How much do students develop at university?
07 November 2016
Approximately 27,000 students from 10 universities will be invited to take part in a new study as part of HEFCE’s Learning Gain project.
This programme of work is contributing to on-going debates and projects about the quality and impact of higher education, and how to evidence students’ wider learning. Learning Gain aims to understand how students’ knowledge and skills develop during the course of their degree.
In each year of their studies, participating students will be invited to complete an assessment, which will explore their:
- critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- attitudes towards their study experience
- engagement with their studies.
The project will run from 3 years from the 2016-17 academic year. Participating higher education institutions are: Anglia Ruskin University; Bishop Grosseteste University; the University of Greenwich; the University of Hertfordshire; the University of Hull; the University of Kent; the University of Leicester; the University of Liverpool; the University of St Mark and St John; and the University of Wolverhampton.