University collaboration for innovation : : lessons from the Cambridge-MIT Institute / / edited by David Good [and three others].

• Superior document: Global Perspectives on Higher Education ; 4
• TeilnehmendeR: Good, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam, Netherlands ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Global Perspectives on Higher Education ; 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

In 2000, the UK Government funded the establishment of the Cambridge MIT Institute (CMI) with the expressed purpose of improving the impact of UK Universities on the UK economy. The programme of work conducted by CMI covered the full range of activities in and this book reports on its educational activities. Through a regime of investigation, intervention and assessment, CMI advanced understanding of how the practices of both Universities contribute to the subsequent performance of their graduates as innovators and entrepreneurs in later life. The investigations began with an analysis of the impact on students of participation in exchange programme which saw a cohort from each University spend a year in the other. The interventions included changes in curricular and pedagogy, and the implementation of practices taken from one University in the activities of the other. The book will be of interest to educators interested in developing the curriculum and pedagogies of their institution to equip their students for the demands of the modern workplace; policy makers concerned with the economic impact of Universities; and researchers interested in the changing nature of higher education in a globalised world system.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / David Good , Suzanne Greenwald , Roy Cox and Megan Goldman -- UK Higher Education Landscape & the Cambridge-Mit Initiative / David Good -- The Globalisation of Higher Education / Leslie Bash , Suzanne Greenwald and Megan Goldman -- Learning through a Student Exchange Programme / Roy Cox -- Learning Through a Student Exchange Programme / Roy Cox -- Enhancing Self-Efficacy for Entrepreneurship and Innovation / Sarah Y. Cooper and William A. Lucas -- The Impact of Student Feedback and Assessment / Roy Cox -- Computer-Assisted Explorations in Mathematics / Haynes R. Miller and Suzanne B. Greenwald -- Lessons in Curriculum Design in Engineering Education / Roy Cox -- Threshold Concepts / Patrick Carmichael , Helen Burchmore , Frances Tracy and Keith Johnstone -- Insights into Interdisciplinary Education / Suzanne B. Greenwald and Megan Goldman -- Developing Evidence-Informed Practice in Undergraduate Teaching and Learning at the University of Cambridge / Patrick Carmichael , Keith Johnstone , Katy Jordan , Frances Tracy and Harriet Truscott -- Curricular Schemes for Post-Graduate Learning / Steve Butters -- About the Authors / David Good , Suzanne Greenwald , Roy Cox and Megan Goldman.