Aberystwyth University Blogging

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Latest posts from across the AU blogging network

  • Save the Date: Annual Learning and Teaching Conference

    • The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit are excited to announce the date for the 9th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference. The conference will be taking place between Wednesday 30th June and Friday 2nd July 2021. Look out for Calls for Proposals and the announcement of the conference theme later this month. As usual, we will be updating our Learning ...more

  • Continued Professional Development – What’s on Offer?

    • The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit offers a number of sessions for Continued Professional Development (CPD) covering a range of topics. We offer sessions in both English and Welsh. Welsh-language sessions will appear in Welsh on the staff training website. In this blog post, I will detail the range of sessions on offer for you between ...more

  • Welsh-Medium Continued Professional Development – What’s on?

    • The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit offers several sessions for Continued Professional Development (CPD) covering a range of topics. We offer sessions in both English and Welsh and Welsh-medium sessions will appear in Welsh on the staff training website. Here is an overview of the Welsh-medium sessions that we are offering throughout the rest of ...more

  • External Speaker: Mini Conference: Advice for Action – Promoting Good Feedback Practice

    • On Wednesday 16th December, the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit will host their next Mini Conference. We are delighted to announce that Dr Naomi Winstone from University of Surrey will be giving a presentation: From Transmission to Transformation: Maximising Student Engagement with Feedback Even the highest-quality feedback on students’ work will not have an impact on their development ...more

  • Alternative activities to in-person teaching

    • There may be occasions where it is not practically possible for you to simultaneously deliver non-lecture activities (e.g. seminars, workshops, etc.) to students in-person and students joining via MS Teams. In this blog post, we will explore some different options for delivering alternative activities for those students that cannot join in-person sessions. Before you begin to ...more

  • Interactive Blackboard Tools Series – Journals and Blogs (Part 1)

    • Teaching staff at Aberystwyth University make excellent use of basic functions of Blackboard keeping it consistent and easy to navigate, meeting the needs of their students. Some staff go beyond Blackboard Required Minimum Presence, using additional, interactive functions in many different creative ways. Considering the current emphasis on online learning and the use of asynchronous ...more

  • Weekly Resource Roundup - 23/11/2020

    • As lecturer in learning and teaching responsible for the PGCTHE, I keep an eye out for new resources to help our staff teach effectively online. This includes externally-provided webinars, toolkits, publications and other resources. Because active learning is high on our university agenda, I’m particularly keen to share guidance for moving active learning online. ...more

  • NEW Recurring MS Teams Meeting Feature in Blackboard

    • Today, a new feature has been made available in Blackboard which allows you to create recurring MS Teams meetings. This new feature works very similarly to the recurring options available in Outlook. As can be seen in the image below, you can now arrange MS Teams meetings through Blackboard based on how often you want them ...more

  • Weekly Resource Roundup - 17/11/2020

    • As lecturer in learning and teaching responsible for the PGCTHE, I keep an eye out for new resources to help our staff teach effectively online. This includes externally-provided webinars, toolkits, publications and other resources. Because active learning is high on our university agenda, I’m particularly keen to share guidance for moving active learning online. ...more

  • Weekly Resource Roundup - 9/11/2020

    • As lecturer in learning and teaching responsible for the PGCTHE, I keep an eye out for new resources to help our staff teach effectively online. This includes externally-provided webinars, toolkits, publications and other resources. Because active learning is high on our university agenda, I’m particularly keen to share guidance for moving active learning online. ...more

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Tachwedd 2020

  • OA Repository Newsletter – November 2020

  • I ddathlu #DyddIauTraethodau Wythnos Mynediad Agored 2020

  • To celebrate Open Access Week’s #ThesisThursday 2020

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Hydref 2020

  • OA Repository Newsletter – October 2020

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Medi 2020

  • OA Repository Newsletter – September 2020

  • OA Repository Newsletter – August 2020

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Awst 2020

  • WELCOME

    • Welcome to the blog of the Department of Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University, Wales’ first law school and one of the oldest in the United Kingdom. This is a relatively informal space for members of the Department’s academic staff to post brief articles on law and criminology. From time to time we will include ...more

  • The People of Erasmus+

    • Since 2014, over 200,000 people in the UK have benefitted from the Erasmus+ programme. To celebrate this achievement, Erasmus+ are hosting a photo competition for former and current participants in the programme. You can submit your selfies, along with a brief statement about what the Erasmus+ programme means to you, via this website. Photo by Tom ...more

  • Rewind

    • In case you were wondering what students do during lockdown abroad... http://youtu.be/bqRm9trOTZw Marta Rutkowska is an Aberystwyth University student studying Film and Television Studies with Spanish. She was participating in an Erasmus programme placement at the Universidad San Jorge, in Zaragoza, Spain when COVID-19 forced the country into lockdown in March 2020. While most of our ...more

  • Erasmus is not one year in your life but your life in one year!

    • Hello! My name is Kasia, I am a Polish girl who graduated from Aberystwyth University and decided to do an internship in Spain as a part of the Erasmus+ program! After studying Media and Communication I choose to do a Sales and PR internship with Happy Erasmus Bilbao; a student association which organizes events and ...more

  • My koselig little Volda

    • Hello, I’m Valentina, an Italian girl in her 20s who, four months ago, left Aberystwyth with two stuffed bags full of too many clothes, lots of excitement and a bit of fear to embark on a new life adventure. Actually, my journey started many weeks before that. It began when, reading through the possible destinations ...more

  • My Exchange to Aber

    • Hi! I’m Eleanor. I’m on an exchange here at Aberystwyth University for two semesters. I’m from Canada; my home university is Dalhousie University, in Halifax. Dalhousie University is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. It has over 18 000 students, although they’re spread over several campuses, so it doesn’t feel that big. It’s well-regarded for ...more