Episodios

  • Blended with Catherine O'Connor - Preparing for your first year at University

    Blended with Catherine O'Connor - Preparing for your first year at University
    Jul 4 2023
    In this episode we chat to Catherin O'Connor (Trinity College Dublin) about the student experience in coming to university for the first time. She's written a student handbook, "Surviving your First Year at University" designed as a student handbook for smoothing the transition to Uni.We chat about the complexities of student assimilation into University life, how to advise students on making the most of their experience and different methodologies to help them reach their potential
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    35 m
  • Blended with Dr Peter Wolstencroft - Student Engagement & TEF Excellence

    Blended with Dr Peter Wolstencroft - Student Engagement & TEF Excellence
    Jun 20 2023

    In this episode we chat to Dr Peter Wolstencroft from Liverpool Business School. Peter is an author of "Achieving Teaching Excellence: Developing your TEF Profile and Beyond" and has introduced innovative new approaches to workload management at LJMU to drive creativity and individuality to each course leader.We chat abouty student engagement and attendance, the changing needs of the modern student and how best to meet the challenges of the day.Pick up his book here : https://www.mheducation.co.uk/achieving-teaching-excellence-developing-your-tef-profile-and-beyond-9780335249299-emea-groupFollow Peter on Twitter: @Peter_wolst
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    31 m
  • Blended with Dr Raj Sachdev - Digital Marketing

    Blended with Dr Raj Sachdev - Digital Marketing
    Jun 6 2023

    In this episode we talk to Dr Raj Sachdev, author of the new Digital Marketing text from McGraw Hill. We talk about the ever changing face of digital marketing and the approach he takes to keeping students engaged and educated when learning in a field that is constantly changing
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    28 m
  • Blended with Yurtsev Uymaz (University of East Anglia) - Teaching Corporate Finance

    Blended with Yurtsev Uymaz (University of East Anglia) - Teaching Corporate Finance
    May 23 2023

    In this episode Wes Hallam interviews Yurtsev Uymaz, an associate professor in finance from the Norwich Business School at the University of East Anglia. Yurtsev discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected finance courses and why he believes that whilst other disciplines have seen a decline in student numbers, finance courses have seen a rapid expansion. Yurtsev believes that the lockdown and the shift to online learning have changed students' habits, and they now see finance as a discipline that can prepare them to survive in a post-COVID world. We also talk about his conservative perpective on ChatGPT in the Finance education world.
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    30 m
  • Sustainability & Education with Dr Emma Towers (King's College London) and Dr Lizzie Rushton (UCL)

    Sustainability & Education with Dr Emma Towers (King's College London) and Dr Lizzie Rushton (UCL)
    May 9 2023
    In this episode we chat do Dr Emma Towers and Dr Lizzie Rushton about sustainability education, the perspective of teaching at Secondary/Further Education and the flow through to Higher Ed and about forming communities of best practice to drive equity across the board.
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    40 m
  • Blended with Dr Bo van der Rhee - Digital Learning and reflecting with data

    Blended with Dr Bo van der Rhee - Digital Learning and reflecting with data
    Apr 25 2023

    In this episode of blended we chat with Dr Bo van der Rhee from Nyenrode Business school in the Netherlands. Bo is a celebrated educator who's won awards for his early adoption of flipped/digital learning and has worked with McGraw Hill as a Digital Faculty Consultant to help us understand student data better.Bo has published a white paper with us looking at the effectiveness of digital solutions (referenced in the episode) that you can view here - https://www.mheducation.co.uk/media/wysiwyg/EMEA/Higher-Education/Connect/EMEA_Connect_Whitepaper.pdf
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    33 m
  • Blended with John Cockburn-Evans - Employability and Cultural change

    Blended with John Cockburn-Evans - Employability and Cultural change
    Apr 11 2023
    In this podcast episode, Wes Hallam, the host, talks to John Cockburn-Evans, the founder of Team Coaching Boutique and the author of Coaching for Cultural Transformation, about academia, coaching, cultural transformation, and resilience of students. They discuss the changes in tertiary education over the years, especially the rise of hybrid learning and how it impacts students' socialization and problem-solving skills. John emphasizes the importance of early work experience in shaping individuals and teams. He also touches upon some of the current challenges faced by universities, such as the need for psychological safety and the dangers of becoming echo chambers. He stresses the importance of open dialogue and asking the right questions to overcome these challenges.
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    48 m
  • Blended with Alex Janes (University of Exeter) - Incentivising students to work

    Blended with Alex Janes (University of Exeter) - Incentivising students to work
    Mar 28 2023

    In this episode we chat with Alex Janes - Senior lecturer in Strategy at the University of Exeter & Author of Crafting and Executing Strategy: the Quest for Competitive Advantage

    Alex has been an avid user of Simulations, digital learning resources and changing the way in which students can be motivated. We talk about incentivisation of students, the role of applying skills in learning and the Modern student.
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    48 m