surprisingly, international students represented 22% of the total student population in the whole country (Universities UK).
Course Development: Removing the barriers to success
The issues go to the very heart of Westminster's purpose and mission as a University and therefore represent a fundamental element of our course development process.
Course-level design: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Your programme specification should clearly set out the course team’s commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI). Ideally, there should be a statement indicating specifically how the course has been designed to ensure that any barriers to success are recognised, and steps taken to remove them.
Talk Teaching Authentic Learning
Is Authentic Learning better than real things? Learn from Andy Pitchford, the Head of CETI, who tells us how and why authentic learning can help us to address future teaching challenges.
Authentic Learning
Students at the University of Westminster showcase authentic learning in action through real-world projects, hands-on activities and collaborative problem-solving. This student-created video highlights how immersive experiences bridge theory and practice, preparing them for real-life challenges and career success.
The Cavendish Living Lab at the University of Westminster
The Cavendish Living Lab at the University of Westminster fosters collaboration among students, researchers and industry experts to tackle real-world environmental challenges and create sustainable urban living solutions. It’s a hub for innovation, combining authentic learning with sustainability to shape a greener future.
Church Street Project: Student Entrepreneurship Empowering Local Business Challenges
The Church Street Project brings together students and local businesses to spark entrepreneurship and solve real-world challenges. In this video, we follow student volunteers as they collaborate with business owners in the Church Street area, tackling specific business challenges and working together to find innovative solutions.
Huanyu Huang: Researching feminist movements in China and decolonising the media
Host Kyra Araneta interviews PhD researcher Huanyu Huang about her journey into academia and her thesis, Speak in Women’s Way: Online Feminism Movements and Social Media Impact of #MeToo China 2018. The discussion explores feminist narratives in China's #MeToo movement, its global context, and the role of media as a colonial tool, concluding with reflections on decolonising media.
Delso Batista: The coloniality of knowledge and decolonising Psychotherapy
Host Kyra Araneta speaks with psychotherapist and PhD researcher Delso Batista about his study on the experiences of Black, Brown and immigrant psychology students in Portugal, exploring systemic racism and coloniality in higher education. The episode also discusses decolonizing psychotherapy and the power of storytelling.
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