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Learning development

OUR FOCUS

The Learning Development (LD) team in the School of Social Sciences aims to:

  • support the development of independent, autonomous students, providing them with academic skills aligned to the requirements of their course
  • support equality of experience, and inclusive pedagogic practice in academic teams in order to give students equality of experience
  • create, drive, and promote initiatives which support equality and reduce the attainment gap within the School of Social Sciences and the College.

In addition to enhancing students' academic performance by providing support, it collaborates with colleagues to identify and respond to students' needs. The LD team has a range of online events and resources which are primarily accessed via the Learning Development Moodle module and designed to support your academic progress.

All LD services and resources are presently online, live or pre-recorded. We believe this creates greater accessibility and equality by enabling students to review, access and contemplate learning material. Thus, enhancing and deepening student learning.

In addition to enhancing students’ academic performance by providing support, it collaborates with colleagues to identify and respond to students’ needs. The LD team has a range of online events and resources which are primarily accessed via Moodle and designed to support your academic progress.

The LD team works with Birkbeck’s Central Study Skills team to ensure academic support is designed to help students. We also work with colleagues and academic staff to develop good pedagogic practice, which includes supporting the personal tutoring process.

The School of Social Sciences Learning Development team is led by Ray Rose Raymond and supported by Michael Easton as the LD administrative assistant. Students can 

ONGOING INITIATIVES 

  • The Student Success Bulletin is distributed via Moodle weekly throughout the academic year and informs students of events, workshops and provides academic resources.
  • The Academic Support Newsletter is emailed on a termly basis and seeks to inform, engage and encourage the development of  student performance and experience.
  • Virtual one-to-one meetings with students occur every two weeks on Wednesdays from 2-6pm. Sessions must be booked individually via Moodle.
  • The Dissertation Guidance Clinic is open to all Level 6, MSc, MA and PhD students and occurs every two weeks on Thursdays from 2-6pm. Sessions must be booked individually via Moodle.
  • Multimedia events, discussions, workshops and podcasts will be available to students throughout the academic year via Moodle.