Block teaching as the basis for an innovative redesign of the PG suite of programmes in University of Bedfordshire business school

Kofinas, Alexander Kyriakos; Bentley, Yongmei; Minett-Smith, Cathy; Cao, Guangming

doi:10.4995/head17.2017.5379

All Outputs (5)

Lost in the fog: The bewildering language of assessment (2023)
Digital Artefact

A SEDA blog written jointly by the contributors to a QAA Project on the Language of Assessment which resulted in the creation of a toolkit to support both creators of assessments and students in the common points of the assessment journey. The toolk... Read More about Lost in the fog: The bewildering language of assessment.

Widening the discourse on team-teaching in higher education (2019)
Journal Article

Team-teaching is arguably shifting from the realm of pedagogic choice to that of necessity in a complex and demanding Higher Education (HE) landscape. This research gives a voice to staff collaborating in team-teaching, considering their motivations... Read More about Widening the discourse on team-teaching in higher education.

Developing live projects as part of an assessment regime within a dispersed campus model (2018)
Journal Article

Our newly designed MSc unit, Sustainable Business Management (SBM), is designed to engage students in the real-life practical application of sustainability at work. The authentic assessment uses a live project approach to develop and evaluate both th... Read More about Developing live projects as part of an assessment regime within a dispersed campus model.

Demystifying the assessment discourse: The use of infographics to promote student engagement and achievement
Preprint / Working Paper

This case study series, emanating from the 2017 HEA Transforming Assessment in Higher Education symposia, led by Sam Elkington is indicative of the vast amount of work being undertaken across the higher education sector to inform assessment and feedb... Read More about Demystifying the assessment discourse: The use of infographics to promote student engagement and achievement.

Block teaching as the basis for an innovative redesign of the PG suite of programmes in University of Bedfordshire business school
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper aims to provide a first evaluation of the University of Bedfordshire Business School’s innovative attempt to develop a new suite of Masters Programmes that delivers in terms of academic rigor and employability requirements while providing... Read More about Block teaching as the basis for an innovative redesign of the PG suite of programmes in University of Bedfordshire business school.