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The Research Centre is situated under Innovation and Partnerships at City College Norwich and provides a research and evaluation service both externally and internally, whilst also supporting the College and its staff in many other ways too. Since its inception, The Research Centre has secured over £1.69million from external funding for research into educational foci and evaluation projects.

We welcome your comments on this website. Any comments that help us to improve the site, making it a focal point and one stop shop for those involved and interested in research within the FE sector.

If you work within the College and are interested in conducting a research project then we can help you with your project from proposal to print (P2P), please see the Proposal to Print page (P2P) for more information.

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The Well Versed pilot project: An investigation into developing a bespoke qualification for poets working in schools
2011

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Review of the implementation and impacts of the 14-19 Diplomas
2011

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Volume 8 Number 1
July 2010

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Data Handling Resources

Posted Mon, 03/10/2011 - 9:56am

Learning resources have been developed by HEA for use either with students or staff development. They were commissioned specifically for use within the HE in FE sector but can be used more liberally if of relevance to you. They were intended to be stand-alone, bite-sized pieces that address/ highlight issues surrounding data for beginners; the different types of data, its collection, its analysis and presentation formats.

Authors
Dr. Angus Carpenter (City College Norwich)
Dr. Rebecca Turner (University of Plymouth)
Dr. Simon Busby (City College Norwich)

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/heinfe/Data_Handling_resources

HEA Research Skills Workshops Evaluation

Posted Mon, 19/09/2011 - 1:29pm

A report has been produced to evaluate the suite of research skills workshops, carried out in academic years 2009/10 and 2010/11, designed to assist managers and practitioners in developing their institutional and personal research and scholarly activities.

The report reviews the rationale behind the workshops, evaluation of each event and methods used and gives recommendations for future activities.

The full report can be accessed here:

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/heinfe/Evaluation_of_research_skills_workshops_2011

 

Final Report now available- Reviewing the structure and effectiveness of HE resources on Blackboard

Posted Mon, 27/06/2011 - 2:00pm

Web-based learning has become increasingly important to Higher Education (HE) over the last 10 years. As a result, a range of virtual learning environments (VLEs) such as Blackboard have been developed to facilitate, and promote web-based and interactive learning.

Final Report now available - Review of the implementation and impacts of the 14-19 Diplomas

Posted Mon, 27/06/2011 - 1:58pm

This project conducted a review of the implementation and impacts of the 14-19 Diplomas run by a further education college and associated consortia. The Diplomas’ primary aim was to provide a qualification that combined academic and vocational learning by promoting hands-on approaches, and the involvement of employers and training providers in teaching.

Change Teams - Project update

Posted Wed, 26/01/2011 - 10:07am

This short Change Teams study has reached a midpoint and the project has developed a focus on three particular areas in connection with the Change Team initiative, those of  –

 Staff development and engagement

Perception of the impact of the remodelling on college culture

Possible adaptations of the model

 A questionnaire (e-survey) has been used to ascertain views of the staff at CCN who have participated in Change Teams, together with a number of interviews to gain additional qualitative information. The resulting data analysis is expected to provide an insight into the views of those staff who participated in the first ‘round’ of Change Teams in the academic year 2009/10. This evaluation of the Change Team process, to date, will be used to feed into the ongoing development of the initiative at CCN.

Researcher appointed

Posted Mon, 17/01/2011 - 10:06am

Simon Busby has been appointed as the Researcher for this project.

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