Iterative Faculty of Arts & Humanities Student Research Summary: 2020-2025.
The following are highest-level recommendations based on A&H student responses to research into:
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2020/21 Online Teaching and Learning
2021/22 Student Experience of Moodle
2022/23 Student Experience of Continuous Module Dialogue
2023/24 Generative AI
2024/25 Assessment and Feedback
The responses were gathered using surveys (100+ response from across the Faculty in all instances), focus groups, and through reflective writing exercises. In most cases student partners co-designed the research and co-analysed the data to reach these recommendations.
Recommendations
Clarity and consistency of structure across modules and courses is highly valued. “Consistency” is the single-most sought-after quality in students’ experience: this does not mean elements should be identical, but that differences between courses, and the ways in which they are communicated to students, should be clear and consistent.
Prioritise opportunities for student-student interaction and development of student community.
The distinction between core topics, and optional ones, should be explicit.
Technologies like GenAI and their relevance to specific disciplines and areas are highly complex, and students need defined space to develop understanding and experience of them during their study.
Assessment should include opportunities for relevant, constructive feedback. Students appreciate a space to receive feedback on drafts of summative work.
Opportunities for feedback should be more consistent across modules/throughout programmes.