Case studies.
I started drafting this blog after the Case Study session at JPS on 28th Feb but never completed it.
After reading the assessment brief, I always felt it was the case studies that I wasn’t sure what was asked of us. However, after attending the session it became much clearer and actually one of the easier submission elements. The challenge is to only write 500 words as started getting quite into writing them.
The 1-1 tutorial with Emily helped to clarify I was on the right track and she gave me some guidance to reference or link my case studies with policies or agendas to strengthen my knowledge.
The book she recommended for my case study 3 was Designing effective feedback processes in higher education by Winstone & Carless.
To my surprise, we didn’t stock this book at JPS library and I felt it was too expensive to purchase myself, so I found a few articles based on the book / author online which helped, especially the section on paradigm feedback practices.
The good news, I have asked our course library officer to stock the book so will be available at JPS library in the near future.
For my case study 1, I have linked this to UALs inclusivity agenda on Cost of study which is high priority for my course. This is linked to students feedback in NSS – where cost of study is what always brings our overall satisfaction rate down. It is frustrating as we are working with costly materials, so unless the University covers these costs, it will unfortunately fall on the students cost.
The cost of study is part of the inclusivity agenda; “the new UAL strategy is announced next week and I’m sure there will be more in there about levelling up and making sure that we are a university that offers opportunities to all” Kelly Dearsey, Associate Dean School of Media and Communication.
My case study explains a bit more in details what we are currently planning to improve the cost of study.
Link to UALs current Cost of Study Guidelines:
https://canvas.arts.ac.uk/documents/sppreview/16e2edfc-5b67-436b-816f-0f31ca3c622b