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The Sheffield Companion to Inquiry-Based Learning

University of Sheffield

Student as Producer is working closely with colleagues from the University of Sheffield. They have recently completed a project linking academic research and the undergraduate curriculum. They refer to this form of pedagogic practice as Inquiry-Based Learning ( IBL).

The Sheffield Companion to IBL offers an overview of themes in the conceptualisation, design, practice and development of inquiry-based learning from the perspective of work carried out through CILASS at The University of Sheffield.

The Companion is intended for those in universities who teach, or who support or develop learning and teaching, including academic staff, practitioner-tutors, librarians, educational developers and learning technologists. It is also intended for students who work in roles as tutors, learning mentors or partners with staff in educational enhancement activities.

http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ibl/resources/sheffieldcompanion

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Undergraduate Research in Australia

Professor Angela Brew, from the University of Macquarie, has initiated this website on research engaged teaching in Australia and around the world. Macquarie University is one of the collaborating universities on Student as Producer. Professor Brew is a member of the Student as Producer Steering Committee . For more information on Professor Brew see – http://www.altc.edu.au/altc-national-teaching-fellow-angela-brew.

For access to the undergraduate research website see –www.undergraduateresearchAustralia.com

This website is designed to provide information and resources for people interested in enhancing students’ engagement through involving undergraduates in research and inquiry across the curriculum and in scholarship schemes.

It is intended to be used by:

  • academics wishing to give students a research experience within their undergraduate degree;
  • academic managers, administrators and other university personnel involved in implementing policy and strategy related to undergraduate research; and
  • undergraduate and postgraduate students with an interest in being involved in research and inquiry.

The website is hosted by Macquarie University and funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC).