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Discovery Grants 2022-23
6 September 2023
5 minutes to readHoping to Grow a Top Banana: Reducing Maths Anxiety and Promoting a Positive Maths Self Concept
By Dr Julie Pepper Thank you for reading my first ever go at a blog post! While my dad was an accountant and liked maths, I grew up knowing my mum found maths “scary.” I think her experiences at school gave her a low maths self-concept as well as maths anxiety. Even…
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16 August 2023
3 minutes to readDelivering Complex Simulated Exercises to Large Student Groups
by Dr Martin Robson, Senior Lecturer in Strategic Studies Simulated exercises are a proven pedagogical tool to provide students with a ‘sandpit’ to test concepts and theories in a simulated real-world context for the purpose of pedagogical progression, personal training and the reinforcement of skills and behaviours. Simulations involve participants to collaborate…
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19 July 2023
3 minutes to readGraduate Skills to Thrive
Find out how the Education Incubator grant has enabled the Business School to run a series of workshops to discover how students think they can harness the power of the new GRADUATE SKILLS TO THRIVE framework for their own professional skills development.
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5 July 2023
4 minutes to readNeurodiversity and Universal Design for Learning: Engaging Students and Educators
By Dr Tamsin Kilner Planning My Education Incubator Project So, I began thinking about my Incubator Discovery project in the following terms: ‘The literature indicates that neurodiverse students face greater challenges in HE, both in terms of engagement in learning and retention (see for example Clouder et al. 2020). They are also at greater…
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21 June 2023
< 1 minute to readHow Can Wonder be Brought into Education?
by Brian Rappert How can wonder be brought into education? This question was central to my Education Incubator Discovery grant. As background, as part of a study into acquiring embodied skills, over the last five years I have learnt to perform as an entertainment magician. Within this work I have sought to…
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