Author Archives: stevecayzer
Reflections on the #ucustrike
We are now at the end of (the first) 4 weeks of an industrial dispute between the Universities UK (UUK) and the University and College Union (UCU). I thought it useful to reflect on the dispute for the benefit of … Continue reading
Masters programmes in Engineering Management @UniOfBath
Context: this is a blog post describing a new MSc course for 2018. Therefore it is somewhat less objective than my usual posts – I have led the development of this course, and I am very proud of it! In … Continue reading
The TODAY folder
For some years I have been using what I call the ‘zero tolerance inbox’ . This avoids the visual and cognitive distraction of a bunch of emails vying, cuckoo-like, for your attention. In order to achieve this you need to triage … Continue reading
Launch of new MSc: Engineering Business Management
A couple of weeks ago I went to Thailand to launch our new MSc programme on Engineering Business Management. This has been consuming most of my summer, it’s shaping up to be quite an exciting development (in my view anyway) and … Continue reading
Setting up a marking portal in Moodle
This quick post gives a few details on a marking portal using a moodle database, with some useful features. If this interests you, read on
ESLTIS: A conference for teaching focussed academics
From July 19-21 I was in the beautiful city of Sheffield attending #ESLTIS2017 (Enhancing Student Learning through Innovative Scholarship). It was great to connect again with a national community of teaching focussed academics. There were some interesting talks although for … Continue reading
Circular Economy and Sustainable Lifestyles (conference report)
From 27-29 June, I was at a conference on the Circular Economy (CE). More specifically, it was titled “Sustainable Lifestyles, Livelihoods and the Circular Economy” – hosted by the Global Research Forum at the University of Sussex (SPRU/IDS).
An educational FLAN
On Friday I went to the FutureLearn Academic Network (FLAN) meeting in Milton Keynes to present my work with Bath Mechanical Engineering graduate Simon Coton.
Dr Fox and effective feedback
Today’s Conversation with Cake involved a look at a recent paper reappraising the Dr Fox phenomenon. This led onto a discussion of meaningful student feedback – that is, feedback that informs and improves our teaching
The Big Rocks Board
I’ve taken to using my whiteboard as an information radiator.
