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Collaboration for Excellence in Teaching:
Education Broker model for widening student employability opportunities.
Cate Cropper, Lis Rushworth & Helen Vaughan, Central Teaching Laboratory
@LivUniCTL
CTL
Physics
Chemistry
Archaeology
Environmental Sciences
CTL: The Building
Conceived in 2006, due to a need to refurbish existing laboratories.
Main drivers for collaboration:
• More Space
• Higher occupancy
• New equipment
• Facilities for new teaching activities
Main barriers to sharing space, equipment and pedagogy
Funding
OperationDiscipline pedagogy
Main benefits to sharing space equipment and pedagogy
Uni
vers
ity • Modern, professional teaching hub & conference venue
Exist
ing
Disc
iplin
es • Modern, accessible specialised environments & equipment St
uden
ts • Access to research & industry standard equipment
Oth
er • Focal point for scholarship
Benefit to University
• Modern and professional venue for learning and teaching
• Capacity for increased student numbers
• Hub of technical skills development in support staff
• Focal point for teaching innovation in sciences
• Professional and flexible venue for international conferences
Benefits to the UniversityOutward statement of University’s
belief in teaching and learning
Benefits to Existing DisciplinesBenefits to Existing Disciplines
• Modern, accessible laboratories and social space
• Access to specialised laboratory environments & equipment for all disciplines
• Flexible availability for non-timetabled access to support project work
• Promoting new and improved pedagogies e.g. comfortable environment for group work
Benefits to Students
• Access to research and industry standard equipment
• Access to internships
• Expansion of project opportunities
• Cross-disciplinary skills
• Improved opportunities to develop communication skills
Benefits to Students
Resulting in improved employability skills
Other benefits
• Focal point for scholarship• Venue for Outreach• Employers
Benefits to Students
Sharing has made us stronger• Improved
equipment• Focus on
teaching
• Sharing ideas, activities & space
• Making connections
Education Broker Model
Education Broker
Broker nouna person who acts as an agent for other people in buying and selling goods or property [usually for commission]
a negotiator or middleman
[ref.]John Murray Learning. (2017) Chambers –search chambers. Available at: http://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=broker&title=21st (Accessed: 11 January 2017).
Education Broker nouna scholar who acts as an agent for other academics in developing new or using existing resources and educational literature for scholarly commissiona negotiator and implementer of change in educational practices
Our definition is still in development
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Advisors Implementers Researchers
School of Physical Sciences
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology
School of Environmental Sciences
Education Brokers
CTL L&T
Education Broker team: where do we fit in?
A group of co-located satellite academics who orchestrate collaboration between disciplines
Traits of an Education Broker Team
Discipline specific lecturers with cross-discipline pedagogical interests and different administrative roles
Co-located
Other’s promotion
Freedom to be selfless
Core aim: to improve teaching in the Physical and Environmental Sciences
Education Brokers: Traits
Discipline & Public
Engagement Skills
Operation& Admin
Pedagogical Interests
Education Broker team activities: A richer student experience at all scales
Module developers / leaders
Programme developers / leaders
Collaboration with other departments & industry to
facilitate projects and modules
Direct supervision of BSc/Masters/PhD projects
Summer intern projects
• Physics with Education• Geology and Physical Geography
• Chemistry and Engineering(AEG)• MAST collaboration• Geoarchaeology• Physics and archaeology
• Electronic laboratory note books• Planetarium• Curriculum development
Education Broker driven activities for Outreach and Public Engagement: Supporting students to communicate with the wider community
Facilitating cross-university outreach &
public engagement activities
Supporting students & colleagues to deliver
outreach
Personal delivery of outreach activities
• Science Jamboree• HiPy
• “In house” science days for schools
• Science communication modules
• Ness Science Fair / VG&M events
• SIAS• Café Sci
Abilities of an Education Broker at CTL
• Network across University and with external parties • Coordinate• Negotiate• Investigate potential resources • Identify & act on opportunities• Implement and then hand over• Freedom to be selfless• Scholarly commission
• Ability to collaborate
Education Brokers: Traits
Discipline & Public
Engagement Skills
Operation& Admin
Pedagogical Interests
Organisational Culture (Gibbs, 2009)
Gibbs, G., Knapper, C., and Piccinin, S., (2009) Departmental Leadership of Teaching in Research-Intensive Environments. Final Report. London: Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
Collegium Bureaucracy
Enterprise Corporation
McNay, in Ramsden, in Gibbs et al (2009)
loose
loose
tight
tight
Degree of policy definition
Degr
ee o
f con
trol
of i
mpl
emen
tatio
n
“Decision-making is flexible & emphasises
accountable professional expertise.”
“Decision-making is consensual.”
“Decision-making is rule based.”
“Decision-making is political and tactical.”
What support does a team of Education Brokers need in different organisations?
Organisational Culture (Gibbs, 2009)
Gibbs, G., Knapper, C., and Piccinin, S., (2009) Departmental Leadership of Teaching in Research-Intensive Environments. Final Report. London: Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
Collegium Bureaucracy
Enterprise Corporation
McNay, in Ramsden, in Gibbs et al (2009)
loose
loose
tight
tight
Degree of policy definition
Degr
ee o
f con
trol
of i
mpl
emen
tatio
n
“Decision-making is flexible & emphasises
accountable professional expertise.”
“Decision-making is consensual.”
“Decision-making is rule based.”
“Decision-making is political and tactical.”
In January 2017 the team was awarded the Higher Education Academy’s (HEA) Collaborative Awards for Teaching Excellence
(CATE).
Please contact us for further details about supporting your university to learn about our model
Details on the flyers
Looking for hosts for Practitioner Workshops for academic teams to develop education brokers at different institutions
Case Study being written.Focussing on how Education Broker Model has influenced
institutional practice.