Student Impact
IATL actively engages students in the evaluation process of through feedback, termly student voice focus groups and surveys. Anonymised surveys are just one way of collecting the student voice. More often, feedback is a reciprocal process and often on-going, due to both the reflective nature of many of the modules and the way students are engaged throughout the module and beyond. We encourage all students who have engaged with IATL to keep in touch, and the post module reflections provided by the volunteer student voice reps with our student co-creators have proved invaluable in reviewing and evaluating how to improve the student experience.
The feedback received from students indicates that they have a strongly positive experience of interdisciplinary courses and modules. Moreover, in interdisciplinary teaching and learning students develop skills that can be helpful in their future career, both in academia and the world of work beyond the university.
Employability
On how interdisciplinarity can benefit employability see the following videoLink opens in a new window.
Impact
Former students have contacted us to tell us how their IATL module(s) not only provided transferable skills to help secure a job, but in some cases, the experience shaped and influenced their choice of career.
Laura-Celine:
‘I used to feel pressure to pursue my initial career ambition... the modules Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship helped me to embrace the practical possibilities of my interdisciplinary training and creativity. I had an interview for a great job in user experience design. I used what I had learned in the module to answer the interview questions. I got the job.’
Darius:
'I've actually been working at a genetics company for almost 3 months now. I found the Genetics module with all the different visiting speakers 😊 really inspiring and it led me to pursue a career in genetics, which I did and am thoroughly enjoying! So, thank you for all your effort and the amazing seminars.'
Sophie
'I am applying to do a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy PGDip course at Coventry University as I have always wanted to go into this field. The Understanding Wellbeing and Navigating Psychopathology modules inspired me to do this.'
Student Perspective
Students have a strongly positive experience of interdisciplinary courses and modules. In particular, students seem to greatly enjoy exploring various disciplinary perspectives on real-world problems; the collaborative nature of interdisciplinary teaching and learning; assuming the role of co-creators of knowledge; being engaged in different pedagogical approaches or methodologies and in varied activities involving multiple media and cultivating a broad range of skills; having the opportunity to be creative in their learning throughout the module or course, including in their assessment tasks.
Hear from other students who have taken IATL modules on the IATL webpage: Student PerspectivesLink opens in a new window