The Gloucestershire approach to active learning emphasises student engagement in a variety of for... more The Gloucestershire approach to active learning emphasises student engagement in a variety of forms of inquiry-based learning (IBL). IBL is a significant way in which research-based learning occurs within the University.
Interviews with business owners and managers are a prime source of information for economic geogr... more Interviews with business owners and managers are a prime source of information for economic geographers, yet very little has been written about this technique. Although the issues involved in business surveys are not unique, several points about research methods are highlighted when undertaking business interviews, including the link between interview techniques and research design, identifying respondents and obtaining access, preparing for interviews and obtaining 'accurate' answers, and ways of conducting and recording interviews. This paper draws upon both published sources and a survey of the interview methods used by Anglo-American economic geographers in order to review the methods and techniques of interviewing. This paper concludes by arguing that there is no one 'best' way of interviewing business owners and managers. Methods vary for different situations, depending on a range of factors, including the research design, the kind and amount of information required, the resources available, and the size, organizational structure, sector and location of the businesses to be approached.
International Journal for Academic Development, 2011
Bringing about change in teaching and learning in higher education is a core aspect of the work o... more Bringing about change in teaching and learning in higher education is a core aspect of the work of academic developers. This paper is novel in analysing the experience of a year-long initiative to support curriculum changes in departments in related disciplines in different universities. It applies some of the processes developed by Change Academy – an initiative sponsored by the UK Higher Education Academy and the Leadership Foundation – to the design of a three-day programme. Underpinned by consideration of models of institutional and curriculum change, the research draws on interviews to identify the features of the programme that appear to have been effective at supporting departmental teams to clarify, design and plan significant curriculum-related initiatives. Emphasis is placed on designing and supporting collaborative curriculum change. The paper concludes by discussing the implications for academic developers wanting to support department-based curriculum changes in their countries.
We see at the national level … the vital importance of realizing the teaching and research nexus.... more We see at the national level … the vital importance of realizing the teaching and research nexus." (Jenkins et al, 2003, 135) "Structural changes: research centres housed staff freed from teaching responsibilities; graduate schools became the arenas for research, leaving departments to organise undergraduate teaching. Each of these (developments) was particular and peculiar, but the trend was gradually of a separation, structurally of research from teaching." (McNay 1999, 196) In many national systems, as in many institutions, policies for teaching and for research and for teaching are conceptualised and delivered separately -with little or no attention to how they might be linked or indeed their possible impacts on each other. Thus in England, HEFCE (2000, 26) stated:
We want all students to access the benefits exposure to teaching informed by research can bring. ... more We want all students to access the benefits exposure to teaching informed by research can bring. ... We believe an understanding of the research process -asking the right questions in the right way; conducting experiments; and collating and evaluating information -must be a key part of any undergraduate curriculum.
... The spatial externality effects of footbaM matches and rock concerts The ease of Portman Road... more ... The spatial externality effects of footbaM matches and rock concerts The ease of Portman Road Stadium, Ipswich, Suffolk James Chase D:fMtOf! ... a heavy police presence) or shaped by the physical environment of the city (for example, railway lines, canals, parks and industrial ...
The Gloucestershire approach to active learning emphasises student engagement in a variety of for... more The Gloucestershire approach to active learning emphasises student engagement in a variety of forms of inquiry-based learning (IBL). IBL is a significant way in which research-based learning occurs within the University.
Interviews with business owners and managers are a prime source of information for economic geogr... more Interviews with business owners and managers are a prime source of information for economic geographers, yet very little has been written about this technique. Although the issues involved in business surveys are not unique, several points about research methods are highlighted when undertaking business interviews, including the link between interview techniques and research design, identifying respondents and obtaining access, preparing for interviews and obtaining 'accurate' answers, and ways of conducting and recording interviews. This paper draws upon both published sources and a survey of the interview methods used by Anglo-American economic geographers in order to review the methods and techniques of interviewing. This paper concludes by arguing that there is no one 'best' way of interviewing business owners and managers. Methods vary for different situations, depending on a range of factors, including the research design, the kind and amount of information required, the resources available, and the size, organizational structure, sector and location of the businesses to be approached.
International Journal for Academic Development, 2011
Bringing about change in teaching and learning in higher education is a core aspect of the work o... more Bringing about change in teaching and learning in higher education is a core aspect of the work of academic developers. This paper is novel in analysing the experience of a year-long initiative to support curriculum changes in departments in related disciplines in different universities. It applies some of the processes developed by Change Academy – an initiative sponsored by the UK Higher Education Academy and the Leadership Foundation – to the design of a three-day programme. Underpinned by consideration of models of institutional and curriculum change, the research draws on interviews to identify the features of the programme that appear to have been effective at supporting departmental teams to clarify, design and plan significant curriculum-related initiatives. Emphasis is placed on designing and supporting collaborative curriculum change. The paper concludes by discussing the implications for academic developers wanting to support department-based curriculum changes in their countries.
We see at the national level … the vital importance of realizing the teaching and research nexus.... more We see at the national level … the vital importance of realizing the teaching and research nexus." (Jenkins et al, 2003, 135) "Structural changes: research centres housed staff freed from teaching responsibilities; graduate schools became the arenas for research, leaving departments to organise undergraduate teaching. Each of these (developments) was particular and peculiar, but the trend was gradually of a separation, structurally of research from teaching." (McNay 1999, 196) In many national systems, as in many institutions, policies for teaching and for research and for teaching are conceptualised and delivered separately -with little or no attention to how they might be linked or indeed their possible impacts on each other. Thus in England, HEFCE (2000, 26) stated:
We want all students to access the benefits exposure to teaching informed by research can bring. ... more We want all students to access the benefits exposure to teaching informed by research can bring. ... We believe an understanding of the research process -asking the right questions in the right way; conducting experiments; and collating and evaluating information -must be a key part of any undergraduate curriculum.
... The spatial externality effects of footbaM matches and rock concerts The ease of Portman Road... more ... The spatial externality effects of footbaM matches and rock concerts The ease of Portman Road Stadium, Ipswich, Suffolk James Chase D:fMtOf! ... a heavy police presence) or shaped by the physical environment of the city (for example, railway lines, canals, parks and industrial ...
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