Category: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences
From the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences.

Showcasing award-winning teaching: Natasha Todorov
When Natasha Todorov set out to break down learning barriers for neurodiverse students in her first-year psychology unit, she didn’t rely on flashy or high-tech solutions. Instead, her straightforward approach not only made a difference but also boosted the performance...

Showcasing award-winning learning innovation: ALERT Team from Health Sciences
A complete redesign of an outdated postgraduate program transformed it into an exceptional learning experience for students.

Showcasing award-winning educational leadership: Josephine Paparo
Jo Paparo exemplifies educational leadership by taking initiative, solving challenges and driving impactful change.

The power of asking students ‘Do you know what you don’t know?’
The ‘why’ and ‘how’ of teaching academic self-reflection and help-seeking skills to first year students

Showcasing award-winning teaching: Camille Rahme
Chiropractic students are faced with learning how to perform physical assessments and manual interventions on their fellow students, so creating a safe and comfortable learning environment is essential. Camille Rahme fully embraced this challenge.

Showcasing award-winning teaching: Irina Dedova
Irina Dedova tackled the challenge of a crowded curriculum by redesigning her teaching materials and activities, making a difficult subject more digestible and understandable to maximise student success.

Surely they can write? Tackling literacy decline one scoop at a time
Using ice-cream as bait, teaching staff in Psychology delivered practical in-class exercises to improve the essay writing skills of first-year students.

Helping students join the dots: implementing a connected curriculum framework
How Linguistics set about boosting student engagement by connecting students to the academic life and research activities of their Department.

I took the plunge and added an industry placement to a non-WIL unit
How do you make sure students gain practical experience, apply theory and connect with industry all in one unit? Agi Bodis (Linguistics) explains.