Higher Education Research Centre
"Promoting scholarship in learning and teaching and supporting research into Higher Educational practice and organisation"
Introduction
The University of Salford Higher Education Research Centre, established in June 2002 is a collaborative, cross-institutional research centre, initiated to encourage and facilitate research into Higher Education practice and organisation.
Research interests cover both topics associated with aspects of the student experience generally and also curriculum issues investigated within particular subject disciplines
Director: Professor C.A.Roberts
Deputy Director: Ms D.H.Oakey, Head of Staff and Curriculum Development
Current Research Interests
Current research themes focus on policy and practice in:
- Curriculum innovation and student learning
- Learning technologies
- Widening participation
- Professional Educational Practice and Development
- learning technologies
- student retention and achievement
- student-centred learning
- self-directed learning
- action learning
- problem-based learning
- computer assisted language learning
- motivating student learning
- widening participation
- FE/HE collaboration
- adult learning
- education for citizenship
- organisational issues in HE
- key skills
These themes embrace the following research areas:
Further Information
Contact LTRN-enquiries@salford.ac.uk