Student engagement in learning and teaching

Exploring new ways for students and staff to enhance engagement with learning, teaching and assessment.

More information is available from our Academic Development webpages:

Student engagement resources

Interactive Lectures

A first year undergraduate student in biology, shares her experience using ‘Quectures’ as an interactive method for encouraging student participation in lectures.

‘Quectures’: Encouraging student participation

Discussion Boards

eLearning Coordinator for the online Clinical Trials programme, reflects on using discussion boards as a useful tool for hearing student voices.

Distant Voices: Hearing online students loud and clear

Student-led initiatives

A Masters student in Sustainable Energy Systems, tells us about the benefits of diversifying learning activities through student-led initiatives.

Maximising postgraduate experience with student-led initiatives

Focus groups

A third-year History student, shares her experience of participating in focus groups, a little-known resource available to students who wish to influence university policies.

Demonstrating student voice: Focus groups on campus