ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY
Academic Office – Quality Assurance Division
Annual Monitoring of Delivery in 2008/09
Examples of Good and Innovative Practice
Faculty
Example of Good & Innovative Practice
Programme
Arts, Law
and Social
Sciences
Printing costs for A$ and A3 in the Cambridge School
of Art have been slashed by 60%.
Art, Design and
Media
Programme
Leader/AMR
author
Paul Marris
Contact Details
Paul.Marris@anglia.ac.uk
ext 2019
Wi-Fi has been installed in the second floor studios
serving illustration.
The use of highly weighted modules is indicative of
good practice in a process orientated discipline.
Introduction of a benchmarking process between the
Cambridge and King’s Lynn programmes.
The incorporation of PDP into the pathway by the
Philosophy team.
The negotiation of titles for coursework and the
engagement and benefit students gain from this.
Ongoing offering of a Dissertation Support Group for
students.
Use of a Learning and Teaching Fellowship project on
‘Evaluating English Language assessment for
international applicants to study at Anglia’.
Introduction of a mentoring scheme for Year 1 MA
Music Therapy students by Year 2 students.
BA (Hons) Music pathway has continued to
collaborate fruitfully by creating compositions for
student projects in other subject areas such as Media,
Design and Art.
Performing Arts staged the introduction and
monitoring of seven sets of subject specific
assessment criteria.
Annual Monitoring of Delivery in 2008/09
Humanities
Jon Davis
Languages and
Intercultural
Communication
Sarah Fitt
English as a Foreign
Language
Nick Hillman
Nick.Hillman@anglia.ac.uk
ext 2375
Music
Gianna Bouchard
Gianna.Bouchard@anglia.ac.uk
ext 2016
Performing Arts
Gianna Bouchard
Gianna.Bouchard@anglia.ac.uk
ext 2016
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Jonathan.Davis@anglia.ac.uk
ext 2072
Sarah.Fitt@anglia.ac.uk
ext 2061
Examples of Good and Innovative Practice (cont’d)
Ashcroft
International
Business
School
Health and
Social Care
Science and
Technology
BA (Hons) Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial
Management is recognised as an innovative degree
with early involvement of entrepreneurs in delivery.
Wider adoption of explicit marking schemes and an
improving speed of return of marked scripts.
Changes and innovations have occurred to support
the changing vision of the School to become
increasingly international in its appeal and become
practice based.
The Radiography Team has developed an on-line
virtual Freshers’ Week and a national virtual poster
presentation.
Development has taken place to identify areas within
critical placements where support and adjustments
can be made for students with learning difficulties.
The PG Cert Disability Equality Practitioner Team has
published a paper on using positive discrimination to
develop a knowledge base.
The Surveying Team make excellent use of midsemester review.
Forensic Science and Chemistry have introduced a
novel weekly feedback method designed to identify
recurring themes and to address them before the next
lecture.
Annual Monitoring of Delivery in 2008/09
Undergraduate
Graham Webster
Graham.Webster@anglia.ac.uk
ext 6849
Postgraduate
Mahmoud Al-Kilani
Mahmoud.Al-kilani@anglia.ac.uk
ext 2542
Radiography and
Healthcare Scientists
Sylvia Kittle
Sylvia.Kittle@anglia.ac.uk
ext 4104
Acute Care PreRegistration
Vanessa Waller
Vanessa.Waller@anglia.ac.uk
ext 5568
Interprofessional
Learning
Belinda Watts
Belinda.Watts@anglia.ac.uk
ext 2473
Surveying
Steve Fenton
Forensic Science and
Chemistry
Sarah Hall
Stephen.Fenton@anglia.ac.uk
ext 3947
Sarah.Hall@anglia.ac.uk
ext 2170
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