LJMU Events and Appointments

This session will discuss how to get your research profile off to a good start, with tips and tools to sign up for, connect to and check. We will also discuss social media accounts that might be useful to sharing your research. You’ll have the opportunity to hear about why both creating and curating your research profile over time will help you to stay up-to-date with your research, your connections with others and help keep track of what you do.

Enrol on our Library Researcher Engagement Canvas page to access slides, recording and notes.

The Diversity and Inclusion Team have planned a session with Advance HE on, 'Addressing Antisemitism in Higher Education'.

This session is designed to equip university staff with the knowledge and skills to call out antisemitism on campus and support their Jewish students, colleagues and staff members. Advance HE is a charity that works with higher education institutions to improve the experience for students, staff, and society.

This session will start with a brief introduction to antisemitism and its historical context, covering: 

• Overview of the experiences of Jewish individuals in the UK.
• Understanding Antisemitism in Higher Education 

Interactive presentation covering:

• The IHRA definition of antisemitism. 
• Recent data on antisemitism within UK universities. 
• The impact of antisemitism on campus life, career progression, and mental health for students and staff. 

Case Studies: Lived Experiences and Impact

• Real-life case studies highlighting the impact of antisemitism on Jewish staff and students.
• Interactive activities to explore the effects of antisemitism, featuring personal testimonies to humanise the challenges faced by Jewish individuals in educational environments.

Practical Steps to Fostering Inclusion 

• Practical examples of positive behaviors to promote inclusion, including:
• Allyship/equity accomplice practices.
• Active bystander strategies.
• Signposting to internal LJMU processes and support mechanisms to address antisemitism and promote inclusion.

Drop by and ask our Maths & Stats tutors for advice on topics in mathematics, statistics, or data analysis — quantitative or qualitative — including use of software, e.g. Excel, R, SPSS, NVivo, Matlab, Python,... Just remember to bring your maths, statistics, or data analysis query with you, as well as any relevant course materials or data.

You may also like to enrol on the Maths & Statistics Canvas NCSKI02 module to find resources and recordings of classes.

This comprehensive session brings together best practices in online student engagement, focusing on both discussion board activities and social engagement tools within Canvas. The session aims to provide practical insights into designing engaging online activities, rooted in the experiences of LJMU staff and established distance learning practices.

Designing Interactive Discussion Boards: Learn how to create simple yet effective discussion board activities on Canvas. This includes sharing these activities with students, encouraging participation, and monitoring engagement.

Hands-On Experience: Get practical exposure by trying out various discussion board activities, enhancing your understanding of the tool's functionality and potential in engaging students.

Social Engagement in Blended Learning: Explore how to use existing Canvas tools to foster online social engagement, crucial for active blended learning environments. This segment is developed in response to the Academy's recent staff survey, highlighting the need for enhanced guidance in this area.

Practical Examples and Idea Sharing: We'll provide numerous examples of social engagement activities. There will also be opportunities to discuss and share ideas on how these can be integrated into your teaching practices.

Note: The Teaching and Learning Academy reserves the right to cancel the session if there are insufficient attendees.

Most courses use written exams to assess their students, but perhaps the linguistic quality of the question writing isn’t always the best it could be. Comprehension of a question is essential for a student to display their subject specific ability. It is important then to make our writing as understandable as possible. To try and help with that, a linguistic verification tool will be presented in the seminar. This tool is based on good writing practice and primary research into idea density, which will also be presented.

• Impact of reduced idea density in lectures

  Lunn AM, Bürkle DM, Ward R, McCloskey AP, Rathbone A, Courtenay A, Mullen R, Manfrin A. Spoken propositional idea density, a measure to help second language English speaking students: A multicentre cohort study. Medical Teacher. 2022 Mar 4;44(3):267-75.

• Impact of reduced idea density in exams

  The trial protocol is published here

  Lunn A, Manfrin A. Impact of reduced idea density on pharmacy students' attainment in pharmaceutical calculations: A study protocol for a single-blind multicentre randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Educational Research. 2023 Jan 1;117:102108.

Hosted by the Teaching and Learning Academy, this event is part of the Teaching Insights series and will be led by Dr Andrew Lunn, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences.

Drop by and ask our Maths & Stats tutors for advice on topics in mathematics, statistics, or data analysis — quantitative or qualitative — including use of software, e.g. Excel, R, SPSS, NVivo, Matlab, Python,... Just remember to bring your maths, statistics, or data analysis query with you, as well as any relevant course materials or data.

You may also like to enrol on the Maths & Statistics Canvas NCSKI02 module to find resources and recordings of classes.