07 Feb 2024, 5-6 pm.
This seminar is hosted by the Law, Social & Criminal Justice Research Seminar Series. Our series offers exciting insights into ongoing research projects within the law school and conducted by our external research partners. We often feature work from our research centres. Join us for invigorating discussion!
In this session, we hear from Dr Valentino Cattelan. Valentino Cattelan holds a PhD in Law & Economics (University of Siena, Italy). He is currently the module leader for Contract Law at BCU. His research interests include comparative law, EU law, contract law and financial law – with specific reference to the Islamic legal tradition. On the matter, he has recently published the monograph ‘ Religion and Contract Law in Islam: From Medieval Trade to Global Finance’ (Routledge, 2024). He is passionate about the nature of market relations, property rights and the theory of legal comparison. He has broad teaching experience at an international level, with academic positions held in Italy, France, Germany, Spain, the UK and Turkey. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
In this session, Dr Cattelan will give the following presentation, followed by an interactive Q&A:
You are First-CLASS: How to enhance students’ engagement, performance, and employability through an innovative assessment stewardship service
This presentation wants to describe a project for which I received funding from the Faculty under the SETLEP (Student Experience, Teaching and Learning Enhancement Projects) scheme in Summer 2023. The project is entitled ‘First CLASS (Contract Law Assessment Stewardship Service)’ and is currently under implementation in the Contract Law module, level 4, Semester 2.
The ‘First CLASS’ project moves from an innovative approach to assessment preparation, where the ‘vertical relation’ between the student and the instructor is replaced by a ‘peer-to-peer system’ of assessment support (‘stewardship’) that embraces a ‘circular model’ of education. The advantages of the project will be highlighted both in relation to improved students’ performance and the opportunity to provide a tailored formative feedback to each of them.
More in general, the presentation will underline how the project can also contribute to a more inclusive, interactive and open learning community at BCU, where elements of merit and excellence are combined with stronger assistance towards first-year students.
This seminar has now concluded but it is available on demand here. If you find that you do not have access, you can email the research seminar series leader at mitchell.longan@bcu.ac.uk in order to gain access.