What is Learned at University? The Social and Organisational Mediation of University Learning (SOMUL)

Aims of the project

To explore the conceptions of learning underlying the formulation of subject benchmark statements, the approaches to and perceived uses of programme specifications and student assessment criteria and methods in three contrasting subject areas.
To gather evidence from students and graduates in these subjects on their conceptions of learning and personal professional identity.
To explore how these conceptions differ according to the social context of study and the principles of curriculum organisation.
To explore these relationships between learning, curriculum organisation and social context of study through a survey of students from a wider range of subjects.
Working with partner higher education institutions, the Higher Education Academy and the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, to explore the implications of the study for the enhancement of learning and the greater recognition of all learning outcomes from higher education.