Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning

 

Lead Institution: University of Manchester, Director: Dr Bill Hutchings
Contact: Karen O’Rourke, Tel: +44 (0) 161 306 6440, Email: ceebl@manchester.ac.uk
Centre for Excellence in Enquiry Enquiry-Based Learning
University of Manchester
C24 Building
Sackville Street
Manchester M60 1QD
Website: www.campus.manchester.ac.uk/ceebl

The Centre will actively influence education throughout the four faculties of The University of Manchester - Humanities, Medical and Human Sciences, Engineering and Physical Sciences and Life Sciences, and support the existing community of practice. We will promote Enquiry Based Learning (EBL) using a ‘hub and spoke’ model - a central ‘hub’ supporting local developments through a ‘spoke’ within each faculty. We will conduct a programme of research and evaluation that builds on our existing track record. We will also provide an infrastructure for dissemination, building on our links with agencies such as the Higher Education Academy, professional organisations and Subject Centres.

Our outstanding track record of developing and producing gains in EBL will expand our own excellence and bring about the following impact:

  • one third of our own students will have ne experienced som some form of e EBL
  • strong influence on university strategy
  • expanded our capacity for EBL both centrally and within Faculties
  • staff access to expert resources for the development of EBL practice
  • key staff will have been rewarded for their commitment to EBL
  • HR policy on recognition and reward will take account of staff expertise
  • developed networks and partnerships at local, regional, national and international levels.

CEEBL activities will be underpinned by research into areas including the measurement of the impact of EBL, via research-based tracking method:

  • identification of the characteristics of an ‘EBL friendly’ work environment
  • impact of EBL methods on student motivation
  • implications of a student's indigenous culture on their response to EBL
  • assessment of the existing theories underpinning EBL, and their application in differing contexts.

Activities include: 29 June, Learning Through Enquiry Alliance seminar hosted by CEEBL, 30 June, CEEBL EBL Symposium, full day national event.

enquiries@medev.ac.uk

+44 191 222 5888

The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine

School of Medical Sciences Education Development, Faculty of Medical Sciences,
Newcastle University, NE2 4HH