Financial Statements 2017/18
Review of operations Learning, teaching and assessment Signature pedagogies
Our signature practice-based teaching and assessment practices aim to support students whose educational histories and learning styles vary significantly. We have an Annual Monitoring and Enhancement process, which reviews performance at the programme level to ensure continuous improvement of the student learning experience. We highlight examples of innovative and creative teaching, and offer opportunities for programmes to share good practice. We work closely with our award winning Students‘ Union to continually enhance academic and professional support and build a sense of belonging and engagement.
Last year, our Students’ Union won the first ever Students’ Union of the Year award and were recognised for the commitment to champion the student voice and for their work in the local community, supporting vulnerable people and those from advantaged backgrounds.
Practice-based learning
Our hands-on approach to education is a Middlesex strength. Our students learn advanced skills through doing, making and experience. Working on real-life projects, our students apply their knowledge to solving problems and gaining the skills and experience that employers are looking for. Students experience a distinctive learning environment at our London based campus with its industry and professional standard facilities and there are opportunities for students to take their learning out of the classroom – through placements, internships and projects. Many of our students and staff also work with voluntary and community-based organisations helping to tackle societal issues whilst gaining invaluable skills and experience in the process.
This practice-based learning approach is embedded in courses across all faculties of the University. A recent example includes one year long work placements for our undergraduate accounting students within finance departments in the NHS. Five of our students are completing this placement in 2018. Our law students are also exposed to real-life work situations and have a positive impact on the local community through the School of Law’s Legal Advice Centre, which offers free advice to Barnet residents and University staff. A team of law students are trained to work in the centre and they staff and operate a system for making appointments and conduct initial interviews with clients before they meet a solicitor.
A crucial part of practice-based learning is having the right facilities – the latest technological equipment that meets industry standards – for students to try their hand at. Our campus offers just this and our students learn in the best equipped labs, studios and workshops. Take our Ritterman building for example, which opened its doors in the 2017/18 academic year, and boasts some of the finest technology in a modern environment, designed to stimulate curiosity and enable collaborative work across disciplines. It’s in this very building that the UK’s first cyber factory was launched, and where students are being taught every day in what is essentially the factory of the future.
Our approach to teaching goes beyond just skills and gives our students the confidence they need to be innovative – to make and create fantastic work. Recently, BA Animation students created a film encouraging the UK public to pay their TV licence, which won a prestigious prize and a national recognition. This wouldn’t have been possible without students having access to all the equipment they need right here on campus.
Sector-leading peer support
From evaluation and student feedback we are aware that peer support inside and outside the classroom offers particular benefits to our students. We have therefore invested further in our sector-leading Student Learning Advisor (SLA) scheme, which was highly commended in the statement of findings for our Silver award in the Teaching Excellence Framework. Over 300 students with good module grades are trained and paid to provide coordinated peer learning support across programmes. This year’s evaluation confirmed the very positive student response to the scheme. 84% of students
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