Find out how the Education Incubator grant has enabled the Business School to run a series of workshops to discover how students think they can harness the power of the new GRADUATE SKILLS TO THRIVE framework for their own professional skills development.
By Dr Tamsin Kilner Planning My Education Incubator Project So, I began thinking about my Incubator Discovery project in the following terms: ‘The literature indicates that neurodiverse students face greater challenges in HE, both in terms of engagement in learning and retention (see for example Clouder et al. 2020). They are also at greater risk of mental…
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by Brian Rappert How can wonder be brought into education? This question was central to my Education Incubator Discovery grant. As background, as part of a study into acquiring embodied skills, over the last five years I have learnt to perform as an entertainment magician. Within this work I have sought to devise public shows…
By Dr Jo Seale, Professor Vrinda Nayak and Dr Eleanor Townsend Hello, we are three members of staff working at the University of Exeter medical school and have joined together to explore the representation of equality and diversity in the medical curriculum with the support of an Exeter Education Incubator grant. We are a diverse…
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by Leila Dawney, Sharon Strawbridge, Annabel Watson, Senior Academic Conduct Officers. It has been an unhappy revelation to many of us working in student cases and academic conduct that a disproportionate number of the students that we see come from overseas. Sometimes the meetings that we have with students are emotionally challenging. We see how…
