Education

Smart investment in specialised education course at the London School of Economics and Political Science

The Italian bank Fineco approached the London School of Economics and Political Science to design and run a custom-made, intensive course focusing on behavioural finance and investment decisions with which to reward its most strongly performing financial consultants.

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Bringing academic study to life through innovative teaching methods

At Queen Mary University of London staff are taking learning beyond the classroom and enhancing the student experience.

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Providing academic leadership for teaching and learning innovation

Russell Group universities run professional development schemes to help new and existing academics enhance their teaching practice and skills.

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Assisting understanding and revision through online lecture content

ReCap is Newcastle University’s lecture- and event-recording service. It allows audio and visual material, including the lecturer's voice, presentation slides and visualised documents, to be published online in an automated, easy-to-use process.

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Investing in scientific and medical teaching facilities

Russell Group universities are continuously investing in new and existing teaching spaces and equipment in the sciences, engineering and health.

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Providing a new library and landmark building

Queen's University Belfast is just one of many Russell Group universities who have opened new and extensive libraries in recent years.

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Enhancing academic, maths and language skills

At Russell Group universities, professional support staff work in partnership with academic staff to help undergraduates and postgraduates get the most from their studies by running workshops for academic, maths and language skills.

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Making the transition from school to university

Learning at university is likely to be very different to learning at school or college, and in recent years our universities have put more work into helping students to understand and deal with this transition.

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Proactively bringing teaching and research together

In Russell Group universities, there is a significant concentration of research-active academic staff: not only are our academics experts in their field, but they are also ideally placed to teach up-to-date material with enthusiasm and authority.

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Embedding entrepreneurship and employability

There are lots of opportunities for students at Russell Group universities to extend or add to their skills through the curriculum and by participating in extra- or co-curricular activities, and our universities are supporting them in numerous ways.

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