Professor Debra Humphris, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education introduces the Learn with US programme.
Learn with US is a programme designed to stretch and challenge students in Further Education, support the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), and help with the transition to Higher Education. In addition to this, its leading edge research focus helps to give students a better impression of what it may be like to learn at a research intensive Russell Group institution.
It uses current research to create engaging lectures, seminars, academic skills workshops and think-tank contests. Academic support for students taking the Extended Project is also an integral part of the programme. Each element is based upon current affairs to ensure that the content is relevant to all students. Learn with US gives participants from a variety of backgrounds, disciplines and qualifications the chance to meet and work together.
The aim of all parts of the Learn with US programme is to encourage students’ critical thinking, curiosity, scholarship, reflection and independent learning. It provides a structured transition programme to ease students into Higher Education, whilst enriching their learning and bolstering their personal statements.
The Learn with US programme can accompany existing programmes of study, such as General Studies and Critical Thinking, can be tailored to complement learning in a particular subject area, or can even form part of an Higher Education programme, club or society. All elements of the programme can be delivered on our own campus or at your institution, and can be tailored to suit any size group.
Chris Fuller, Learn with US Coordinator, talks about the programme.
My primary aim with the Learn with US programme is to support schools and colleges in preparing their students for the challenges of Higher Education. In addition, I hope to introduce the students we work with to the broad, interdisciplinary mindset that the University of Southampton believes is required from modern undergraduates in an ever changing job market. Through sharing our expertise and resources in this area, and by building close partnerships with those responsible for preparing future undergraduates, it is my hope that we can both ease students’ transition into Higher Education and support the staff charged with getting them here in the first place.
Dr Helen Spurling, Learn with US Lecturer, speaks on the importance of the programme.
I find the Learn with US programme inspiring as it shows students in Years 12 and 13 the unlimited possible directions that research can take. Informed by my experience of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, I appreciate the opportunity to give Further Education students more insight into the academic side of university life. I have always had a great enthusiasm in conducting my own research, and, through the Learn with US programme, I hope to encourage the same interest in scholarship amongst those students who take part.
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