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Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Conference paper › peer-review
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TY - CONF
T1 - Curriculum innovation
T2 - HEA Conference Transforming teaching and learning in STEM
AU - Sas, Corina
AU - Mauthe, Andreas Ulrich
AU - Mills, Sarah
AU - McLaughlin, Colin Ian
AU - Finney, Joseph
AU - Fish, Steven Anthony
PY - 2016/1/28
Y1 - 2016/1/28
N2 - An emerging curriculum innovation within UK Higher Education is MSci Integrated Masters with Industrial Experience. However, we know little about how such programmes may be designed based on feedback and insights from its three main stakeholders: employers, students, and academics. In this paper we reflect on our ongoing work for curriculum development and evaluation, focusing on the MSci Computer Science at Lancaster University. We report on 15 interviews with employers offering placements, MSci students, and academics supervising them. We focus on the critical issue of matching interests and competencies across the three stakeholders to construct industry placements, while allowing for the negotiation of their mutual benefits. Findings also highlight stakeholders’ perceived placement’s challenges and ways of addressing them. We conclude with several suggestions for the MSci curriculum development including mechanisms for managing stakeholders’ expectations, recognising companies’ contributions, strengthening academics’ engagement during placements, and ensuring effective matching process among companies providing placements, students and academics.
AB - An emerging curriculum innovation within UK Higher Education is MSci Integrated Masters with Industrial Experience. However, we know little about how such programmes may be designed based on feedback and insights from its three main stakeholders: employers, students, and academics. In this paper we reflect on our ongoing work for curriculum development and evaluation, focusing on the MSci Computer Science at Lancaster University. We report on 15 interviews with employers offering placements, MSci students, and academics supervising them. We focus on the critical issue of matching interests and competencies across the three stakeholders to construct industry placements, while allowing for the negotiation of their mutual benefits. Findings also highlight stakeholders’ perceived placement’s challenges and ways of addressing them. We conclude with several suggestions for the MSci curriculum development including mechanisms for managing stakeholders’ expectations, recognising companies’ contributions, strengthening academics’ engagement during placements, and ensuring effective matching process among companies providing placements, students and academics.
KW - MSci programmes
KW - Employability
KW - placement modules
M3 - Conference paper
Y2 - 28 January 2016 through 29 January 2016
ER -