Student as Producer

Dr. Julian Beckton

Topics

• Teaching and Learning Strategy 2007-12

• “Student as producer” project

Recruitment strategy

Ongoing review of courses to ensure they remain attractive to students

Review student entry requirements

Reach out to under-represented groups

Review pre-entry support and induction programmes

Offer multiple forms of delivery

Provide appropriate opportunities for transfer between programmes

Provide academic and pastoral support to students throughout their programme

Research engaged teaching strategy

Encourage innovation in regular programme

reviews, informed by subject and pedagogic

research.

Seek advice from appropriate external sources

Ensure conformity with Bologna

Ensure that all teachers carry out research and ensure that they bring

this research into their curricula

Embed research skills into curricula

Continuous improvement strategy

Remain focused on learning outcomes to determine pedagogic strategy

Provide students with clear guidelines

Give rapid, clear feedback that focuses on future improvements

Encourage student reflection and provide additional support in generic skills

Provide opportunities for small group teaching

Make full use of enabling technologies

Provide opportunities for self directed study

Employability Strategy

Provide structured personal and career development planning

Enhance students self awareness and self presentation abilities in relation to employment opportunties

Develop applied creativity, innovation and enterprise ability

Enhance opportunities for students to practice in work settings where appropriate

Promote external contacts through work and community based projectsSupport student society initiatives relating to work and career

development

Staff development strategy

Develop a clearer career path for Teacher Fellows

Engage all academic staff in research relating to their teaching

Strengthen induction and training of new academic staff

Ensure academic staff relate to Professional Standards Framework

Involve practitioners in programme design and delivery

Reward staff achievement in research-informed teaching and learning and professional practice.

Establish a standardised centrally administered approach to unit evaluation

Collaboration Strategy

Ensure dialogue between staff and students

Maintain partnerships between academics, Service depts and administrative staff

Promote interfaculty collaboration

Develop links with schools and colleges

Develop links with employers

Engage in local/regional/national research collaborations

Environmental strategy

Provide appropriate accommodation for teaching and learning

Establish flexible learning spaces

Provide technical support in all teaching rooms

Ensure that all teaching rooms meet minimum standards on all sites

Invest in library and learning resources

Provide academic staff with enhanced technical support

Student as producer project

Externally funded. (£200,000.00 over 3 years)

Draws on teaching and learning strategy

Research already a key part of that

Students not always closely engaged in research

University Education

Teaching not about transferring knowledge

Ideas are far more important than information.

Need to help students make knowledge for themselves

So students work with staff to pursue research projects.

Or, if impractical, students are assessed on “research like” activities.

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What we’ve already done

UROS – Undergraduate Research

Opportunities scheme. (Students get a

grant to work with academics on a real

research problem)

SCOTS – Students evaluate the work of teachers in disciplines

other than their own.

FED – Fund for Educational Development – funds of up

to £3000 for academic colleagues to develop their curriculum

along the lines of research engaged teaching

What do we plan to do (1)

Teacher Development: promotion

of research engaged teaching and

learning through existing PGCE

programme/CPD framework –

develop work done by SCOT

programme to support teaching, and other students

Learning Co-laboratories: One week projects involving large groups of undergraduate student (500) working in team of 10 with academic staff to produce a product of academic value based around theme of the co-laboratory.

What we plan to do (2)

Re-introduce UROS scheme

(Bursaries of £1000 per student),

work to be done over summer vacation

Re-introduce FED - £3,000

per project, as before, but staff expected to publish a paper

Festival of teaching and learning. : Involve whole university for

one day, in which staff and students will engage with research

engaged teaching agenda.

Thank You

http://studentasproducer.lincoln.ac.uk