Resources

At a time of increased demands on academics’ time, and high expectations of performance and productivity in both research and teaching, it is essential to consolidate efforts and maximize efficiency.

In their research work, newly appointed engineering academics are encouraged to join established research centres working at the leading edge of their discipline. Why is the normal approach to developing their teaching so different?

Typically they would look for new references and textbooks to act as a guide for preparing the content. They would probably find out how the course unit has been taught before, and what laboratory facilities and experiments have been used, and they may seek previous students’ results and unit evaluations.

More often than not, they will follow their consideration of content by the design and preparation of the all-important assessment. In all of these tasks, the majority of newly appointed academics are guided strongly by their own experiences as students, rather than any firm knowledge of pedagogical principles.

This is where already available resources are the logical alternative to re-inventing the wheel. This page will provide some links to resources produced during and after the conclusion of the fellowship program, as well as many more that have been found elsewhere.