My engagement with RAMHHE during Lockdown
This blog post is by Alshaymaa Muhammed, an undergraduate student and Research Assistant Intern at Raising Awareness of Mental Health in Higher Education Campaign RAMHHE The unforeseen first lockdown due to COVID-19 was undoubtably challenging in so many aspects as I mentioned in my first blog. However, I would like to share my own experience
Moodle vs. microsoft teams: Which one should i use?
Most of us who have been involved in education over the last twenty years or so will be familiar with Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) like Moodle, Blackboard or Canvas. They are well-established platforms for putting lecture notes online, running quizzes, and getting students to submit work. Since 2017 however, something new has come into the
UEL’s Learning and Teaching Symposium 2018 Report
On Thursday the 20th of September, the 2nd Annual Learning and Teaching Symposium took place. What an amazing event it was, with 160 people attending, 57 externals from Imperial College, UCL, LSE, Birkbeck as well as presenters from UAL and Lancaster University, sharing practice as well as 38 unique views on the livestreams and 123
Reflections and professional responsibility: a landmark decision
A guest post by Dr Emma Kennedy of Queen Mary, University of London as part of the #HEblogswap initiative, now in its third year. The case of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba, originally struck off the UK medical register after being convicted of gross negligence manslaughter over her role in the death in 2012 of 6 year-old
Building a Philosophy of UEL education #phUELed
As we start a new year at the University of East London, we in the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT), have put together a training and events programme for the forthcoming year, based on feedback and alignment with current academic strategies. We have input from colleagues from across the University, to provide