Name: EDSOC Research Seminar - “What should students gain through university?: Exploring students', parents', and employers' perceptions of learning gain”
Start: 2018-10-03T13:00:00+01:00
End: 2018-10-03T14:30:00+01:00
Location: St George's Building - Room SG 1.11

EDSOC Research Seminar - “What should students gain through university?: Exploring students', parents', and employers' perceptions of learning gain”

In the School of Education and Sociology, we offer a dynamic environment for the study and research of issues relating to childhood and education in its broadest sense, from aspects relating to (young) children’s learning and development, BME, gender, special needs, (cyber)bullying and mental health, to pedagogy and teaching and learning in post-16 and HE settings.Current research projects include collaborative work with local charities and councils on projects to do with young careleavers, cyberbullying, social and emotional aspects in relation to learning in schools and early years settings.We host a programme of seminars throughout the year and an annual conference.www.port.ac.uk/secs

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The Higher Education Forum presents a School of Education and Sociology research seminar.
Title: “What should students gain through university?: Exploring students', parents', and employers' perceptions of learning gain” 
Presenters: Dr Emily Mason-Apps, Senior Research Fellow, School of Psychology and Dr Jessica Gagnon, Senior Research Fellow, School of Education and Sociology
Abstract: The 14 HEFCE-funded Learning Gain projects currently underway across the UK are intended “to measure the improvement in knowledge, skills, work-readiness and personal development made by students during their time spent in higher education” (HEFCE, 2017). We will be presenting initial qualitative findings from the University of Portsmouth led HEFCE Learning Gain project titled “Education as transformation: Developing measures of non-cognitive development”. It is a multi-university partnership that includes the University of Southampton; Royal Holloway, University of London; and the University of the Arts London. We will explore students’ perceptions of learning gain through qualitative data collected from focus groups; parents’ perceptions through hand-written responses to questions posed on postcards; and employers’ perceptions through interviews. The data allows for an in-depth understanding of different stakeholders’ conceptions of learning gain, as well as exploring the similarities and differences between them. Findings from the project are intended to inform policy and practice, especially through identification of where expectations are and are not being met.

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