Annual General Assembly 2006 - Dalian

Project Session 1

Modern Marine And Maritime Teaching And
Research Training In Uk Higher Education Establishments

S. Bonsall, J. Wang

ABSTRACT

Teaching methods in UK higher education establishments are under constant change. The needs of student and their requirements dictate that flexible delivery is available to satisfy an increasingly diverse student population coming from differing backgrounds. Current methods increasingly take advantage of developments in IT particularly the Internet and Intranets. Simultaneously teaching in groups and a variety of project work both within HEs and using industry contacts allows the development of both the students and programmes. This latter contact allows industry to interact with the work of the HE and offer suggestions for update of syllabi and further skills that students should be developing.
Research is an important part of the suite of activities undertaken by any marine and maritime group and this underpins the teaching activities as well as providing valuable academic development for both lecturers and students.
This article outlines both modern teaching and research training activities in maritime and marine related fields at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). The taught programmes and current modes of teaching deliveries at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels are analysed. Maritime research activities are described in detail using several on-going and completed research projects at LJMU.

Keywords: teaching methods; Higher Education; flexible delivery; projects; syllabi

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