25 February 2020

Teaching innovation, conference experience

Research paper training. Did you know that Religions and Theology, in conjunction with ArtsMethods@Manchester and the SALC Graduate School, hosts an annual conference that showcases undergraduate students’ work? It gives students an opportunity to experience an academic event, pitch and present their work, and receive feedback from mentors and peers. Papers are selected to be presented, and successful students are assigned a PGR mentor to help them to develop their ideas and skillset for presenting their work. The conference itself and all training sessions are held in the SALC Graduate School in order to highlight connections with graduate study, and to provide students with invaluable experience that can feature on CV and future job/study applications. Teaching excellence, as reflected by high student satisfaction and teaching awards, is central to the departmental ethos.