February 2012
On 31 January 2012 Plymouth hosted a STEM South West Peer Assisted Learning Seminar for staff from across the region interested in implementing a PASS/PALS scheme to support their students. Marcia Ody, from the National Centre for PASS (Peer Assisted Study Sessions) came to talk about the work of the national centre in supporting the on-going development of PALS/PASS in the UK. The Learning Development PALS coordinator in Plymouth, Carolyn Gentle, provided an update on our PALS pilot and introduced four PALS leaders who spoke about their experiences and answered numerous questions. The day was informative and encouraging for all who attended.
Go to PALS@plymouth or email pals@plymouth.ac.uk for further information on the Plymouth scheme. To find out more about the support available nationally visit the National Centre website.
September 2011
A pilot peer assisted learning scheme called PALS@Plymouth was launched in Sept 2011. The scheme is centrally coordinated by Learning Development (LD) and is broadly modelled on an accepted approach already well established in a number of UK HE Institutions. Peer Assisted Learning involves regular discipline-specific group sessions run by experienced students (PALS Leaders) for new or less experienced students. The PALS@Plymouth pilot allows for second or third year students from within four programmes to provide discipline-specific support to first and second year students. For further details go to PALS@plymouth or email pals@plymouth.ac.uk
The LearnHigher partnership, arose from the HE learning development community and when HEFCE funding came to an end in 2010, LearnHigher became part of the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE). Click here for further details
A book written by the LearnHigher CETL partners entitled Learning Development in Higher Education published in November 2010 by Palgrave Macmillan. Click here for further details
Learning Development/LearnHigher video resource for teaching staff: Includes short video clips, PowerPoint presentations, handouts and in-class activities designed to support embedding critical thinking and reflection in your lectures/curriculum. (See www.learnhigher.ac.uk for teaching resources on other topics)
A Student video on critical thinking and reflection is also available.
Feedback on WrAssE and LearnHigher CETL events
The Learning Development team at Plymouth is principally involved with improving student learning, working directly with students and in a consultative capacity with other HE staff. We are committed to providing resources of the highest standard. Our own study guides for staff and students are listed below, a link to WrAssE is on the left and a bank of tried and tested resources are available on the LearnHigher website. Some of these resources are designed to be mediated by teaching staff and learning developers and some are designed for students to access directly.
Plymouth University Learning Development
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LearnHigher Guide to Referencing
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