Monthly Archives: February 2025

Case Study 1: Know and respond to your students’ diverse needs

As an associate lecturer, I teach across ten courses at UAL, each with a different climate. My students are often international, come from diverse backgrounds and have varied needs. Some international students face language barriers and cultural differences in learning … Continue reading

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Reflecting on assessment

I had an experience this week that left me questioning the value of grading as a system of assessment. As the second marker on a student essay, I assessed it at a B-. The first marker strongly felt that the … Continue reading

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Use

In preparation for the PgCert workshop, I was excited to read a section of Sara Ahmed’s What’s the Use? On the Uses of Use (2019). I was suprised to find this on the reading list, as I know Ahmed’s writing … Continue reading

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On Silence

The article Embracing the Silence: Introverted Learning and the Online Classroom (Harris, 2022) resonated deeply with me. The text describes the author’s experience transitioning to online teaching during the lockdown months and the awkwardness she felt in this makeshift ‘classroom’ … Continue reading

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