A Vision of Students Today (2007)

Video produced by Martin Wesch with his students in their Digital Ethnography Class at Kansas State University. Looks at way in which students experience Higher Education. Further information can be found at http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/ You may particularly want to look at a response "A Vision of Professors Today (by Sandra)" http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/?p=125

A Self-Scoring Exercise On APA Style, Research Language, and Referencing for Undergraduate Students

Based on examples provided by 27 graduate psychology faculty, this self-test incorporates many of the more common errors in style, language, and referencing found in student papers. Taking this self-test helps students to recognize common errors and encourages them to refer the APA Publication Manual on a regular basis. In addition, students begin to think about how to use correctly the language of psychological research. This self-test should take about 30 minutes to complete and score. It is composed of three parts: a) a mock Discussion section, where students are asked to act as editors and find the errors, p. 2 (10 minutes). b) a corrected Discussion section, where students find the errors they missed, p. 3 (5 minutes) and, c) a full description of each error with illustrations of correct usage, pp. 4-7 (15 minutes). This exercise assumes some knowledge of APA style. Thus, it is best-suited for advanced undergraduates who need to write research reports and all levels of graduate students. It may be taken at home or in class. Although the self-test is designed to be fully self-directed, instructors may wish to use it at the beginning or end of a classroom discussion on APA style. It could also be used in a pre-test-post-test fashion to evaluate students learning over the course of a term.

The UK Professional Standards Framework: applying it to support for international students

This is a part of a collection of materials developed by the HEAcademy Subject Centre for Languages, linguistics and area studies. The materials provide reflective activities designed to engage teachers with some of the key issues in working with international students and practical ideas for ways in which these can be addressed. They will be of particular interest to new staff or anyone new to working with international students.

The UK Professional Standards Framework: applying it to support for international students

This is a part of a collection of materials developed by the HEAcademy Subject Centre for Languages, linguistics and area studies. The materials provide reflective activities designed to engage teachers with some of the key issues in working with international students and practical ideas for ways in which these can be addressed. They will be of particular interest to new staff or anyone new to working with international students.

The UK Professional Standards Framework: applying it to support for international students

This is a part of a collection of materials developed by the HEAcademy Subject Centre for Languages, linguistics and area studies. The materials provide reflective activities designed to engage teachers with some of the key issues in working with international students and practical ideas for ways in which these can be addressed. They will be of particular interest to new staff or anyone new to working with international students.

The UK Professional Standards Framework: applying it to support for international students

This is a part of a collection of materials developed by the HEAcademy Subject Centre for Languages, linguistics and area studies. The materials provide reflective activities designed to engage teachers with some of the key issues in working with international students and practical ideas for ways in which these can be addressed. They will be of particular interest to new staff or anyone new to working with international students.

Support for International Students

International student experience video - this video is 20 minutes long and has been devised by Bill Brooks, Hazel Chauhan and Karin Frydenlund, with support from the University's Learning and Teaching Enhancement Fund. It includes contributions from a number of international students and from members of staff with particular expertise in this area.

Zappers - how to use (a guide for students)

This PowerPoint can either be used by itself the first time you use zappers with your students, or you can copy the slides to your own presentation. Students are shown how to vote using the zapper handset, and it includes a sample question "what did you drink for breakfast this morning?" so they can see how it works and test that their handsets are working. Now updated for Office 2010.

Zappers - how to reset to channel 41 (a guide for students)

This animated PowerPoint shows students how to reset their zapper handsets to use the default communication channel (41). If students press the GO button on their handset they may inadvertently change the channel and will not be able to vote. It only takes a few seconds to reset - essentially you press GO - 4 - 1 - GO and it should work again.

Intro Statistics for MSc Students

Exercises and solutions for an introductory statistics course for MSc students. Diagrams for the questions are all together in the support.zip file, as .eps files

Applying for PhDs - Some advice for Masters students

Detailed notes to support Masters students in applications to undertake PhD work. There are specific sections relating to NERC funding as well as UK, EU and non-EU citizens.

Resources for new postgraduate students

These resources will be helpful for new students beginning new taught postgraduate programmes.

A survey of First Year Students on Arrival

Used to make students aware of the demographics of their cohort - and trends from previous years.

Academic study skills guides for students with dyslexia

Six downloadable guides produced by Dyslexia Services covering: academic writing; dissertations; memory, revision and exam techniques; note taking and note making; organisation and time management; reading and research skills