HEA Wales e-bulletin

The latest HEA Wales e-bulletin is available.  For an update on News, such as the HEA International Scholarship Programme, Publications, Resources and Funding  and Events such as 'New to Teaching Workshop: Business & Management, Finance & Accounting, Hospitality & Tourism, Marketing' and 'Recognising holistic learning: developing the co-curriculum',  please  click here

HEA: Thematic workshop and seminar series 2012-13

The HEA is running a workshop and seminar series in the thematic areas of employability, flexible learning and internationalisation. Each seminar will be hosted and delivered by an HE institution and will focus on aspects of learning and teaching.

Details of the 2012-13 series are now available here.

Below are the current Employability Seminars being hosted:

Employability seminars

• Teaching with team projects: Best practice for developing employability skills
  24 October 2012, University of Salford
• Developing internships and work based learning opportunities for mature students: creating opportunities and raising aspirations
  31 October 2012, The Open University
• The impact of regionalisation and ‘employment during study’ on graduate aspirations and employability
  6 November 2012, Teesside University
• Addressing the gulf between academic, student and employer perspectives on employability
  3 December 2012, University of Leeds
• ‘I can’t believe how far I’ve come - I think I’ve finally found my career choice’: what makes a good placement?
  12 December 2012, Nottingham Trent University

The second call for proposals for this series will open on 1 October and close 29 October. Details will be available shortly, http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/seminar-series.

CDEL Launches IT Induction website for all new and returning students.

As part of the University's ongoing commitment to improving the student experience, CDEL has developed a new IT Induction website for all new and returning students at the University of Wales, Newport.

The site contains everything students need in order to get started in using the university's web based portal, which itself has been revamped this year in a join project between the IT department, it's web development team and CDEL.

The site has also been optimised for viewing on a mobile phone and will change it's appearance dynamically to provide the best possible user experience depending on how students choose to access it.  For students choosing to access it on their smartphones it will transform from a website into a mobile web app, allowing them to access all of the IT induction resources no matter where they are.

A QR code directing students to make use of the site has been incorporated into their paper based induction packs and during the university's enrolment period CDEL will be running drop in workshops for any students who require face to face help and support.

To view the site for yourself, please click on the link below:

Click here to view the IT Induction Website

HEA Wales Bulletin

The latest HEA Wales e-bulletin is available.  For an update on News, Publications, Resources and Funding  and Events such as 'Student Engagement with International Curriculum Development' and

'Recognising holistic learning: developing the co-curriculum',  please  click here