You said you would like more internship opportunities to apply knowledge and skills into practical research projects...

. . . we have introduced the Warwick Internship Scheme for Economists (WISE) which provides opportunities for UG and PGT students to engage in current research taking place in the Department. In Term 1 of 2021/22 we made 12 projects available to students.

You said you would like more resources pre-arrival and during Year 1 for those without a background in economics...

. . . we have introduced a webpage with a variety of academic resources for offer holders and new students to use.

You wanted more information about what each module would be about...

. . . we have now provided short videos where the module leaders provide an overview of their modules.

You wanted clearer guidelines on what was expected in order to do well in your assessments.

. . . have created a set of assessment criteria for each of your assessments, in order to help you understand what the markers are looking for, available from module pages in Moodle. We also created an Exams Resource webpage to bring all information together in one place on your exams.

You think that there are improvements to be made in the usefulness and promptness of assessment feedback.

. . . reviewed assessment marking deadlines across assessments, and all deadlines were then optimised to provide the shortest turnaround for providing you with quality feedback.

You said that you would like the sense of community for Economics students to be stronger.

... we have opened new study and social spaces for both UG and PG students respectively and have worked hard to bring students together online and in person in innovative ways such as music recitals, sports events and quizzes. We developed wall visuals with inspirational quotes chosen by you to enhance the look and feel of the places even further.

You wanted a more effective system of academic support...

... we have changed the structure of the academic support sessions for the core modules to be drop-in sessions and set up an academic support working group. We also provide you with dedicated support in maths and statistics for EC331.

You are inspired and engaged by lectures and classes which are stimulating, interactive and innovative.

... introduced a new Teaching and Learning seminar series for staff to encourage innovation in teaching and share best practice, including sessions on using Forums and Turning point to increase participation and engagement. This generated further ideas for application in departmental teaching practices which are being taken forward by a group of colleagues.

Postgraduate students would like more say in the decisions made about the course.

...introduced a separate Postgraduate Taught and Postgraduate Research Graduate Student-Staff Liaison Committee to allow more time and focus to be dedicated to postgraduate feedback.

4th year PhDs need Job Market advice.

...now share sources of information with 4th years which previously had only been made available to students who had already submitted and were about to go on the job market.

PhD students want better access to visiting speakers.

...have instructed seminar series coordinators that they must reserve at least one hour for PhD students to meet with a visiting speaker and this will be monitored.

You wanted a clearer map of skills acquired in each module...

...have created a modules skills page to help you understand how each module taken equips you with important employability skills to be able to develop an employability profile as you progress through your degree. Visit Module Skills page.

PhD students needed more training in research skills and research integrity.

...introduced a new module on the MRes ‘The Practice of Economics Research’ to serve as a bridge between theoretical material taught and the practical application of theory to strengthen the preparation for undertaking research in the PhD stage.