Digital transformation - What one thing can you take away from this session to support you in your role? by Sarah Knight

International students

2024-10-17 11:13:35 UTC

The importance of ensuring that their voices are heard/considered and supported appropriately.

Reflection Point

2024-10-17 11:14:50 UTC

Delivering, scaling and levelling up in the context of digital transformation.

Managing up

2024-10-17 11:19:09 UTC

We find that there needs to be representation from senior leaders to make progress, so the question is, what advice is there to influence and persuade buy in?

Reflection point 2

2024-10-17 11:20:40 UTC

The surge in the interest in decolonisation, which peaked 2020, has been been replaced by AI.

For the sake of the international students, how do we get decolonisation, EDI and equity back on the agenda, for progress?

Sense of belonging

2024-10-17 11:21:18 UTC

The importance of including inclusive course content and resources to enhance the student sense of belonging. Representation matters.

The student cookbook

2024-10-17 11:28:33 UTC

What a wonderful and sincere idea. As a Business Graduate from DMU it's heart warming.

For black students specifically, are staff aware of where black students can get their groceries in Leicester? Are staff aware of personal grooming services available for black students?

Does the students union offer more finance for societies?

Are staff aware of the struggles black students face in accommodation in Leicester?

Digital transformation

2024-10-17 11:28:55 UTC

Importance of leadership support and joint approach

Mindset

2024-10-17 11:29:02 UTC

Identifying the mindset and having conversations to expose perspectives as part of any transformation (otherwise we might be transforming different things!)

Inclusive teaching and assessment

2024-10-17 11:29:10 UTC

Being aware of international students needs.

Induction

2024-10-17 11:30:40 UTC

With the all the best intentions, inductions are the time and place to provide learners with the information they need to access support.

It is a lot of information though, so how can staff weave support available for students into their course experiences, at point of need?

Reflection point 3

2024-10-17 11:33:42 UTC

Patrice's presentation highlighted the difference in pedagogy between countries. When students arrive in the UK they have to face writing essays.

What is the role of student choice, in combatting these difficulties? Does assessment always have to be an essay??

Eat an elephant 🐘? and create a culture where it's safe to fail

2024-10-17 11:35:18 UTC

Culture

2024-10-17 11:36:00 UTC

Challenge to jumping the barrier to engagement that is the ongoing mantra of “we don’t have time to learn new things”