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People and Performance 

Our commitments 

  • A comparative study of outcomes to identify differences between groups
  • Develop workshops within departments on redesigning units focusing on inclusive curriculum and authentic assessment
  • Design an accountability ladder exercise for students to take ownership of commitments to develop skills and relationships needed to succeed

Our Progress 

A comparative study of outcomes to identify differences between groups

  • We investigated the comparative outcomes for our large unit (Introduction to HRM) which is delivered to students on different programmes (departments), based on programmes. We found that students on different programmes that were performing differently on this unit. We also realised that the teaching on this unit needs to be pitched in different ways for HRM and non-HRM programmes. So from next year we are separating out the delivery whereby this unit will be delivered to P&P students in the first semester and SES and MRT students in the second semester. Furthermore, we have brought in changes in the assessment, so that students can choose from different questions and the questions have been designed to bring out the relevance of HRM distinctly for HR students, marketing students and SES students

Develop workshops within departments on redesigning units focusing on inclusive curriculum and authentic assessment

  • As Education Lead I ran a series of workshops with departmental colleagues to develop inclusive curriculum and authentic assessment. We also invited an expert on inclusive curriculum from EducateHE to departmental colleagues think of different ways in which we can make the HR curriculum and teaching inclusive. I facilitated a series of workshops on assessment redesign and developing authentic assessments. This has been very successful and has led to a widespread move to authentic assessments with a move away from traditional essays to assessments which encourage applied learning, analysing case studies on real workplace problems, different assessment methods which help students develop skills required in the workplace including developing videos, podcasts, posters, executive reports and so on
  • Furthermore, we have introduced ‘choice’ in the assessments for a large number of units, and redesigned assessment so that they are relevant to a diverse cohort of students on different programmes and from different backgrounds (ethnicity, ability and so on). Providing choice of questions on assessments, we hope will also enable students to work on questions they find more relevant and interesting
  • In addition, to help students with ‘targeted’ development of their academic skills; we developed a Succeed with Skills – Diagnostic Programme for level 4 and 5 students. Succeed with Skills Programme – Diagnostic and Live Sessions. This is a key scheme developed and founded by our Education Lead (Sumona Mukhuty - SM) in order to help students develop their study skills to the levels required at University.
  • SM developed a diagnostic questionnaire in collaboration with Learner Development specifically for P&P students, in collaboration with colleagues in Learner Development & the Library; to assess student proficiency on Study Skills. SM also worked with the IT department in embedding this in a specific software called Articulate which was then embedded in Moodle.
  • Students took this assessment as part of their PPD unit and were channelled to different follow-up learning sessions based on their results – Develop and Enhance. These sessions covered a variety of Study Skills aspects including Fake News, Structuring Assignments and Critical Writing. These live sessions were delivered in a Conference format. Students who attended got RISE points as well. Delivered at Level 4 and 5 in week 6 – Get Career Ready. Student feedback on this was very positive and students who attended reported higher confidence levels with on all these aspects

Design an accountability ladder exercise for students to take ownership of commitments to develop skills and relationships needed to succeed

  • This exercise was going to be led by a colleague in AFB department. We signed up to it and were very keen to run this. However, there were logistically hiccups which the organiser faced and therefore, this could not be run. The success of this depended on being introduced in induction week. Unfortunately the logistically issues with the materials meant this could not be done at induction. The department will be willing to participate in this next year if the opportunity exists