University and beyond: embedding employability and life into the curriculum

University and beyond: embedding employability and life into the curriculum

By: Tessa Owens

Embedding employability skills into academic curricula is a key concern for universities and tertiary education institutions today.

This topic was the focus of a University of Auckland Business School (UABS) workshop on the 12th June entitled ‘University and beyond: embedding employability and life into the curriculum’ run by Professor Susan Geertshuis, Narissa Lewis, and Patricia Hubbard.

Put the internet down and let’s talk about this: Techniques for active social learning in lecture theatres

Put the internet down and let’s talk about this: Techniques for active social learning in lecture theatres

By: Rhiannon Lloyd

The pressure on universities to move content online has initiated conversation about the purpose and value of the lecture theatre as a teaching ‘space’. Central to the defence of the lecture theatre is its social nature; students physically gather together to learn from, and with, one another, as a collective.