A network for Board of Studies conveners and secretaries, for both undergraduate and postgraduate studies, who would like to share ideas about Board of Studies processes, experiences and challenges. Board of Studies Convener and Secretary network This network is for Board of Studies conveners and secretaries, for both undergraduate and postgraduate studies, who would like to informally share with colleagues ideas about Board of Studies processes, experiences and challenges. The mailing list will be used to keep you up to date with events, workshops and resources. How often does it meet? It meets once per semester to share ideas and cover topics of interest to network members. Upcoming events in the academic year 23/24 are detailed below: Date & time Workshop Location How to book Wednesday 24th April 2024, 14:00-15:30 Embedding EDI into course and programme design Online (Microsoft Teams) Via People and Money: Booking link Thursday 2nd May 2024, 14:00-16:30 Supporting and enhancing learning and teaching through the Board of Studies Minto House Via People and Money Booking link How do I join? How to join: To join the mailing list for the network please contact: Learning and teaching support Contact details Email: iad.teach@ed.ac.uk Privacy statement for IAD mailing lists: you can read our IAD privacy statement for mailing lists here Previous network events Academic year 19/20 11th November 2019: A Focus on Assessment and Feedback Presentations from Dr Tim Fawns (Medical School) talking about assessment and distributed learning, Professor Pete Higgins (Moray House) talking about his approach to promote feedback as dialogue and Dr Nina Morris (Geosciences) talking about blogs as a form of assessment. Dr Tim Fawns (Medical School) – Agency in Assessment – a case for creativity, collaboration and adaptive capacity (PDF) Professor Pete Higgins (Moray House) Dr Nina Morris (Geosciences) – Enabling learning: blogging as an assessment strategy (PDF) Academic year 18/19 3rd December 2018: Student engagement in curriculum design and approval An informal panel, comprised of Dr Catherine Bovill, Megan Brown, Eirlys Armstrong, Roberto Rossi and Dr Simon Riley, shared their experiences, challenges, aspirations, and lessons learnt when engaging students in curriculum design and approval processes. Slides from event - Student engagement in curriculum design and approval (MS PPT) 6th May 2019: Embedding employability within the curriculum Presentations from Helen Stringer, Dr Gavin McCabe, Dr Esther Mijers and Dr Patrick Walsh, which showcase good practice in embedding employability within the curriculum. BoS Network slides – embedding employability (MS PPT) Embedding employability into the biology curriculum - Dr Patrick Walsh (PDF) Summary notes of event (PDF) This article was published on 2024-02-26
