Article written by Alessia Isopi

Introduction

The year three Topics in Development Economics is a very popular module among students at the University of Manchester. Usually, it enrols among 100-120 students from different programs, including BAEcon, BSc Economics and PPE students that have quite different backgrounds.

Since the module is delivered completely online as of last year, together with the Deputy Head of the department, I decided to introduce optional group assignments, where students get the chance to team up with others in the same module, discuss a specific assignment, do some writing in economics and finally also prepare a short video discussing their contribution for that specific assignment.

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