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QM's efforts in developing ways to recognise teaching excellence get a mention in the THE

QM, the rising star in the RAE...oh dear, 57th this year, a drop of 10 places. My alma mater...Heriot-Watt...up a stonking 30 places from 52 to 22. Hurrah! Of course, we shouldn't believe league tables should we?

The Guardian's ranking of UK universities according to teaching excellence.

Inspired to bookmark this from the grad attributes consultation in which one group had two members who were engaging in 'destructive group behaviours' (brought onto the straight and narrow eventually by a skilled facilitator) ... I have heard it suggested that if groups are being derailed by dominating or digressing types, it can be useful for the whole group to sit down and consider what kind of group member they are in order to limit their unhelpful behaviours and get the group working well again.

I missed out on the session today so I'm not sure of the context of this, I can imagine though! As an aside...this is a very interesting web site all round...I've just been watching a presentation on "How people learn" and it's interesting from the point of view of the subject matter and from the perspective of how the material has been made available. I know Giles is working hard trying to put together videos of some of our own academics talking about teaching and I look forward to seeing them!