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Online harassment and public dis-order
Haralambous, Nicola; Geach, Neal (2010-07-03)In August 2009, Keeley Houghton became the first person to be convicted under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (PHA) where one of the acts constituting the course of conduct in question was bullying pursued via a ... -
Peer assessment : educationally effective and resource efficient
Barefoot, Helen; Lou, Fang; Russell, M. (2011)Peer assessment was included within a Level 4 Human Physiology module at the Univer-sity of Hertfordshire following a periodic programme review during the academic year 2006-2007. The peer assessment exercise was thought ... -
The People Behind the Publications: Reflections on a Decade of Reviews
Abrahamson, Earle (2022-07-11)This article reflects on my personal experience as a TLI reviewer. It draws upon a decade of learning with and from colleagues, and connects the lessons learned from being both a reviewer and producer of SoTL output. I ... -
Re-establishing the Search for Principle : Lord Goff's Dissent in White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1999] 2 AC 455
Geach, Neal (Wildy, Simmons and Hill, 2012)Argues that the majority's decision, whilst understandable on the facts and in light of the context of the case, was at odds with authority. Further it is argued that the dissenting opinion of Lord Goff would have restored ... -
Reflections and actions following consideration of the attainment gap between black and white student performance on a journalism course
Maxwell-Magnus, Sharon; Barefoot, Helen (2013-10)Despite the proportion of black and minority ethnic (BME) people entering educa-tion being higher than the proportion of BME individuals within the overall UK pop-ulation, the proportion of BME students achieving first or ... -
Regulating online harassment : is the law fit for the social networking age?
Geach, Neal; Haralambous, Nicola (2009)The use of social networking websites, such as Facebook, has escalated in recent years. A consequence of this has been that these communication mediums are being increasingly used to bully and harass other users. This ... -
Repositioning SoTL t oward the T-shaped Community
Abrahamson, Earle; Eady, Michelle; Green, Corinne; Hatfield, Lisa; Arcellana-Panlilio, Mayi; Namaste, Nina (2021-07-21)Amongst a range of changes that have taken place within tertiary education, perhaps the most revolutionary has been a shift to student-centred approaches focused on lifelong learning. Accompanying this approach to holistic ... -
Student Choice: Blends of Technology beyond the University to support social interaction and social participation in learning.
Doolan, Martina; Gilbert, Theo (Springer Nature, 2016-12-12)This paper presents an overview of a blended collaborative learning design driven by assessment and feedback. To extend class based activities students were provided with a private group space on the university managed ... -
Top 10 tips to support BME student success
Barefoot, Helen (2013-10) -
University of Hertfordshire case studies within the Universities UK-NUS report: ‘Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Student Attainment at UK Universities: #CLOSINGTHEGAP’
Barefoot, Helen; de Sousa, Sara (Universities UK, 2019-05-02) -
The University of Hertfordshire’s Curriculum Design Tool-kit
Barefoot, Helen; Russell, Mark (2012-05)The University of Hertfordshire’s Blended Learning Unit and Learning and Teaching Institute have designed a Curriculum Design Toolkit to help staff take a considered look at their current curricula in terms of their learning, ... -
When Looking is Allowed: What Compassionate Group Work Looks Like in a UK University
Gilbert, Theo (Springer Nature, 2017-07-01)Today there is a robust, theoretical basis, contributed by a range of disciplines, for rooting compassion into university curricula - an essential dimension to HE’s remit to serve the public good. Central to this this is ... -
Why should I switch on my camera? Developing the cognitive skills of compassionate communications for online group/teamwork management
Gilbert, Theo; Meng, Li; Kersten, Saskia; Jayasundara, J. M. P. V. K. (2023-08-04)Introduction: Associated with learning and social isolation from each other during the pandemic-driven transition to online platforms in Higher Education (HE), many students were, and remain, reluctant to turn on their ... -
Workplace mentoring of degree apprentices: developing principles for practice
Roberts, Amanda; Storm, Marion; Flynn, Sarah (2019-05-13)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to focus on developing a deep understanding of the nature and impact of the workplace mentor role in degree apprenticeships (DAs). It investigates a theoretical model of DA workplace ...