Hi Ruth,
At University College Chester we run a reassessment summer school.
All students who have failed one or more modules are invitied to attend,
via a flyer in their results notification and on VLE. The summer school
lasts for 3 days, students can opt for all or part of it. The summer school
is repeated on our Warrington campus on a different week. We provide
students with intensive study skills support, one-to-one tutorials and we
also attempt to have members of the academic staff on hand to answer
subject specific queries. A shorter version of the summer school runs
after semester one results are announced.
We also provide advice to academic staff on diversity in assessment,
through general staff development events and also visiting departments
to talk to staff. This is mainly provided by our Disability service - with
Learning Support providing expertise on SpLD matters.
Carol
Quoting Ruth Brown <[log in to unmask]>:
> Hallo everyone!
>
> I am a part of a Change Academy-supported working group here at
London
> South
> Bank with the remit "Learning from Assessment". We are in the
process of
> producing a working paper, and we are finding out what facilities other
> institutions have in place that might usefully be investigated for our own
> situation.
>
> 2 areas that have me somewhat stumped are: "Diversity of
Assessment" and
> "Academic support of the student ahead of a resit" (i.e. after they have
> failed the exam). I have only tracked down one university that has any
> kind
> of support system in place. Do you?
>
> If you have any responses to these issues, I would be very glad to hear
> from
> you. I have been impressed by the sense of community that you have
created
> as I have lurked in the background.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ruth
>
> Ruth Brown
>
> Academic Developer
> Learning & Teaching Enhancement Unit
> London South Bank University
> Technopark 2B27
>
> 020 7185 7804
>
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
*****************************************************
Carol Thomas
Head of Learning Support Services
University College Chester
Parkgate Road
CHESTER, CH1 4BJ
(01244)375444 ext.3311
[log in to unmask]
|