Welcome to TASH Introductory project briefing July 17

Welcome to TASH! Introductory project briefing July 17 th, 2008

What issues does TASH address? a. A widely-perceived need for students to enhance their academic skills; • range of student backgrounds; • diverse student and institutional expectations; • known availability of good resources; • variable student engagement; • striking a balance between generic and subject-specific skills; • avoiding the deficit and hypodermic models.

Issues and solutions thus far a. Student engagement - horses to water • Tutor engagement - more horses, more water • Generic and subject-specific resources and skills • Covering a range of perspectives and approaches to learning - is TASH trying to do too much? a. Student participation in design process • Embedding resource in institutional processes • "Seven sk/hills" framework, and "disciplinary examplars" • Open-ended structure - creating a framework into which other developments can fit - continuing evolution of the project

The TASH project core team a. Chris Stokes - Medicine • Kath Linehan - Pure Sciences • Linda Gray and friends - Engineering • Tim Herrick - Arts • Willy Kitchen - Social Sciences • Louise Woodcock - keeping a hand on the purse-strings • Steve Collier - doing the technicals Then a whole host of colleagues (including you? ) contributing specific resources, ideas, contacts, etc. .

Photo by maxgiani Any questions?

Ways of keeping in touch a. Future meetings - next one Tuesday 16 th September • Blog and Le. TS pages: http: //tashdiary. blogspot. com/ http: //www. shef. ac. uk/lets/projects/genericskills. html • Email or personal contact: t. herrick@shef. ac. uk w. kitchen@shef. ac. uk

Welcome to TASH! Second project meeting July 17 th, 2008

What we'll be doing this afternoon a. 14. 00 -14. 30: The "seven sk/hills" framework, and where resources might fit • 14. 30 -15. 15: Small group work on skills resources and pedagogies • 15. 15 -15. 45: Coffee and sharing results from the small group work • 15. 45 -16. 20: Whole group discussion on the skills and resources we've identified • 16. 20 -16. 30: Closing remarks - next steps. (TH and WK will remain after this point for individual discussions)

Seven sk/hills framework a. academic literacy b. personal and interpersonal skills c. problem solving and data handling d. analytical skills e. written communication f. oral and other communication g. reflective learning

Developing the skills framework a. With your square post-its, add specific skills that you think are included within the seven skills; • With your rectangular post-its, add University of Sheffield resources that support student development of these skills; • Use whiteboard markers to comment on the categories and the framework itself - what does it leave out?

Whole group discussion a. What works? What doesn't work? a. What gaps in resources have we identified? a. What gaps in our "seven skills" model have we identified? a. What are the issues for TASH that have emerged? In particular, how will we be able to maintain a necessarily light generic core, whilst catering for sufficient specific diversity?

What next? a. One volunteer per skills set to blog discussions and huddleboard image; • Volunteers to write tutor-facing pages/guides; proforma template to follow by end of July; drafts by end of August; buy-out/-in time available; • Ongoing review by core team - watch blog, generic skills website, and email inbox. . . and just get in touch if you want to talk (including now).

Ways of keeping in touch a. Future meetings - next one Tuesday 16 th September • Blog and Le. TS pages: http: //tashdiary. blogspot. com/ http: //www. shef. ac. uk/lets/projects/genericskills. html • Email or personal contact: t. herrick@shef. ac. uk w. kitchen@shef. ac. uk