The Value of Research to Undergraduate Learning Prof
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The Value of Research to Undergraduate Learning Prof. Rob Hopkins (Philosophy) Prof. Tamara Hervey (Law) Dr Robert Mc. Kay (English) Lauren Gascoigne (UG English-History, now MA History) Ben Arscott (UG History-Philosophy, now MA Philosophy) Chloe Skinner (UG& MA Geography; Ph. D Town Planning)
What are the benefits to UGs of studying in a research-led University? What can be done to help students and applicants appreciate and exploit these benefits?
Research in UG Learning Uo. S LTC 2012
Some more obvious examples • Even ‘LAW 101’ is researchbased!
Some (perhaps) less obvious examples Co-authored work arising from seminars – Understanding Law (first year UG) seminar resulted in peer reviewed publication (see left) Non-peer reviewed online dissemination of student research (see https: //vle. shef. ac. uk/bbcswebdav/courses/LAW 3008. A. 6/res tricted%20 to%20 staff/other%20 resources/Murphy%20 case% 20 AG%20 opinion/eufootballlaw. tumblr. com/index. html ) Summer internships leading to sole or collaborative publications (around 10 with or supervised by me since 2004) Sheffield Student Law Review
Some challenges and food for thought • The tyranny of the University year, and the three year degree • The tyranny of assessment • The tyranny of professional associations (‘body of knowledge’ expectations) • Ethics of collaboration with students • What is [legal] research? “I read some stuff and I write some stuff. . . ”
