Centre for Teaching and Learning Economics

Review: 21st November Economics Education seminar

November 28, 2018

Last week, members of CTaLE attended a UCL Economics Department seminar featuring Dr. Neha Batura, Dr. Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli and Dr. Jolene Skordis-Worrall from the UCL Institute for Global Health. They presented on the interesting topic of “Assessing Economics using Portfolios: Building Skills while Building the Assessment.” Through looking at real examples of academic portfolios, Dr. … More Review: 21st November Economics Education seminar

Thanksgiving Thursday, Black Friday, Cyber Monday

November 23, 2018

Happy Thanksgiving to all! This is my second Thanksgiving in London and my first opportunity to reflect on this holiday in an economic standpoint, especially taking into account its impact on the US and the UK. This Investopedia article does well in explaining Thanksgiving and its link to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This post is … More Thanksgiving Thursday, Black Friday, Cyber Monday

2018-2019 First Year Challenge Winner Announcement

November 22, 2018

Our first year students produced quality pieces of work by combining the places their groups were assigned to and the theme of “Capitalism, Growth and Inequality” (based on CORE Unit 1) into interesting 3 minute multimedia clips. The shortlisted videos can be viewed on our YouTube page linked here. A huge congratulations to our two … More 2018-2019 First Year Challenge Winner Announcement

UCL BME Scholarship Announcement

November 19, 2018

UCL has announced a new scholarship programme called the UCL Research Opportunity Scholarship that will support future incoming BME postgraduate students. We are proud that the UCL Economics department is listed within one of the faculties (Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences) included in the new scholarship. Within CTaLE, Dr Parama Chaudhury is the Faculty … More UCL BME Scholarship Announcement

Response to the Rethinking Employers Report 2018

November 15, 2018

In the context of subject-level TEF, we at CTaLE wanted to highlight our focus on student employability through the use of hands-on methods and projects. This post is based on CTaLE’s views reflecting on the Rethinking Economics Employers Report 2018 and should not be attributed to UCL or any other associated organisation. It is more … More Response to the Rethinking Employers Report 2018

Economics and Elections (US edition)

November 12, 2018

In the months leading up to the US midterm elections on Tuesday November 6th, my social media was full of reminders from friends, family, and celebrities pushing for people to exercise their voting rights. Given that I hold US citizenship, I wanted to know every aspect of the elections – which seats could be flipped, … More Economics and Elections (US edition)

CTaLE HEA Fellowship Announcement

November 6, 2018

Great achievements within the CTaLE community! This year, our very own Dr. Parama Chaudhury has been recognised as Principal Fellow alongside Dr. Cloda Jenkins who has been recognised as Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). Other members of CTaLE who have also been recognised are Dr. Silvia Dal Bianco, a Senior Fellow, and … More CTaLE HEA Fellowship Announcement

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