{"id":183,"date":"2019-08-29T11:15:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T10:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/?p=183"},"modified":"2019-08-29T11:15:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T10:15:24","slug":"national-award-for-teaching-excellence-is-a-whole-team-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/2019\/08\/29\/national-award-for-teaching-excellence-is-a-whole-team-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"National award for teaching excellence is a whole team effort!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The recent\nannouncement that the Central Foundation\nYears Programme<\/strong> won a national Collaborative\nAward for Teaching Excellence (CATE)<\/strong> by AdvanceHE seems like the perfect\ntime to share with colleagues more about the Programme and the reasons why\nAdvance HE chose to recognise us. If this inspires your team to apply for an\naward in the near future, all the better!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

In case you\ndon\u2019t know, there are many colleagues in the Business School who have contributed\nto the success of the Foundation Years in many different ways, particularly Alison\nBailey, Michael Barrow, Annie Bresh, Mark Clark, Mark Fisher, Dawn Howard,\nOlive Nsababera, Barry Reilly, Hannah Sam, Debbie Sperring and many others that\nhave made fantastic contributions over the years. (from offering lectures, to\nproviding academic advising) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, one\nof the key reasons for the Programme receiving this Award is that it is a\ngenuine cross-disciplinary collaboration, spanning a majority of the Schools in\nthe University, led by Graeme Pedlingham as Head of Central Foundation Years\nand vitally supported by an excellent team of professional services staff in\nthe Foundation Years Office. Everyone has worked with passion, expertise and\ndetermination to make the Programme successful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Central\nFoundation Years, which is not to be confused with the similarly titled\nInternational Foundation Year run at the ISC, started in 2015. The aim primarily\nis to attract UK students who for various reasons are not able to join the\nfirst year of their chosen degree; the cohort is more likely to include\nstudents from less represented demographics or those who have experienced an\nelement of disadvantage in their prior education. On the Business course last\nyear over 40% of students classified themselves as BAME, well-above the average\nfor the University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Programme\nquickly established itself by attracting c.240 students in its first year.\nThereafter, year on year growth has been significant, and in September 2018\nover 700 students enrolled on courses in Arts & Humanities, Business &\nEconomics, Psychology or Social Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proudest\nachievements of the Foundation Years team have been in terms of student\nsuccess. We have ensured a high student progression rate of 85-90% entering\nYear 1 each year, and in the Business School last year around 200 FY students\nprogressed into over 20 different degrees in Accounting and Finance, Business\nand Management, Economics and Marketing. If you have been teaching UG of late,\nyou are likely to have taught progressed FY students. The greatest compliment\nto us, and them, is that you probably would not have noticed this, and they are\nlikely to be amongst your best students. Our data shows that FY students in the\nBusiness School at least match Year 1 direct entry students in terms of grades,\nand more than 50% outperform direct entry students at each stage of study. In\nJuly, we had our first graduates. It was thrilling to see students we first met\nin Autumn 2015 celebrate their success and being greeted on stage by Sanjeev! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what is the CATE award and why this\nteam?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the name\nsuggests the award recognises the importance of teamwork in delivering\ndemonstrable excellence in teaching and learning. In our case, the feedback\nhighlighted the interdisciplinary nature of the course. For instance, business\nstudents take core modules in Business and Economics but must also take electives\nby choosing a module offered in another School, for example Law, Politics and\nSociology, Social Psychology, Reading Literature, a language and many others.\nEqually, students on any other Foundation Year can take modules in the Business\nSchool. All students also study the core Academic Development modules to\ndevelop the skills required for onward success. This collaborative approach\nembedded in the management and teaching structures, with cross-disciplinary\npedagogical development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The award\nalso recognised the more innovative work done on the Programme to support\nstudent transitions, such as developing a Canvas resource site that is\navailable for students before they arrive. This enables students to interact\nwith us, and each other, around their learning, well before Welcome Week. The Programme\nalso provides strong mentoring support for students. For instance, students\nstruggling with Maths in the Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics\n(QMBE) module, can access support from more advanced students (they receive\ntraining and payment), who are often a progressed FY student. Our \u2018Masterclass\u2019\nscheme, which recruits PhD students and supports them to turn their research\ninto a short extra-curricular course for Foundation students, was received\npositively as innovative given the vertical learning opportunities offered to\nall involved. In the Business School, for example, Kate Yi-En Zeng ran sessions\non developing strategies for overcoming cognitive biases in business decision\nmaking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall,\nhowever, perhaps the judges simply picked up on the sheer commitment and\npassion the team has for providing engaging, student-centred learning: it is something,\nwhich runs through everything we do like DNA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advance HE\u2019s\ndecision to recognise our efforts for a national excellence award at this time\nwill serve to spur the team on to delivering even more success for our wonderful\nstudents, of that, we are sure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are a\npart of a great, collaborative team, why not think about applying for an award\nof your own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Useful links: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CFY Business\ncourse at Sussex: https:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/study\/undergraduate\/courses\/business-management-and-economics-with-a-foundation-year-bsc\/2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advance HE,\nCATE Awards: https:\/\/www.advance-he.ac.uk\/awards\/teaching-excellence-awards\/collaborative-award-for-teaching-excellence<\/a>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The recent announcement that the Central Foundation Years Programme won a national Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) by AdvanceHE seems like the perfect time to share with colleagues more about the Programme and the reasons why Advance HE chose…<\/span><\/p>\n

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