Linking Teaching and Research in the Biosciences

There is a strong tradition across the Biosciences of linking bioscience research with teaching, and evidence that students value and are motivated by the experience of studying in a research-rich environment. However, the connection between teaching and research needs to be created, planned and structured systematically.

Much of the content in this section was compiled as part of the Linking Teaching and Research in the Disciplines Project (2002/03).

March 2007 - Call for further case studies of linking bioscience research and teaching

From this page you can:

• read and download case studies of effective practice in linking teaching and research in the Biosciences;
• download tried and tested workshop materials based around case studies from a number of disciplines;
• read an annotated bibliography on teaching /research links in the Biosciences;
• read or download (PDF) a short review on teaching /research links in the Biosciences;
• download a digest of the Bioscience Benchmark and the Agriculture, Forestry, Agricultural Sciences, Food Sciences and Consumer Sciences Benchmark to illustrate areas where teaching and research are or should be linked; and
• view links to related web sites and articles

Related Centre Events and Reports

Event Report: Enhancing life scientists' graduate attributes by strengthening research-teaching linkages. This one day meeting took place on Thursday 28th February 2008 at Glasgow Caledonian University. Read more...

Previous events

Access the web report from our Developing Enquiring Minds event at Napier (March 2007) or our one day meeting on the theme of Research links throughout the curriculum (held in York in October 2005)

Further information on Linking (Disciplinary) Research and Teaching
This series of pages on the Higher Education Academy web site was compiled in 2007 by Alan Jenkins and Mick Healey on behalf of the Academy and provides details of international web-based sources and Academy initiatives to support individuals, course teams, institutions and national systems wishing to link teaching and discipline based research.