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Page 1: Karen Smith, Glasgow Caledonian University karen.smith2@gcu.ac.uk

Karen Smith, Glasgow Caledonian [email protected]

Page 2: Karen Smith, Glasgow Caledonian University karen.smith2@gcu.ac.uk

It wasn’t a good thing to just let them form their own groups because folks would then, maybe, form a group with people from their own particular background

Page 3: Karen Smith, Glasgow Caledonian University karen.smith2@gcu.ac.uk

Image from: http://www.clker.com/clipart-9207.html

Page 4: Karen Smith, Glasgow Caledonian University karen.smith2@gcu.ac.uk

Taught master’s student numbers have 42% between 1995 and 2003 (Stuart et al., 2008);

50% of the taught masters cohort is from outside

the UK, with non-EU students dominating these numbers (HEPI & British Library, 2010);

There has been a 39% increase in non-EU first

year postgraduates between 2002-3 and 2007-8 and 11% increase for EU. UK first year postgraduates have increased 3% during the same time frame (HEPI & British Library, 2010).

Page 5: Karen Smith, Glasgow Caledonian University karen.smith2@gcu.ac.uk

Participatory action research for education developmentKaren Smith and Scott Fernie

‘An unturned stone’ – exams and international studentsNick Pilcher, Karen Smith and Jackie Riley

Transforming academic practices through transnational teaching experiencesKaren Smith

Page 6: Karen Smith, Glasgow Caledonian University karen.smith2@gcu.ac.uk

do they ring true for you?

English language Study skills

Fitting in

Transition to M-level

Other?

Page 7: Karen Smith, Glasgow Caledonian University karen.smith2@gcu.ac.uk

Have mentors who have done the course [exam]

Organise students into groups rather than letting them self-organise [tne]

Change the groups each week [sheer]

Give opportunities to do mock exams or see past papers [exam]

Use examples from the cultures in your classroom [tne]

Allow students to run their assignments through turnitin before submission [sheer]

Page 8: Karen Smith, Glasgow Caledonian University karen.smith2@gcu.ac.uk

Choose an issue Note your solutions on a flip-chart poster It could be things you’ve tried (where?) Or things you’d like to try

Present back to the group – five minutes max

Page 9: Karen Smith, Glasgow Caledonian University karen.smith2@gcu.ac.uk

Add to the appropriate flip chart:

◦Your innovative practices “the world in your classroom”

◦Action points and challenges for the sector

◦AOB

Page 10: Karen Smith, Glasgow Caledonian University karen.smith2@gcu.ac.uk

Stuart, M.; Lido, C.; Morgan, S.; Solomon, L.; & Akroyd, K. (2008) Widening participation to postgraduate study: decisions, deterrents and creating success, report available at: www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/WPtoPG_Stuart.pdf [last accessed 27 May 2010]

HEPI & British Library (2010) Postgraduate education in the United Kingdom, report available at: http://www.bl.uk/news/pgreport [last accessed 27 May 2010]