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Vertically Integrated Projects Academic Forum

October 8, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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A presentation and discussion with Professor Ed Coyle, originator and pioneer of Vertically Integrated Projects (VIPs) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He will introduce these credit-bearing undergraduate modules which are designed to support student research teams drawn from across diverse disciplines (multidisciplinary) and different years of study (vertical/multigenerational) to participate in long term (multi-semester) research and scholarly projects. Students earn credit for their VIP module and benefit from project based learning while academics gain additional research productivity.

The focus in on building teams of student researchers at all levels and from both the Arts and Sciences to participate in an open-ended, exploratory and ongoing research project initiated by the academic VIP team leader and embedded in their own research interests and expertise. Georgia Tech has been running VIPs for 10 years and they now have more than 70 project teams and over 1000 student participants.

VIPs are available at 35 universities worldwide but only at Strathclyde in the UK. Using the Strathclyde example, Professor Steve Marshall will illustrate how VIP modules work within a Scottish curricular model.

At St Andrews, we are currently designing the curriculum infrastructure to accommodate VIPs and we are looking for academics who are interested in leading their own VIP student research team in 2020/21 and beyond.

Aims and objectives

  • Be acquainted with the concept of Vertically Integrated Projects and their benefits for both students and staff.
  • Be aware of the possibilities for leading a VIP in the St Andrews curriculum and context.
  • Have opportunity to engage in discussion with the presenters on their experience of VIPs.

Details

Date:
October 8, 2019
Time:
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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Website:
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/pdms/index.php?Mode=Search&AudienceID=5&CourseID=10088

Organiser

Deans Office
Email
deansoffice@st-andrews.ac.uk

Venue

Parliament Hall, St Andrews
South Street
St Andrews, KY16 9QW United Kingdom
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