The Economics Network funded Learning and Teaching Development Projects (formerly "mini-projects") up to the value of £5000 to address the development, implementation and evaluation of innovative approaches to teaching, learning and assessment in Economics Higher Education.
The scheme was aimed at academics wanting to develop and evaluate new approaches to their teaching practices.
A meeting for project holders is held at the outset of the project.
2010-11 Projects
New teaching and learning projects
- Enhancing international student experience with innovative assessment and feedback on postgraduates Economics studies at Glamorgan
- Esyin Chew and Helena Snee, University of Glamorgan
- Project-based learning of modern econometrics (online materials)
- Steve Cook, Swansea University
- The Role, Responsibilities and Remunerations of Graduate Teaching Assistants
- Valerie Dickie, Heriot-Watt University
- The development of an Advisory Board to support Health Economics Education (HEe)
- Emma Frew, University of Birmingham
- An audiovisual resource for Health Economics education (HEe) (online materials)
- Emma Frew, University of Birmingham
- Students’ Explanatory Styles, Study Performance and Engagement
- Bartosz T Gebka, Newcastle University
- Teaching economics through proverbs: a transformative learning approach
- Gherardo Girardi, London Metropolitan University
- Applying principles of action learning in undergraduate economics programs
- Robert Mochrie, Heriot-Watt University
- Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) Builder (online materials)
- Dan Wheatley, Nottingham Trent University
- The effectiveness of remedial education – addressing enhancement in student performance and retention in a post-1992 university
- Giorgio Di Pietro, Westminster Business School
- Inclusive Practices to Promote International Students’ Participation and Satisfaction
- Margarida Dolan
- Embedding Academic Skills in the Teaching and Learning Process
- Russell Bentley, Southampton University
- Enhancing the employability of Economics students
- Vitalia Kinakh, Bolton Business School
- An investigation into the potential for blended learning approaches in enhancing students’ assessment experience on an Introduction to Economics and Statistics Module
- Shaista Naheed Minhas, Canterbury Christ Church University
- A global climate mitigation game (online materials)
- James Copestake, University of Bath
Continued projects
- Supporting Students of Economics to Enhance their Skills in Using International Data
- Dean Garratt, Stephen Heasell, Nottingham Trent University
- Connections in Political Economy and Global Economic Issues
- Robert Jones, Nottingham Trent University
2008-09 Projects
Development of Project Ideas
- Provision of Econometric Data to Supplement Teaching with Open Source Software (online materials)
- Karl Shutes, Coventry University
- Student appreciation of Wikipedia / use of wikis in creating group reports in economics
- Julian Wells, Kingston University
- Incorporating students' production of a Current News and Events magazine into their Applied Economics curriculum (scoping project)
- Willem Spanjers, Kingston University
- Identifying and understanding the motivations of students reading economics at university
- Gherardo Girardi, London Metropolitan University
New Learning and Teaching Projects
- Evaluating current practice and formulating retention strategies for year 1 Economics
- Mike Walsh, Coventry University
- Engaging Business Degree Students in the study of Economics
- Munacinga Simatele, University of Hertfordshire
- Videos on the use of software packages for economics
- Guglielmo Volpe, London Metropolitan University
- Exploring the links between research and teaching in economics
- Linda Juleff, Napier University
- Retention of knowledge: long term effectiveness of WebCT-based continuous assessment scheme in case of Economics 1 module delivered at the Napier University Business School
- Piotr Marek Jaworski, Napier University
- Connections in Political Economy and Global Economic Issues (online materials)
- Robert Jones, Nottingham Trent University
- Enabling Students to Make Economic Sense of Quantitative Data (online materials)
- Dean Garratt, Nottingham Trent University
- PhD-Work-Seminars in Advanced Mathematical Methods (online materials)
- Christian-Oliver Ewald and Laurence Lasselle, University of St Andrews
- The development of health economics teaching in the UK from a course director's perspective: A qualitative study in Economics and Finance
- Tracey Sach, University of East Anglia
- Exploring The Economic, Business And Social Environment Using Visual (Photographic) Imagery
- Frank Forsythe, University of Ulster
- Using collaborative learning techniques to support teaching and learning on undergraduate Economics modules at Ulster and Coventry Universities (online materials)
- Mark Bailey, University of Ulster and Keith Gray, Coventry University
Continued project
- The Relative Impact of Classroom Experiments on More Objective Measures of Student Learning (continuation from previous years)
- Jon Guest, Coventry University
2007-08 Continued Projects
The following Learning and Teaching Development Projects have continuation funding from the previous academic year.
- An Investigation into the Application of Economics Threshold Concepts using WinEcon via a VLE for Business Students (online materials)
- Mike Walsh, Coventry University
- An Investigation into the Impact of Classroom Experiments on Student Learning in an Intermediate Microeconomics Module (online materials)
- Jon Guest, Coventry University
- Assessing the effectiveness of heterodox economic concepts in understanding real world issues: an international survey of students (online materials)
- Andrew Mearman, University of the West of England
2006-07 Projects
- Introducing Problem-Based Learning to a First-Year Curriculum (online materials)
- Frank Forsythe, University of Ulster
- Talking Economics: Digital Audio Collections in the promotion of 'conversations' on economic issues (online materials)
- Alan Hutton, Glasgow Caledonian University
- Presentation skills for Economics Undergraduates (online materials)
- Judith Piggott, Oxford Brookes University
- Economics teaching and learning through the arts: the contribution of literature and cinema (online materials)
- Gherardo Girardi, Guglielmo Volpe and John Sedgwick, London Metropolitan University
- Writing for Economists (online materials)
- Margaret Bray and Jonathan Leape, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Embedding a generic ePortfolio/PDP tool in a basic skills module for Economics and Business students (online materials)
- Paul Latreille, University of Swansea
- Assessing the effectiveness of heterodox economic concepts in understanding real world issues: an international survey of students (online materials)
- Andrew Mearman, University of the West of England
- An evaluation of the challenges MBA students encounter in acquiring and applying threshold concepts in Economics (online materials)
- Keith Gray and Peri Yavash, Coventry University
- Microeconomic Case Studies (online materials)
- Vindelyn Smith-Hillman, University of Nothampton
- Development of a training course using collaborative group learning
- Miriam Kennet, University of Oxford
- An Investigation into the Application of Economics Threshold Concepts using WinEcon via a VLE for Business Students (online materials)
- Mike Walsh, Coventry University
- An Investigation into the Impact of Classroom Experiments on the Understanding of Threshold Concepts (online materials)
- Jon Guest, Coventry University
- PBL at London Met: (1) Why do students prefer 'chalk and talk'? and (2) assessing PBL with a control group (online materials)
- Guglielmo Volpe and John Sedgwick, London Metropolitan University
2005-06 Projects
- Using Personal Development Plans (PDP) to aid the student's self-evaluation of their understanding of economics (online materials)
- David Allen, University of the West of England
- Developing Reusable Learning Objects in Economics
- Guglielmo Volpe, London Metropolitan University
- Embedding PBL and Critical Skill Development in the Curriculum (online materials)
- Judith Piggott, Oxford Brookes University
- Writing for Economists: Embedding the Development of Writing Skills in Economics Courses (online materials)
- Margaret Bray and Jonathan Leape, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Skills for Enterprise (online materials)
- Liz Barnett and Fiona Sandford, London School of Economics and Political Science
2004-05 Projects
- Talking economics: digital audio collections in the promotion of conversations on economic issues (online materials)
- Alan Hutton, Glasgow Caledonian University
- Developing critical reasoning skills as a foundation for the first year core curriculum (online materials)
- Judith Piggott, Oxford Brookes University
- Using personal development plans (PDP) to improve students' understanding of economics (online materials)
- David Allen, University of the West of England
- Second year undergraduate retention study (online materials)
- Linda Juleff, Napier University
