Week 1: Report & Recommendations

Laird, Peter

Abstract

The aims of Week 1 can be encapsulated as follows:
- To promote active learning, respect for diversity, individual needs & ways of learning
- To provide students with resources and methods to cope with University life
- To offer a holistic approach to Week 1 that applies to all levels, stages and modes of delivery across the University.
- To engender a sense of community and a feeling of belonging to Napier University.

Key underpinning principles to Week 1:
a) that there will need to be different components of the Week 1 depending on the level and trimester involved;
b) that, in general terms, Week I-Trimester 1-Year 1 will require the most central organisation and management since it will involve matriculation and NSA activities;
c) that Week 1 in other trimesters and at other stages will require less central organisation and may in some cases be based entirely within Schools;
d) that there should be academic activities involved in all occurrences of Week 1 (but given that, no formal module-related teaching will be undertaken).

Citation

Laird, P. (2008). Week 1: Report & Recommendations. Edinburgh Napier University

• Report Type: Policy Document
• Publication Date: Jan 18, 2008
• Deposit Date: Apr 10, 2024
• Keywords: Week 1
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3590057