An exploration of phenomenon-based learning

08/22/23 • 31 min

In this latest podcast episode, QAA’s Dr Kerr Castle talks with Dr Kate Cuthbert and Sue Lee, who both work in Staffordshire University’s Staffordshire Centre of Learning and Pedagogic Practice.

Together they explore what phenomenon-based learning is and how you could use it in partnership with your students to make a lasting impact.

In this latest podcast episode, QAA’s Dr Kerr Castle talks with Dr Kate Cuthbert and Sue Lee, who both work in Staffordshire University’s Staffordshire Centre of Learning and Pedagogic Practice.

Together they explore what phenomenon-based learning is and how you could use it in partnership with your students to make a lasting impact.

Previous Episode

Understanding the factors that impact student engagement

In this episode, Dr Kerr Castle (Quality Enhancement and Standards Specialist at QAA) sits down with Dr George Hulene, Associate Dean of Faculty of Business and Law at Coventry University; Professor Eleanor Davies, Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning at Huddersfield Business School; and Dr Peter Wolstencroft, Liverpool John Moores University. The discussion focuses on the outcomes of a QAA-funded Collaborative Enhancement Project led by Coventry University that explored how patterns of student attendance and student engagement are changing across post-pandemic UK higher education.

The project involved working with ten business schools to explore students’ priorities and produced a Student Engagement Framework following their exploration of how students have responded to the changes in delivery and assessment, Their findings identified key themes, including:

Timetabling and commuting students
The need for virtual and physical communities
The importance of recordings to support flexible learning
Digital literacy and inequalities
Mobilising student voice

These themes are picked up through the discussion in the podcast. As mentioned in the episode, you might also like to explore our work around supporting successful student transitions, which offers positive approaches and practical solutions to help support transitions to and through higher education.

Next Episode

Towards neuro-inclusivity

In this instalment, Dr Kerr Castle (Quality Enhancement & Standards Specialist, QAA) sits down with Liss Chard-Hall (Specialist Study Skills Tutor) and Dr Graeme Pedlingham (Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor – Student Experience, University of Sussex) to chat about neuro-inclusivity.

Specifically, they chat about what the hidden curriculum can look like for neurotypical and neurodivergent students, the kinds of support available to neurodivergent students currently, and how artificial intelligence might be used to enhance learning journeys and bridge barriers.

As mentioned in the episode, you might also like to explore our work around supporting successful student transitions, which offers positive approaches and practical solutions to help support transitions to and through higher education.