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Research - Teaching Nexus Workshop

Date: 29th April 2009
Location: Queen Mother Building, University of Dundee, Scotland
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The aim of the Quality Assurance Agency’s Research-Teaching Linkages: Enhancing Graduate Attributes enhancement theme is to look at how links between research strategies and activities can best support the student learning experience in ways that can enhance learner achievement of research-type attributes.   

This one-day event focuses on findings for Information and Mathematical Sciences from the QAA (Scotland) funded project run by the University of Dundee and is organised with support from the HEA-ICS and HEA-MSOR. Participants will have the opportunity to:-

  • consider recommendations from the draft report
  • discuss case studies that illustrate particular issues
  • identify implications for teaching, learning and management
  • contribute to and influence results and plans for the enhancement theme

Outline of the day

10.00 - 10.15 Registration and coffe 

10.15 - 10.30 Welcome and introduction Dr Janet Hughes, University of Dundee 

10.30 - 11.00 Research-Teaching Linkages: Enhancing Graduate Attributes - Issues for Information and Mathematical Sciences  Project Team, University of Dundee

11.00 - 12.00 Case Studies in Mathematics and ICS and Panel Session 1 

12.00 - 12.45 Workshop 1: MSOR group and ICS group - considering recommendations and challenging issues raised

12.45 - 13.15 Lunch and networking 

13.15 - 14.15 Case Studies in Mathematics and ICS and Panel Session 2

14.15 - 15.15 Workshop 2: influences and consequences Professor Alan Jenkins, QAA (Scotland)

15.15 - 15.45 Discussion session with coffee available 

15.45 - 16.00 Planning: where next and how? Project team and Professor Alan Jenkins

16.00 Close