RIT Strategy Working Group
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This document summarizes the inaugural meeting of the RIT Strategy Working Group at Solent State University on June 15, 2017. The agenda included defining the purpose of the group, discussing definitions of research-informed teaching, identifying goals and how to achieve them, determining group membership, and setting future meeting dates. Members engaged in exercises to explore their understanding of the links between research and teaching, and brainstormed elements to include in a working definition of RIT and ways to promote its growth at the university. The group aims to guide the implementation of the university strategy and take a collaborative approach to developing a shared vision of RIT across the institution.
RIT Strategy Working Group
- 1. RIT Strategy Working Group Inaugural meeting 15 June 2017
- 2. The Agenda • Purpose of RIT Strategy Working Group • Working definition of RIT in all aspects: what does it look like at SSU? • Blue Skies: what do we want to achieve? How do we do it? • So who should be in the group? • Next year’s calendar
- 4. Scoping exercise: your thoughts • How does the picture relate to your understanding of research? • What does the picture suggest to you about the links between research and teaching? • What special RIT contribution do you feel you can bring to this group and the university, linking it to your picture?
- 5. Chat and consolidate • Spend a few minutes sharing your thoughts with one person, then swap around • Given your postcard thoughts, what do you see as the main purpose of this group – in groups of four on flipchart paper • Two x charters
- 6. My ‘charter’ on the purpose of the RIT group 1. Reflect on SSU strategy and guide implementation 2. Collaborative space for developing a shared university- wide approach to RIT 3. Create stronger links between schools, academics, students, SLTI and university processes 4. Identify one or two projects to work together on, or for SLTI to work accountably on 5. Move from pockets of best practice in RIT to systematic RIT implementation 6. Build capacity, reputation, resources and research outputs
- 7. We need to build on our areas of excellent research, with research running through our curricula, informing teaching and contributing to innovation. We will be research informed and research active as a platform for our teaching, building on our developing expertise in innovation and enterprise, and drawing on the applied expertise that exists across the institution. Research-informed teaching and applied activity based on professional experience or research will underpin our curriculum …contributing to national and international pedagogic practice by increasing our expertise in the delivery of research informed teaching Building an Excellent University 2015-20
- 9. So what is RIT? Your chance to play ‘Just a Minute’
- 10. Round 1 How not to make RIT work at Solent: the ideal conditions for RIT’s extinction
- 11. Round 2 My best all-round definition of RIT
- 12. Round 3 Ten great ideas to make RIT flourish at Solent
- 13. One classic RIT framework Teachers active Students activeIt’saboutcontent It’saboutprocess Research-tutored Research-orientedResearch-led Research-based (Healey 2005)
- 14. More definitions Research informs teaching Action research Scholarship of teaching Evidence-informed practice Teaching informs research Preparation drives research Student fire new questions and angles Research assumptions refined
- 18. What is our working definition of RIT? What elements make it up? • Jot down your thoughts individually • Work in groups to chart the elements and map out a definition
- 19. What do we want to achieve?
- 20. Kotter's 8-steps
- 21. How do we do it? • Mapping existing RIT activities and sharing them • Focusing on student participation • Using curriculum design • Rewards and incentives • Indicators to measure progress • Research and dissemination • External networks and visiting academics • Research projects?
- 22. Dates of next meeting Monday 2nd October 2017 OR Thursday 5th October 10:00 - 12:00 FUTURE SUGGESTED MEETINGS: Monday 4th December 2017 OR Thursday 7th 2017 10:00 - 12:00 Monday 5th February 2018 OR Friday 9th February 2018 10:00 - 12:00 Wednesday 11th April 2018 OR Friday 13th April 2018 10:00 - 12:00