2009 News
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Feast Day Mass and Awards Ceremony Held
Staff and students of St Mary’s University College, Twickenham, celebrated a Feast Day Mass today. The Mass was offered for former Vice Principal Dr Mary Eaton, who recently retired after thirty-three years at the University College.
It took place in the University College’s Chapel and University College Chaplain Father Gerard Devlin led the service.
The St Henry Walpole Award for Teaching and Learning and the St Vincent De Paul Inclusivity Prizes were presented during a dinner celebrated afterwards.
This is the twelfth successive year that the St Henry Walpole Award for Teaching and Learning has been awarded. This year four applicants were shortlisted and made their presentations to the award panel.
The winner was a group from the School of Education: Monica Baughen, Anna Lise Gordon and Irena Grounds.
They received a prize of £1,500 for their project: I’m a subject specialist – get me out of here! In response to current curriculum developments, as the Secondary National Curriculum (2008) promotes a less prescriptive and more flexible framework for curricular provision, the project focused on the development of innovative and creative approaches to cross curricular development, working with PGCE Secondary student teachers in 2008-09.
Using subject tutors and student teachers across three subject areas, the team set out to look at exploring more integrated and creative learning approaches in a cross curricular and collaborative style. The team were commended on their innovative approach and the potential for dissemination of such work across Initial Teacher Training.
Mr Dermot Kelly from the School of Management and Social Sciences was highly commended for his work on the use of wikis for assessing and communicating with students and received a prize of £500.
During 2008-09 Dermot successfully pioneered the use of wiki software in two Management Studies modules with the aim of diversifying the mode of assessment as well as developing a multi-modal communication channel for both tutor and students.
Allowing tutor access to students’ wiki work-in-progress provided more regular feedback on their understanding, and opportunities for the tutor to identify and discuss problem areas and – using the wiki discussion pages – respond with formative feedback.
In this, its second year, the St Vincent De Paul Inclusivity Prize was awarded to Dr Geoff Paul, from the School of Management and Social Sciences, in recognition of development and innovation to enhance equality and diversity in the University College’s work in academic, support and service departments. The prize consists of a sum of £1,000 and a time allowance for the dissemination of good practice across the University College.
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