CeAL Case Studies in Active Learning

1. ‘The Plymouth Student Scientist’: an undergraduate e-journal

2. Contact details

Name and address:
Dr Karen Gresty Tel: 01752 584628
Email: kgresty@plymouth.ac.uk

3. Context

• Institution / Department: University of Plymouth, Faculty of Science
• Title of initiative: The Plymouth Student Scientist
• Level: The focus is on publishing Final Year honours projects, literature reviews and ‘special interest’ articles. The e-journal’s main target audience is science undergraduates across all levels.

4. Brief Description

The Plymouth Student Scientist seeks to make the research process more accessible/explicit, by publishing science honours projects that have been assessed as excellent. It also aims to support staff and student involvement, by acting as a teaching tool for staff and as a vehicle to promote, share and celebrate student research activities. The intention is for the journal to encourage students to become more reflective and critical of their own research skills as they consider their peers’ work. This has proved to be a transferable initiative due to the successful launch of two other similar e-journals in the Faculties of Education and Health & Social Work at Plymouth in spring 2009.

This case study is available in full as a PDF: ‘The Plymouth Student Scientist’: an undergraduate e-journal

Supporting pdf documentation

‘The Plymouth Student Scientist’: an undergraduate e-journalThe Plymouth Student Scientist Project Information Sheet for Student Participants

Student and Project Advisor Consent Form

The Plymouth Student Scientist Project Information Sheet for Project Advisors

For more information on the Centre for Active Learning contact:
Barbara Rainbow, CeAL Administrator, Tel: +44 (0)1242 714683, E-mail: brainbow@glos.ac.uk
Sonia Chilton, CeAL Administrative Assistant, Tel: +44 (0)1242 714615, E-mail: slchilton@glos.ac.uk