By taking a learner-centred approach to preparing students for the Microsoft Office Academic Skills Challenge, Ismail Fulu from the School of InfoComm Technology observed that students took more responsibility for their own learning.

Andrew Sabaratnam shares his thoughts on assessment, based on his experiences at the 4th Conference on Assessment at the University of Northumbria, Newcastle.

Using the Biggs’ Study Process Questionnaire as a diagnostic tool to identify “at-risk” students - a Preliminary Study

This article by Shirley Williams and Tay Mui Hua presents a model of competency-based Polytechnic education. It was developed by working backwards starting with the highest outcome desired - the desire for competence in the workforce of the future - and backtracking to the development of discipline-specific competencies which themselves are treated as a function of attitudes, skills, and knowledge.