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Research-based learning at Warwick

As a research-led university Warwick aims to maximise the benefits to both staff and students of potential links between teaching and research. The university’s learning and teaching strategy includes a focus on research-based learning, with activities including an Undergr…

Research on a prescribed case study module

School launched a new undergraduate module on research on a prescribed case study. The module, a 30 credit option at level 3, incorporates: a multifaceted case study of a politically and/or legally controversial episode as the focus of study the use and assessment of coll…

Developing research-based learning and teaching approaches through the innovative use of technology

McKellar (UKCLE) Project summary: developing research-based learning and teaching approaches using technology on a Legal Methods module Start date: October 2009 Funding: supported by the Higher Education Academy’s Discipline-focused Learning Technology Enhancement Academy …

Enquiring Minds: strategies for promoting (better) research, autonomy and deployment of skills at level 3

assessment of final year law students’ research tasks. Download the full paper (RTF file, 21 pages, 398 KB) at the bottom of the page. The theme of our paper is student research. How do we help students become good researchers? Are we giving them sufficient opportunit…

Developing legal research methods

summary: support for a series of workshops for researchers in the field of legal education Completion date: July 2001 UKCLE funding: £500 This project provided pump-priming for a series of workshops for researchers in the field of legal education, held in collaboration with t…

Good ethical practice in empirical research on law

In this guide to research ethics Mark Israel and Iain Hay (Flinders University, Australia*) address ethical issues for socio-legal scholars engaged in empirical research. The guide is divided into five main sections: What is empirical research on law? Ethics or regulati…

Building research capacity in legal education

legal education community faces a lack of research capacity and hard data relating to the teaching of law. The diffculties of building capacity are exacerbated by an academic culture in which educational research is generally not valued and subject specialists are not encouraged…

Teaching legal research

This second edition of Teaching legal research, one of UKCLE’s best sellers, was published in February 2006. Aimed at tutors and librarians teaching undergraduates and postgraduates how to research law, the book will also be of interest to librarians in law firms involved …

Linking teaching and research

education lies in re-engineering the teaching/research nexus. — Paul Ramsden, (then) Chief Executive, Higher Education Academy The teaching/research nexus in law During 2002-03 UKCLE participated in an LTSN Generic Centre proj…

Checklist of legal research skills

table below, referred to in Teaching legal research in the chapter on curriculum development, lists legal research skills learning outcomes with details of which particular outcomes should form components of the curriculum for different types of law course. It also indicates the…

External research funding

organisations offering funding and support for research to UK law teachers in higher education. It covers law related and generic learning and teaching support, the national research councils and other sources, and funding from the EU. Law related Law related Associatio…

12 steps to success: producing a quality legal research paper

substantive academic paper on an independent research project is an important skill for post graduate and final year undergraduate law students. It requires the synthesis of legal research, academic writing, project conceptualisation and management skills. This project examines …

Developing research skills

presented an analysis of the need for advanced research skills and led a discussion on tools and techniques to encourage critical thinking. Caroline’s slides are embedded below. Caroline’s teaching seeks to meet the challenges of a skills gap between the increasi…

What is empirical research on law?

In this introduction to their guide to research ethics Mark Israel and Iain Hay (Flinders University, Australia) develop a definition of empirical research on law. Most academic researchers are concerned about ethics. We like to believe we behave in ways that are right and vi…

Test your research skills here!

introduction of the LexisNexis Butterworths Online Research Certification Scheme. LexisNexis Butterworths has worked closely with UK universities for a number of years to ensure that staff and students gain maximum educational benefit from the online services we provide. Our …

Research matters: learning, teaching and the role of research

Hallam University) describes the role of research in learning and teaching at SHU. The role of research in higher education has once again been put under the spotlight, with the government’s white paper on higher education discussing at some length precisely what role r…

Checklist of materials for legal research

referred to in the chapter of Teaching legal research on curriculum development”:/resources/curriculum-content-and-development/curriculum/, sets out the type of information source which ought to be included in the legal research curriculum for different types of law course…

The use of empirical legal research in the undergraduate curriculum

Legal education and empirical research The impact of ‘empirical facts’ on legal scholarship and legal research training – article by Kylie Burns and Terry Hutchinson (Griffith University) in The Law Teacher 43(2):153-178, July 2009 Project latest: ful…

Teaching of statute law: research into provision of current methods and provision of teaching aids

stefan.vogenauer@iecl.ox.ac.uk) Project summary: research into current teaching of legislation, and the development of teaching resources Start date: 1 April 2010 UKCLE funding: £5,080 This project is being carried out in association with the Statute Law Society, a charitable …

The future for legal education research

discusses the future of legal education research in the light of current developments in higher education. Whilst reports of the death of the Law Society’s Training Framework Review may yet prove somewhat exaggerated, the deliberations of the Regulation Board at least provi…

A guide to resources on research ethics

Resources on research ethics by Mark Israel and Iain Hay (Flinders University, Australia). Guidelines and codes of practice Professional associations British Educational Research Association – Ethical guidelines for educational research (PDF file) British Psycho…

Recommended reading on teaching legal research

specifically on the skill of teaching legal research. The select list of further reading below focuses on books which explore the instructional techniques already described, in more detail. Some books provide the theoretical and research basis upon which the techniques have been…

How can we teach research ethics?

In this section of their guide to research ethics Mark Israel and Iain Hay (Flinders University, Australia) advocate the case method for teaching research ethics, including three cases and how to use them. One strategy for teaching research ethics is to attempt to provide some…

Cases for teaching research ethics

In this section of their guide to research ethics Mark Israel and Iain Hay (Flinders University, Australia) present three cases which can be used to teach research ethics – see the teaching research ethics section for how to use them. Case 1: Students faked survey In 2…

Learning theory and legal research

This chapter from Teaching legal research briefly discusses three major theories of learning – behaviourism, social cognition and experiential learning – and highlights the findings in the context of teaching legal research skills. The behavourist school of thoug…

BILETA research into ICT provision in law schools

Technology Association, periodically undertakes research into the provision of ICT in law schools – reports were published in 1991 and 1996, with surveys undertaken in 2001 and 2003. The chief findings of this research are given below. h2. The 2003 pilot survey A pilot s…

Legal research: defining the concept

requirements of official bodies for legal research skills instruction at the academic and vocational stages and develops a general definition of legal research skills. It also reviews the concept of information literacy and introduces five competencies which marry well with the …

What major ethical issues affect empirical research on law?

In this section of their guide to research ethics Mark Israel and Iain Hay (Flinders University, Australia) consider research practices around informed consent, confidentiality, harms and benefits, research integrity and researchers’ relationships. Informed consent Mos…

What is ‘research-led’ teaching in the context of the undergraduate law curriculum?

Abstract Many universities include research led teaching as a strategic priority. Indeed ‘research led’ is a ‘taken for granted’ indicator of quality teaching. However there appears to be limited research on what this means in general and to what extent it impac…

Exhuming human remains from case law: the role of narrative research in legal education

endorse and to encourage the use of narrative research in the field of law and legal education. The session was blogged on Digital Directions, and Dawn’s full paper appeared in the Web Journal of Current Legal Issues 2009(3) in June 2009. She presented a follow up paper,…

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Socio-legal perspectives on contemporary mobilities: theoretical and policy implications

Professor Ackers has recently completed a study for HEFCE on the impact of research and it is clear that one of the barriers to impact is the separation of policy and academic events (creating time and cost constraints). …

Teaching and learning for legal skills trainers

The aim of this seminar, organised in collaboration with "BIALL":http://www.biall.org.uk/home.asp (the British & Irish Association of Law Librarians), was to showcase innovative practice in learning and support from the perspective of the law librarian. The programme explored iss...…

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