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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