All Outputs (2)

Social Entrepreneurship and Event Management (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tierney, A. (2012, July). Social Entrepreneurship and Event Management. Paper presented at Improving University Teaching, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Final year undergraduates in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow may take a two week, intensive course called Business & Bioscience. Student teams work together on the development of innovative bioscience products. After the two... Read More about Social Entrepreneurship and Event Management.

Undergraduate interns as staff developers: flowers in the desert (2012)
Journal Article
Tierney, A. M. (2012). Undergraduate interns as staff developers: flowers in the desert. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 49(1), 7-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2012.647779

Undergraduate education can be characterised by large lecture classes, lack of quality contact time with staff, and an impersonal experience. There is a move towards encouraging students to learn by enquiry, but how can this be encouraged, given pres... Read More about Undergraduate interns as staff developers: flowers in the desert.