Author: Maliha Miriam

Intersectionality: IntroductionThe term intersectionality first appeared in 1989 by Professor Kimberly Crenshaw. She used the term in an effort to describe the effect of belonging in two separate protected classes which often meant that this could create a unique disadvantage. This was unearthed during two cases where black women were unable to claim race and…

Case Study 2: Assessing learning and exchanging feedback (A3, V3)
  Background   The DPS Programme is a year in industry for students between their second and third year. Our focus is to help students get a placement in industry by helping with their CVs, applications, showreels (or equivalent for their field) and signpost them to opportunities.…

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Case Study 1: Planning and teaching for effective learning 
  Background  The Diploma in Professional Studies programme is a year in Industry for BA students between their 2nd and 3rd year. As an optional year, whilst recruitment for the year is strong in Year 2, the programme suffers from issues around attendance, and take up onto the actual…

Carys Kennedy from the PG Cert teaching team was kind enough to take a look at the assessment that I sent her. Her thoughtful and thorough questions throughout our meeting helped me to feel more confident about my approach to assessments. They also resulted in conversation around changes I could implement around additional support and…

I approached Hatie at one of the sessions and was fortunate to swap with Assessment Briefs and student feedback with her. We had a great session where we shared details about our courses, the assessments and juggling the PGCert as staff and mothers! Here is a link to the assessment form: Hatie peer Review form_MM.pdf

  Background In this Case Study, I will be talking about knowing and meeting the needs of diverse learners. This is particularly apparent in the DPS cohort which is made up of students from across the Screen School. The year is open to Home and International students, but the rules for both groups are different due…

This was a huge challenge. It made me really insecure about whether I do any actual teaching. I decided not to go ahead with my ‘Introduction to DPS. talk’ that I give to new students every year, and fished out a talk I did as an Academic Support Tutor a couple of years ago. I…

Working with Matthew, we categorised these post it notes below. I took the Employability section as I felt most confident here, and the social mission area. I mentioned that Climate, Racial and Social Justice should be added to reflect UALs values. Matthew focused on core teaching as this is his area. We were then asked…

We started the session by reading the Charismatic Lecturer – a piece about a lecturer who was very popular with students, in receipt of many favourable evaluations and someone whose lectures were well attended. However, when peer-reviewed, the reviewer noticed some key flaws, namely that the lecturer demonstrated bias and an inability to take on…