Learning & Teaching Publications

From 2007-2011 Leeds Met Press published titles relating to assessment, learning and teaching, ranging from books to short guides.

Publications Catalogue

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> A student guide to university assessment (interactive online version) - ISBN 978-1-907240-17-1

Extra-Curricular Activities: creating graduates with impact in education. By Paula Sealey, Jacqueline Stevenson & Sue Clegg

Staff from the Carnegie Faculty’s Centre for Social and Educational Research across the Life-course (SERL) have completed a project for the Higher Education Academy subject group for education, ESCalate, into ‘Creating Graduates with Impact in Education’. Jacqueline Stevenson, Professor Sue Clegg and Paula Sealey undertook research with students and staff across a range of education-related courses as well as with employers from schools, local authorities and other education settings.

A short guide to oral assessment By Gordon Joughin - ISBN 978-1-907240-09-6

Oral assessment includes any assessment conducted by word of mouth, such as in-class student presentations, vivas, and assessment in applied practice settings such as Objective Structured Clinical Examinations. This new guide describes how oral assessment can be used and gives practical guidance on its implementation.

A staff guide to Open Educational Resources By Simon Thomson and the Unicycle project team - ISBN 978-1-907240-10-2

A short guide to developing and using Open Educational Resources (OER). This booklet is an output from Leeds Metropolitan University's 'Unicycle' pilot study into the development of an institutional OER repository, funded by JISC and the Higher Education Academy. It is released under a Creative Commons licence.

Student guide to University Assessment (2009) By Ruth Pickford and the Leeds Met First Level Assessment and Feedback project team - ISBN 978-0-9560099-9-9

Produced by a team of students working collaboratively with academic staff, this guide demystifies university-level assessment for new students.

Course design for increased student satisfaction By David Baume - ISBN 978-1-907240-05-8

Good course design is fundamental to successful teaching and the maintenance of standards. This guide is designed to help you in assuring and enhancing the quality of courses with principled, practical advice.

Cross Cultural Capability & Global Perspectives: Guidelines for Curriculum Review By David Killick

Cultural Inclusivity By Yasmin Valli, Sally Brown and Phil Race - ISBN 978-0-9560099-2-0

A guide to good practice in cultural inclusivity in curriculum design, teaching and assessment.

Designing First-Year Assessment and Feedback: a guide for university staff (2009) By By Ruth Pickford and the Leeds Met First Level Assessment and Feedback project team - ISBN 978-0-9560099-8-2

One of two guides to assessment from the First Level Assessment and Feedback Project, funded by the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme. The staff guide provides assistance with developing assessment practices and helps staff reduce their workload.

Diversity: poems and reflections by young writers By Théophile Munyangeyo and Marion Lines (editors) - ISBN 978-1-907240-12-6

A collection of poems and reflections on the theme of diversity by young people aged 11 - 17, submitted as entries for a writing competition involving Leeds Metropolitan University's partner schools. The writers reflect on their views of themselves and others in a multicultural society. The book was launched on the European Day of Languages 2010.

Feedback (2007) By Phil Race

Hands-on Internationalisation By David Killick and Leeds Met International Teacher Fellows - ISBN 978-0-9555017-9-1

An overview of internationalisation as it affects staff, students, the curriculum and international partnerships, illustrated through examples from Leeds Met.

In at the Deep End (2nd revised edition 2009) By Phil Race - ISBN 978-1-907240-00-3

A new edition of the popular guide for staff beginning their teaching careers in HE.

Inspiring Enterprise: transforming Enterprise Education at Leeds Metropolitan University By Rebekka Kill and Karen O'Rourke (editors) - ISBN 978-1-907240-22-5

An edited collection of chapters and case studies from the Institute for Enterprise Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, showcasing teaching and learning activities that have inspired enterprise education. The book illustrates ways in which enterprise in the curriculum can catalyse a relationship between research and practice, leading to intelligent, challenging projects and development opportunities for students, academic staff and external partners. The case studies present examples of enterprise education theory in practice. They demonstrate ways in which entrepreneurial skills and attitudes can be developed within the curriculum.

Learn with Leeds Met By Phil Race - ISBN 978-1-907240-07-2

Designed to help learners on short courses who have not studied since leaving school, this booklet presents a range of tips on making the most of learning.

Making personal tutoring work By Phil Race and Leeds Metropolitan University Teacher Fellows - ISBN 978-1-907240-11-9

Based on the experience of tutors across Leeds Metropolitan University and beyond, this practical new guide enables you to draw on a wide range of ideas and models about personal tutoring to make it work well for your students.

Technology Enhanced Employability and Employee Learning: a staff guide - ISBN 978-1-907240-21-8

A short guide for staff interested in using technology to enhance employability and employee learning, produced by the Higher Education Academy-funded STEEL project: Sharing Technology Enhanced Employability Learning.

TEL Us More 2009: recommendations for good practice

The Leeds Met Book of Resilience By Lucia Poole and Ruth Lefever, with Jacqueline Stevenson, Sean Dirrane and Amanda Wilson - ISBN 978-1-907240-04-1

This booklet aims to help students from diverse backgrounds to increase their resilience. Produced by a research project team funded by Aimhigher West Yorkshire, it can also be used by staff as a prompt when discussing problems with students.

The Leeds Met Book of Student Futures By Jacqueline Stevenson, Linzi Anderson and Sue Clegg - ISBN 978-1-907240-18-8

Derived from a research project funded by the Higher Education Academy Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP), this booklet explores further and higher education students' future 'possible selves' through a series of vignettes as students reflect on what their futures and careers might look like. It also includes suggestions for how staff can help students plan for an often uncertain future.

Using assessment to support student learning By Graham Gibbs - ISBN 978-1-907240-06-5

This 48-page manual, illustrated with case studies from Leeds Metropolitan University, provides a way of thinking about how assessment works and how students respond to it. It reviews the available evidence in detail, so that you can make decisions about your course with confidence that they will produce improvements in student performance. It also provides three evaluation tools to help you diagnose potential.

Using peer observation to enhance teaching By Phil Race with Leeds Met Teacher Fellows - ISBN 978-0-9560099-7-5

Enriched with many examples from Leeds Met staff who have experienced the process, both as observers and observed, this guide helps you make the most of peer review of teaching.

Writing and using good learning outcomes By David Baume - ISBN 978-0-9560099-5-1

Good learning outcomes aren't just administrative devices: they support good learning and teaching. This guide shows how they can be used to plan programmes and modules, improve feedback to students, assess students validly and review teaching.