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Academic Staff Induction Welcome and Introduction Dr Stella Cottrell PVC Learning , Teaching and Student Experience. Overview. Corporate Plan: Civic engagement & social justice; ‘engaged curriculum’ New Research Strategy – includes teaching underpinned by research

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  1. Academic Staff InductionWelcome and IntroductionDr Stella CottrellPVC Learning, Teaching and Student Experience

  2. Overview • Corporate Plan: Civic engagement & social justice; ‘engaged curriculum’ • New Research Strategy – includes teaching underpinned by research • New Learning and Teaching Strategy • New academic framework, student support structures, policies, approaches, regulations • A-Z for staff on changes for 2014-15

  3. Institutional priorities • Driving up the quality of teaching, building on excellence and innovation • Student progression and engagement • Student employability

  4. Learning, Teaching & Student Engagement PVC Learning, Teaching & Student Engagement Dr Stella Cottrell Director of Student Support Gayle Stocken Director of Library & Learning Service Cathy Walsh Director of Learning & Teaching Dr Mandy Bentham

  5. Director of Learning & Teaching Dr Mandy Bentham Head of Education and Community Partnerships Gail May Head of Quality Assurance & Enhancement Ian Pearson Head of Centre for Excellence in LT Dr Michele Milner Director of Employability Femi Bola

  6. Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) • New Sept 2014 (formerly APLE) • Leads on strategy and policy related to L&T, including Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) • Supports professional development of all staff engaged in teaching and supporting learning • Promotes innovative, inspiring, supportive (and enjoyable) approaches to L& T across UEL • Enables outstanding teaching that supports retention, progression, achievement & employability.

  7. Careers and Student Employability CaSE (formerly the Employability and Enterprise Team, EET) provides: • professional careers support from qualified careers consultants • a range of qualitative transformational opportunities to develop employability skills through employer focussed interventions

  8. TransformationalOpportunities • Access to work experience opportunities • Professional mentoring support • Volunteering opportunities • Practical workshops designed to facilitate the development of jobseeking and employability skills • Graduate vacancies • Employer engagement activities e.g. A Day in the Life; networking events • Research opportunities • Graduate Skills Academy

  9. How we help schools • Each School is assigned 2 dedicated members of CaSE team, and can: • Support students with career planning • Assist them with finding work experience • Facilitate employer engagement activities • Help them with applying for jobs • We support teaching staff, running specific sessions and workshops for students and assisting with School-based employability activities. • See: http://www.uel.ac.uk/eet/academics/links/

  10. How to contact us Docklands: The Atrium, Room G.07 Stratford: R Building, Room 2.25 Website: www.uel.ac.uk/eet Telephone: 0208 223 2424 Email: eet@uel.ac.uk

  11. Library and Learning Services

  12. Stratford Campus Library

  13. Docklands Campus Library

  14. Our Libraries and Collections • 24/7 opening • Books, journals, databases – print and digital • Special collections: Refugee Archive, Hackney Empire Archive, British Olympic Archive & Collection • Digital archives including East London Theatre Archive • 70% of our collections are digital • Range of study spaces – individual, collaborative, technology-rich

  15. Support Services • Library help and support for students & staff • Subject Librarians • Skills Advisors (academic skills) • Research support: ROAR, RDM training and support • Learning Achievement and Peer Mentoring teams • Language Centre (English language programmes and support)

  16. Subject Librarians • ACE – Susan Hussein s.hussein@uel.ac.uk • ADI – Simone Okolo s.n.okolo@uel.ac.uk • Business - Kelly Travers, .s.travers@uel.ac.uk • Law - Maureen Azubike aureen1@uel.ac.uk • Health, Sport and Bio science – Nicky Hale nicky3@uel.ac.uk

  17. Subject Librarians • Education and Communities – Win Pang w.pang@uel.ac.uk; Robin Stinson stinson@uel.ac.uk • Psychology – Ian Clark i.clark@uel.ac.uk • Social Sciences – Robin Stinson stinson@uel.ac.uk

  18. ‘Student Life’ will become ‘Student Support’ (Jan. 2015) Director of Student Support Director of Student Support Student Retention Manager Head of Welfare & Pastoral Support Student Experience Manager Head of First Line Support

  19. Student Support Centres • New ‘One Stop Shop’ Student Centres (Jan 15) at Docklands & Stratford • Full range of services include helpdesk, telephone service & webmail facility  • Trained front-line staff to help students with general queries, provide support and guidance immediately, & escalate to the relevant specialised area if required.

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