Academic Staff InductionWelcome and Introduction

Dr Stella CottrellPVC Learning, Teaching and Student Experience

Overview

• Corporate Plan: Civic engagement & social justice; ‘engaged curriculum’

• New Research Strategy – includes teaching underpinned by research

• New Learning and Teaching Strategy

• New academic framework, student support structures, policies, approaches, regulations

• A-Z for staff on changes for 2014-15

Institutional priorities

• Driving up the quality of teaching, building on excellence and innovation

• Student progression and engagement

• Student employability

Learning, Teaching & Student Engagement

PVC Learning, Teaching & Student Engagement

Dr Stella Cottrell

Director of Library & Learning Service

Cathy Walsh

Director of Student Support

Gayle Stocken

Director of Learning & Teaching

Dr Mandy Bentham

Director of Learning & Teaching

Dr Mandy Bentham

Head of Education and Community Partnerships

Gail May

Head of Quality Assurance & EnhancementIan Pearson

Head of Centre for Excellence in LT Dr Michele Milner

Director of EmployabilityFemi Bola

Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT)

• New Sept 2014 (formerly APLE)• Leads on strategy and policy related to L&T,

including Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)• Supports professional development of all staff

engaged in teaching and supporting learning• Promotes innovative, inspiring, supportive (and

enjoyable) approaches to L& T across UEL• Enables outstanding teaching that supports

retention, progression, achievement & employability.

Careers and Student Employability

CaSE (formerly the Employability and Enterprise Team, EET) provides:•professional careers support from qualified careers consultants•a range of qualitative transformational opportunities to develop employability skills through employer focussed interventions

Transformational Opportunities

• Access to work experience opportunities• Professional mentoring support• Volunteering opportunities• Practical workshops designed to facilitate the

development of jobseeking and employability skills• Graduate vacancies• Employer engagement activities e.g. A Day in the

Life; networking events• Research opportunities• Graduate Skills Academy

How we help schools

• Each School is assigned 2 dedicated members of CaSE team, and can:Support students with career planningAssist them with finding work experienceFacilitate employer engagement activitiesHelp them with applying for jobs

• We support teaching staff, running specific sessions and workshops for students and assisting with School-based employability activities.

• See: http://www.uel.ac.uk/eet/academics/links/

How to contact us

Docklands: The Atrium, Room G.07Stratford: R Building, Room 2.25Website: www.uel.ac.uk/eet Telephone: 0208 223 2424Email: eet@uel.ac.uk

Library and Learning Services

Stratford Campus Library

Docklands Campus Library

Our Libraries and Collections

• 24/7 opening• Books, journals, databases – print and digital • Special collections: Refugee Archive, Hackney

Empire Archive, British Olympic Archive & Collection

• Digital archives including East London Theatre Archive

• 70% of our collections are digital • Range of study spaces – individual, collaborative,

technology-rich

Support Services

• Library help and support for students & staff• Subject Librarians• Skills Advisors (academic skills)• Research support: ROAR, RDM training and

support• Learning Achievement and Peer Mentoring teams • Language Centre (English language programmes

and support)

Subject Librarians

• ACE – Susan Hussein s.hussein@uel.ac.uk• ADI – Simone Okolo s.n.okolo@uel.ac.uk• Business - Kelly Travers, .s.travers@uel.ac.uk • Law - Maureen Azubike aureen1@uel.ac.uk• Health, Sport and Bio science – Nicky Hale

nicky3@uel.ac.uk

Subject Librarians

• Education and Communities – Win Pang w.pang@uel.ac.uk; Robin Stinson stinson@uel.ac.uk

• Psychology – Ian Clark i.clark@uel.ac.uk• Social Sciences – Robin Stinson

stinson@uel.ac.uk

‘Student Life’ will become ‘Student Support’ (Jan. 2015)

Director of Student Support

Head of Welfare & Pastoral Support

Student ExperienceManager

Student Retention Manager

Director of Student Support

Head of First Line Support

• New ‘One Stop Shop’ Student Centres (Jan 15) at Docklands & Stratford

• Full range of services include helpdesk, telephone service & webmail facility

• Trained front-line staff to help students with general queries, provide support and guidance immediately, & escalate to the relevant specialised area if required.

Student Support Centres