Aberystwyth University Blogging

Welcome to the Aberystwyth University Blogging Service.
If you wish to start a blog, please send an email to blogging@aber.ac.uk to discuss your requirements and we’ll advise you on how to get started. You can also view information about setting up a blog on the Web Services pages.

Latest posts from across the AU blogging network

  • Useful Information: Online Teaching

    • Setting up sessions through MS Teams: Unless otherwise agreed, Microsoft Teams should be used to run all online teaching sessions. Details of online teaching sessions should be posted in Blackboard (see our FAQ how to set up a Teams meeting in Blackboard?). Please note that for any sessions set up through Blackboard, students will be ...more

  • Weekly Resource Roundup - 28/9/2020

    • 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 - 22/9/2020

    • 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

  • Learning and Teaching Updates – September 2020

    • We would like to provide you with an overview of recent developments and support materials that we have worked on for the past few months. This information is also available at:  https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/it-services/elearning/continuity/ Scheduling MS Teams meeting from Blackboard All teaching sessions held in MS Teams should be scheduled in Blackboard. This includes timetabled online activities. Setting up a meeting: ...more

  • OA Repository Newsletter – September 2020

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Medi 2020

  • OA Repository Newsletter – August 2020

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Awst 2020

  • Weekly Resource Roundup - 14/9/2020

    • 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

  • Hello from one of your newly appointed Online Learning Specialists

    • Hello, I'm Sioned, one of three newly appointed Online Learning Specialists who have recently joined the Learning & Teaching Enhancement Unit (LTEU). Having been born and raised in Aberystwyth, I am very excited to return to the University, having completed my BSc, MSc and PhD at the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences (DGES). Whilst completing ...more

  • Changes to Turnitin

    • From September 2020, two new settings should be used on all Turnitin submission points. This is so that students can view their Similarity Report (as agreed by Academic Board). Both these settings are under the Optional Settings section when you create a Turnitin Submission Point: 1. Generate Similarity Reports for Students – Immediately (can overwrite ...more

  • Two guides: a Video Recording Checklist and Video Recording Tips

    • As more and more materials are made available online, including pre-recorded lectures, it is easy to become overwhelmed: in addition to adapting teaching materials for this different type of delivery and streamlining information into shorter instalments, the practical aspects of recording videos for teaching can be daunting. But fear not! The Learning and Teaching Enhancement ...more

  • Hello from your other new Online Learning Specialist.

    • Sut mae, pawb! I am Lara, a new member of the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit (LTEU) for the next six months. I’ve been offered this opportunity to introduce myself. I am originally from Germany, Bavaria to be precise. I grew up in the Alps, and I still miss the mountains from time to time. But the ...more

  • Weekly Resource Roundup - 7/9/2020

    • 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

  • OA Repository Newsletter – July 2020

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Gorffennaf 2020

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Mehefin 2020

  • OA Repository Newsletter – June 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

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Mai 2020

  • OA Repository Newsletter – May 2020

  • 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