Academic Practice Network - University of Exeter

The University of Exeter’s Academic Practice Network (APN) offers a flexible space for colleagues to meet, share and celebrate good practice through flexible seminars, workshops and other events.  For more information on the APN and to see our schedule of events, please visit our main website.

This blog supports the Academic Practice Network, raising awareness not only of the good practice taking place at the university, but also a wide range of resources aimed at developing practice in teaching and learning across all disciplines.

Recent Blog Posts:

• Can we Excel when teaching statistics? - Guest post by Dr J.D. Beard Statistically Speaking When I was asked to teach statistics to Higher Education (HE) students at Foundation level, I approached the task with some trepidation. On the surface, statistics might be considered “easy” mathematics. Statistical calculations rarely involve higher mathematical functions such as integration, matrices or differential equations. However, statistics …
• Providing remote pastoral support during a pandemic - (Introduction by Prof Andrew McRae, Dean of Postgraduate Research and the Doctoral College; main body of article by Dr Caitlin Kight) The unprecedented circumstances of a global pandemic can present special challenges for PGR students. Each of our PGRs will experience the period of the Covid-19 crisis differently. They will face different challenges, in terms …
• Distance doctoral supervision during a pandemic - Distance supervision typically happens in situations where students have deliberately enrolled on flexible programmes allowing them to work where and when they are able. Although demographics vary widely, these students tend to be fairly independent, are often mature or more experienced, have already established local support networks, and have already ensured they have the infrastructure …

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