DrFionaKennedyAssistantHeadLearningTeachingandQuality
SchoolofHealthandLifeSciences
AcademicSchools
Engineering & Built Environment
Construc=on&Surveying
Engineering
Computer,Communica=ons&Interac=veSystems
Glasgow Caledonian University
LifeScience
Psychology,SocialWork&AlliedHealthSciences.
Nursing&CommunityHealth
GCU London
Campus
Bri=shSchoolofFashion
Business,Management&Marke=ng
PublicHealth
Construc=on&ProjectManagement
Glasgow School for Business &
Society
Law,Economics,Accountancy&Risk
BusinessManagement
SocialScience,Media&Journalism
Plus School for Work Based Learning and GCU New York
Health & Life
Sciences
TheSchoolofHealthandLifeSciences
Around300staffmembersAround5000students:
• Undergraduate:4371• Postgraduate:643
Programmes:• 32Undergraduateprogrammes• 36Postgraduateprogrammes
• 600pracEceplacementswith1000+pracEceeducators• Professionalregulatory/accrediEngbodies
TheSchoolofHealthandLifeSciences:Na=onallyAndInterna=onallyRecognisedResearch
ResultsfromtheRAE(2014)confirmedtheUniversity’sposiEonasaleadingresearchinsEtuEonandfound:
• 89%oftheUniversity’sresearchacEvityinAlliedHealthProfessionsisinthehighestcategoriesofworld-leadingandinternaEonallyexcellent.
• Overall,theUniversityisrankedinthetop20intheUKforhealthresearchatworld-leadingandinternaEonallyexcellentstandards.
• Almost2/3rdsofGCU’sSocialWorkandSocialPolicysubmissionwasratedworld-leadingandinternaEonallyexcellent.
• TheUniversity’sSocialWorkandSocialPolicyimpactcasestudiesatworld-leadinglevelsrankedGCUasinthetop10intheUK.
SHLSHealthandLifeSciencesatGCU
Na=onalStudentSurvey
LeagueTables
StudentCentred
StateoftheArtfacili=es
Employmentopportuni=es
Inter-professionalmodules
SchoolofHealthandLifeSciences.
NursingandCommunityHealth
PsychologySocialWorkandAlliedHealthSciences
LifeSciences
Diagnos=cImaging,OncologyandRadiotherapyOccupa=onalTherapyPhysiotherapyPodiatryPsychologyOpera=ngDepartmentPrac==onerScoRshAmbulanceAcademySocialWork
ThreeDepartments
• Nursing• PublicHealth• HealthEduca=on
BiomedicalandBiomolecularMicrobiologyDiete=cs,Nutri=onFoodSciencePharmacologyVisionSciences
ManySHLSProgrammesatGCU
AcademicStudies
PracEcalEducaEon
UndergraduateProgrammes
BSc(Hons)AppliedPsychologyBSc(Hons)BiomedicalScience/AppliedBiomedicalScienceBSc(Hons)CellandMolecularBiologyBSc(Hons)DiagnosEcImagingBSc(Hons)FoodBioscienceBSc(Hons)HumanNutriEonwithDieteEcsBSc(Hons)MicrobiologyBSc/BSc(Hons)NursingStudies
BSc(Hons)OccupaEonalTherapyBScOphthalmicDispensingBSc(Hons)PodiatryBSc(Hons)OptometryBSc(Hons)OrthopicsBSc(Hons)PharmacologyBSc(Hons)PhysiotherapyBSc/BSc(Hons)ProfessionalStudiesinNursingBSc(Hons)PsychologyBSc(Hons)RadiotherapyandOncologyBA(Hons)SocialWork
FortheCommonGood
Ourgraduatesare:
• Proficientintheirdiscipline• Entrepreneurial,confident,responsible• CapableoffulfillingleadershiprolesindifferentorganisaEonal,
cultural&globalcontexts
CommonGoodAchievementwithinSHLS
CG
Curricular
Extracurricularac=vity
Engenderedbehaviours
FormalMobility
StudentSupport
StudiesAdviser PeerAssistedStudentSupport
AcademicDevelopmentTutor&LDC
ModuleTutor
WhatistheLDC?
Weprovidesupporttohelpdevelopandenhanceacademic
skills
WriEngcriEcalessays
WriEngresearchprojects/
dissertaEons
Referencing
Examtechniqueandstudy
skills
ReflecEvewriEng
ReportwriEng
PresentaEonskills
WriEngliteraturereviews
SomeTeachingAreas
SimulaEonSuite On-campusInterprofessional
ClinicalSimula=onLaboratoryallowsstudentsfromavarietyofprogrammestoworktogetherinaclinicalseRng
Includeswards,intensivecare,homecareunit,diagnos=cimagingandradiotherapysuite
SimulatedOperaEngTheatre
SimulatedOpera=ngTheatreequippedwithanaesthe=cmachineandsurgicalequipmenttohelpstudentslearnhowtodealwithreallifeclinicalsitua=ons
OnCampusEyeClinic
On-campusEyeClinictohelpOptometrystudentslearnhowtoworkwithrealpa=entsanddeveloptheirprac=calskills
Laboratories
Laboratorieswhichuse3Dmo=oncapture,ultrasoundtechniques,forceandpressureanalysis,musclefunc=onandstrength,metabolicandphysical
ac=vitymonitoringtomeasurehumanperformance
What our students say!
• Speedyandprompthelpandsupportfromteachingstaff• Askforfeedbackmid-pointtoimproverestofterm• ApproachableProfs,knowledgeableandiftheydon’tknow
theyfindout• Teachthewaywelikebeingtaught• Improveusandwhatweneedasaclass• Simulateexamspreassessment,giveusinformaEonto
transiEonbacktohome• EvidencebasedpracEceandhandsonsupport,morehandson
thanhomeprogrammeincreasesmarketabilityofgraduateswhengohome/enhancesprogrammereputa=on
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