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Teaching and Learning
Teaching
   
   

Teaching approaches 

Studying at The University of Nottingham means you'll spend your time:

  • learning from staff in taught classes
  • working in groups with other students
  • reading around your interests

Our use a range of approaches in designing activities to best suit your learning.

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Video: Questions and activities in lectures
 
Questions and activities in lectures
 
 

Lectures

Students in the lecture theatre

Large group sessions where the whole group come together.

Small groups 

A chance for discussion and development of your ideas.

Academic tutorials 

A closer focus on your progress and your understanding. 

 

Practicals and labs

Opportunities for hands-on exploration of new concepts.

Placements

Authentic work-based settings to develop your professional skills.

Problem-based learning

Learning structured around real world scenarios. 

 

Using technology

Using technology to get the best from every learning context.

Peer-teaching

Learning from, and with, your fellow students. 

Visual learning

Opening up new ways to study and to submit assignments.

 

Distance learning

Being a part of the University wherever you are in the world.

Making learning fun

Making learning fun

Playing with ideas and enjoying new ways of seeing the world.

 

Teaching and Learning Directorate

The University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

telephone: +44 (0) 115 846 7206
fax: +44 (0) 115 951 4159
email: teaching@nottingham.ac.uk