Improve student engagement through your teaching, research and impact 23 Oct
23 October 2018, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
You will explore how to work across teaching and research through engaged practices, to improve the quality of academic activities with students.
Event Information
Open to
- UCL staff
Availability
- Yes
Organiser
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UCL Arena Centre
Location
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Arena Room, 10th Floor1-19 Torrington PlaceLondonWC1E 7HBUnited Kingdom
Tuesday 23 October 13:00 - 14:00
Visiting Professor Richard Holliman is delivering this session, which is open to all staff at UCL.
The TEF focuses on the quality of teaching, practice and student experience, whilst the REF requires impact generated from your teaching. In this seminar, you will hear about work undertaken at the OU to develop an strategy to link all forms of academic work to improve engagement with students.
This workshop will:
- explore how to link your teaching, learning and impact
- discuss whether engaged practices offer a pathway to delivering research impact, and;
- whether this improves the quality of teaching and the experiences of students
After attending this session you will
- understand how to link your teaching, research and evidence impact, and;
- be able to explore how this could be embedded into the culture of your department and UCL
Who should attend
Academics, professionals services and postgraduate research students will find this particularly useful.
About the Speaker
Professor Richard Holliman
Professor of Engaged Research at Open University
Richard is a Professor of Engaged Research at the Open University (OU). He is currently leading the OU's RCUK-funded School-University Partnership, 'Engaging opportunities', working with the Denbigh Teaching School Alliance in Milton Keynes.
Richard has worked at the OU since the mid-1990s. Now based in the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences in the the Faculty of Science, Techonology, Engineering and Mathematics, he has contributed to a number of postgraduate and undergraduate teaching projects that explore aspects of the relationship between the sciences and publics.
More about Professor Richard Holliman