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1. Welcome to 2020 – Panopto quizzes

   There is a recent flipped learning case study on the University of Sussex TEL blog. Sussex have recently introduced Panopto and also use Canvas so you may find this interesting and useful.

2. New Year News

   This week we have a number of institutional TEL updates (some of which are biggies) that we would like to pass on.

3. Sharing Practice – Sway, Using visualisation tools to enhance student engagement in assessment tasks

   To mark the movement of the School of Education to the Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies (APSS) this blog post highlights the practice of Sarah Tickle from the School of Justice Studies and her use of Microsoft Sway.

4. LJMU Sport and Physical Activity Department

   Find out more about the LJMU Sport Building. Find out how to join the gym, see the fitness classes available, how you can hire our facilities and more about the sport participation programme.

5. LGBTQI+ Flags

   In 1978 gay rights activist Gilbert Baker created the first Pride flag with the goal of it being a symbol for everyone. Since then many new flags were created to represent all communities within the LGBTQI+ community.

6. Programme and Module amendment

   Read more about Programme and Module amendment.

7. Alumni events

   Throughout the year LJMU hosts a range of events that alumni are invited to attend from networking evenings and seminars to the Roscoe Lectures and the Liverpool Universities Pub Quiz.

8. Voluntary Redundancy Scheme 2020

   Information on the Voluntary Redundancy Scheme 2020.

9. Offers and pre-employment checks

   Following interviews, the successful candidate should be contacted verbally to confirm the outcome of the interview and confirm that a formal offer will be issued by the HR department.

10. Reducing deadline bunching

    This guidance outlines the detrimental impact of assessment bunching on students and offers suggestions on how this can be managed in programmes.