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Research Infused Curriculum

Support for Research- Infused Curriculum

In IATL modules, students lead their own learning, conducting independent inter-, trans- disciplinary research. By integrating diverse viewpoints, you will generate new ideas that feed into your assessments, fostering a dynamic culture of student-led research. This approach enriches your academic journey, broadens perspectives, and helps address global challenges—all by taking an IATL module, enhancing your CV in the process!

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IATL supports students in pursuing their research interests as part of their assessment journey, offering options like the Student Devised Assessment (SDA) Link opens in a new windowthat align with your unique interests.

As part of this journey, you will benefit from skills workshopsLink opens in a new window on inter- and trans- disciplinary academic writing, abstract submission, ethics, and research dissemination. These workshops will enhance your ability to articulate your assessment research, build writing skills, and deepen your understanding of interdisciplinary methods and ethics.

A key component of all assessments is crafting an abstract Link opens in a new windowthat synthesizes interdisciplinary and/or transdisciplinary research and communicates it to non-specialist audiences. This abstract serves as a platform for sharing your work through IATL-supported channels like the IATL Assessment ExhibitionLink opens in a new window, ICURLink opens in a new window, and Reinvention journal.Link opens in a new window

Our streamlined ethics processLink opens in a new window ensures you can confidently conduct your assessment research, with all necessary documents provided for research involving human participants.

Below, you will find more details on each component of our research-infused curriculum process, including assessments, workshops, abstracts, ethics, and dissemination.

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AssessmentsLink opens in a new window

Learn more about the assessment options at IATL. All of IATL’s assessments offer students the opportunity to explore and inquire in-depth. Students follow their own passions and ideas, whether that be through student-devised assessments, reflective journals, portfolios or presenting at public events and conferences.

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Workshops to develop your skillset Link opens in a new window

IATL’s bespoke synchronous and asynchronous workshops

help you to develop your inter-, trans-disciplinary reflective, academic and abstract writing skills, as well as learn more about ethics support and interdisciplinary methods.

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EthicsLink opens in a new window

IATL has developed a streamlined ethics process to guide you to smoothly through your research journey if you are planning to conduct a project with human participants. Our ethics page provides you with essential information on how to apply, including an ethics flowchart and what forms you will need.

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Writing an abstract is a core component of every IATL module. Your abstract is a synthesised version of your inter-,trans-disciplinary research that communicates your ideas clearly and succinctly to an interdisciplinary audience. Find out more about what the abstract is, why it is important, and how to submit.

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Research Dissemination

IATL ensures that students are able to showcase and disseminate the effort that they have put into their research contributions. Students can do so through various means, such as contributing their abstracts to IATL’s Assessment exhibition, publishing in Reinvention: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research, and presenting at the International Conference for Undergraduate Research (ICUR).