DYING RE TEACHING AND LEARNING
During your time at Abertay, you’ll pick up knowledge and skills using a variety of methods. Alongside the more traditional approaches to teaching and learning, we place a strong emphasis on workplace simulation in the form of placements and real-world projects. The University has a clear teaching and learning strategy, and more details of how you’re taught can be found in the description of each course programme.
Lectures Lectures are designed to give you the framework of a specific subject. Normally lasting one hour, they’re delivered by subject specialists. You’ll be encouraged to note the main points, and handouts are often distributed, summarising the important points and providing further details of complicated subject matter.
form of visits to established companies in your chosen area of study, exchange trips to universities all over the world, work placements and study trips. Much of this is built into the course syllabus, but you can also get involved in a whole range of extra-curricular opportunities to broaden your experience and boost your CV, such as through student societies.
Tutorials and Seminars
Technology enhanced learning
Typically, these involve smaller groups of students and staff and provide an important opportunity for you to take part in active discussion on relevant topics, to build on what you picked up in lectures, seek points of clarity and gain a deeper understanding.
Most courses at Abertay use web-based learning resources and online interaction to supplement traditional forms of course delivery. It makes teaching and learning more flexible and allows you to choose the pace and time at which you learn.
Tutorials and seminars also play an important role in developing your communication and teamwork skills. You’ll, on occasion, be asked to complete recommended reading to ensure you’re sufficiently prepared for participation in discussions.
Private study
Laboratory work This is an essential part of many courses at Abertay, particularly in the fields of science and computing. It provides you with opportunities to apply your knowledge and develop practical skills. Lab work normally involves carrying out supervised experiments and getting to grips with the most up-to-date equipment in your chosen field of study. Both individual and group work is commonplace in lab sessions.
Work-related learning A distinguishing feature of an Abertay education experience is that all our programmes feature work-related learning at appropriate stages of study in order to really help you hit the ground running after graduation. This field work can take the
As a university student, you’ll find that private study is necessary to supplement the knowledge you pick up in lectures and tutorials. Teaching staff will provide reading lists, and it’ll be up to you to make sure you regularly keep up to speed with the subjects being taught.
Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR) When you graduate from Abertay, you will be issued with an electronic HEAR, which will be a comprehensive record of not only your academic grades, but also a range of your wider achievements, including academic prizes, sports awards and extra-curricular work. Your HEAR will support applications for employment and further study. For more information on HEAR, visit www.abertay.ac.uk/ about/student-records/hear
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