Interrelated Teaching and Research

UTS supports the creation of a high-performing, talent-based research culture so that our people—academics and professional staff at UTS—are practiced in embedding research as an integral element in curriculum design and empowering students to be active researchers in the construction of knowledge.  Able to mobilise pedagogical practice to benefit research practice.

Knowledge of: 

• Current skills and practices in teaching and research.
• The various ways research can be integrated in and inform curriculum design.
• How research informs and enhances learning and teaching.
• The pedagogy of how students learn.
• The UTS resources and support to develop interrelating teaching and research.

Ability to:

• Develop a research informed curriculum.
• Embed researcher capability development in the curriculum.
• Inspire students/learners to engage with relevant research projects and develop research capability.
• Integrate scholarly and ethical approaches in teaching and research.
• Develop an engaging curriculum with integrity and transparency.
• Apply research of best pedagogical practices in one’s teaching area.

Confidence to:

• Show passion and enthusiasm for the discipline(s) area/profession being taught.
• Provide and/or identify opportunities for learners to engage with research activities at UTS.
• Create engaging and meaningful learning experiences for students, based on research of effective pedagogical practice.
• Apply pedagogical practices to research endeavours.
• Build capability in fellow researchers to engage with research-inspired teaching.
• Seek opportunities to undertake professional development to learn new research approaches and techniques.