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It is that time of year where Trinity (ok summer) term is drawing to an end, and thoughts turn to Awards ceremonies.\u00a0\u00a0 Yesterday at Oxford University we apparently had two sets in one night.\u00a0 I am sure the other awards were fabulous, but of course we attended OxTALENT<\/a>, Oxford\u2019s awards for teaching and learning enhanced with technology.<\/p>\n As usual it was great chance to find out about cool things going on in the University with IT, teaching and learning, from academic staff, librarians, support staff, students and more.\u00a0\u00a0 Some interesting themes emerged – clearly physicists are the best podcasters<\/a> here in Oxford (and\u00a0 if you want to study a course co-written by one of the winners check out our fabulous\u00a0 Exploring the Universe<\/a> course). There is also a lot of really great work being done to facilitate transition<\/a> to university.\u00a0 The Maths Bridging course<\/a> we developed with MPLS was a runner up in this category, an indication of strong field with some excellent work from the Bodleian Libraries.<\/p>\n The day after that event it is worth noting Oxford is\u00a0also doing well in external awards, with a Hoey Lee winning a grant as part of the JISC Summer of Student Innovation<\/a> for his project to develop a University Proofreading Exchange<\/a>. That this entered and won, is\u00a0 no surprise when you see the quality of work in all the student categories at OxTALENT \u2013 so congratulations to everyone and I look forward to meeting the winners at future OxTALENT committee meetings.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is that time of year where Trinity (ok summer) term is drawing to an end, and thoughts turn to Awards ceremonies.\u00a0\u00a0 Yesterday at Oxford University we apparently had two sets in one night.\u00a0 I am sure the other awards … Continue reading