Education… SBARs for industrial case studies 15 Feb 202020 Feb 2020 The problem of presentations One of the undergrad activities I run is a case study workshop. I originally designed it so that the students would split into six groups, analyse…
Experience… Talking about games 30 Jun 201914 Oct 2019 This week my colleague Dave Breen and I drove down to Manchester for the UK's Pharmacy Education Conference. Dave and Gary Lynas presented a poster on a game they've designed…
Design… Course (re)design II 22 May 201922 May 2019 As part of the course (re)design module I've been asked to redesign an example class or course project. An lovely challenge was that our reflections had to be vlogged! Two…
Education… The pivotal role of great students 10 May 201915 May 2019 Last year I was awarded the Strathclyde University Student Union's Best Teacher prize. I gave a short speech at the time (which you can find here), but last year's winner…
Reflection… Reflections on Stierer’s Learning to Write 30 Apr 201930 Apr 2019 I found Barry Stierer's chapter on Learning to Write about Teaching (1) helpful. It helped me widen my mental 'frame of reference' from that of a 'scientist' to one that…
Teaching design Project types 2 Mar 2019 A few weeks ago, I had a meeting with my colleagues Stewart Mitchell and Daniel Markl discussing different aspects of the Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Masters course. One topic we discussed…
Reflection Challenges of marking 2 Mar 20192 Mar 2019 I was thinking this week about different ways of marking assignments and giving students feedback. I try pretty hard to eliminate as much subjectivity in my marking as possible and…
Education… Teaching Model Canvas – update 26 Jan 2019 Over the past few months I've used my Teaching Model Canvas (TMC) quite a lot. I do find it helpful in setting the main ideas and concepts before I start…
Education… Poor marks 10 Nov 201815 Sep 2018 A short story as narrated by a student. I'm not sure what to do... Last week I opened up the email and looked at the spreadsheet. It took me a…
Education… Hiring, firing and feedback 13 Sep 201813 Sep 2018 I was discussing 'student feedback' with a friend this week and we started talking about scenarios (real and imaginary) where consumer feedback (be that from students, patients, customers, clients etc)…
