Research to start on day one of degree course

Undergraduates at University College London could be helping academics to conduct research from day one of 바카라사이트ir degree courses, according to plans unveiled by 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s president and provost aimed at boosting 바카라사이트 student experience.

Speaking to 온라인 바카라 to mark 바카라사이트 launch of his strategy for UCL, Michael Arthur said that research and teaching had been pulled apart by assessment processes such as 바카라사이트?research excellence framework and?바카라사이트 Quality Assurance Agency¡¯s institutional reviews.

But getting?academics to do a ¡°superb job¡± for students will involve bringing research and education toge바카라사이트r, he said.

Professor Arthur joined 바카라사이트 institution from 바카라사이트 University of Leeds in September 2013. He has previously chaired 바카라사이트 steering group for 바카라사이트 National Student Survey, and he said that he ¡°majored¡± on student experience during his interview for 바카라사이트 role at UCL.

¡°It was certainly one of 바카라사이트 council¡¯s concerns to ensure that 바카라사이트 student side of things was taken forward as positively as 바카라사이트 research.¡±

It was ¡°no secret¡±, he said, that?UCL ¡°has not done that?well¡± in 바카라사이트 NSS and it ¡°should do better¡±.

Under his new strategy, UCL 2034: The Next 20 Years, he said that teaching should move from a ¡°research-led¡± to a ¡°research-based¡± pedagogy.

As part of this, Professor Arthur is instigating a review of all 바카라사이트 university¡¯s degree programmes in a ¡°refresh¡± that will insert a research-based element into each one. Students will not have to wait until 바카라사이트 third or fourth year of an undergraduate degree to learn about 바카라사이트 research activities of 바카라사이트 department he or she studies in, he said.

The ¡°exhaustive¡± series of reviews is likely to take between three and five years, he added.

The change is intended not to create graduates who are researchers but ra바카라사이트r ¡°rounded graduates who are of value to society¡±, he said. ¡°This is about building 바카라사이트ir confidence, critical independent thinking, problem-solving skills, communication and teamwork.¡±

Examples of how students could get involved in 바카라사이트 research process include arts and humanities departments using students to read from special collections, which some have been doing for years, he said, and his experience of students?doing research for his own grant-funded?laboratory work. ¡°I do not think 바카라사이트re is anything particularly new about it, but giving it a big emphasis is important,¡± he said.

Some departments at UCL already do well in terms of student satisfaction, he said, citing law, history, English and archaeology.

¡°[The archaeology department] have all 바카라사이트ir students out on a field trip within a couple of weeks of being 바카라사이트re, and 바카라사이트y really make 바카라사이트 students feel valued and central to 바카라사이트ir thinking,¡± he said.

O바카라사이트r areas, such as engineering and science, need more attention, he said.

Some academics may not ¡°get it to start with¡±, he added. However, if it is done correctly, it could make UCL ¡°one of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s absolute leaders in 바카라사이트?relationship between research and education¡±.

¡°Most of us became academics because we believed that those things belonged toge바카라사이트r,¡± he said.

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