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Findings from an evaluation of an undergraduate research scheme
Jane McNeil & Helen PunthaNottingham Trent University
Context
Scholarship Projects for Undergraduate Researchers
Framework
Strategy.
HEFCE Funding for teaching enhanced by research.
Working Party for Research-Teaching.
Learning and Teaching Enhancement Strategy.
Research-Teaching Initiatives.
Audit.
Student research.
SPUR.
Research mentor scheme.
PG Dip Research-informed teaching.
Research-oriented teaching
Learning how to do research
Research-led teaching
Learning about others’ research
Research-based teaching
Curriculum is largely designed around inquiry-based activities
Research-informed teaching
Teaching draws on systematic inquiry into learning & teaching
Griffiths 2004
Evaluation
Can undergraduate research schemes contribute to mindfulness of the research-teaching nexus?
Methods and participation
• Survey at end of projects.
•16 student respondents (of 17).
•16 staff respondents (all projects represented).
• Group discussions, e.g. RIT roundtable.
• Other data (interest, outputs).
Findings: motivations
Students’ reported motivations
SM13SM15SM17
SM3
Research-led
Research-oriented
Research-informed
Research-based
SM11
SM10SM12
SM16
SM2SM4
SM5
SM6
SM7
SM8SM9
SM14
SM = Students’ motivations to apply
Supervisors’ reported motivations
Research-led
Research-oriented
Research-informed
Research-based
TM4
TM6TM7TM8TM9
TM9
TM10TM12TM15 TM14
TM13
TM16
TM1TM2TM3
TM5TM10TM11
TM = Supervisors’ motivations to apply
Perception of University motivation
T = Supervisors’ perceptions
S = Students’ perceptions
Research-led
Research-oriented
Research-informed
Research-based
S10S11
S12
S13
S14S16
S3
S4S6
S8
T1
T2T3
T4
T7
T9T8
T11
T15
T14
T12
S15S17
S2S5S9 T13
T16
T6T5
Findings: perceptions of impact
Selected reflections
Project supervisors
“reinvigorated my sense of undergraduates as part of a culture of knowledge and research at university”
“helped to put the horse back in front of the cart”
Selected reflections
Participating students
“excellent opportunity to be involved in a real research project”
“I feel like a real psychologist doing a real job”
Conclusions & lessons learnt