Last updated on 15 July 2019
It’s official, there has been a significant improvement in user experience amongst our students following the innovative transformation of three lecture theatres last summer.
The £2.8m innovative, sector leading redesign of Dental LT, Mechanical Engineering LT B and Roger Stevens LT 8 completed last summer allowing for a full year of teaching to be delivered this year. The work undertaken saw the physical redevelopment of the lecture theatre spaces to allow group discussion alongside the use of installed technology for group work, interaction, communication and recording.
Students were surveyed before and after the transformation with regards to how satisfied they were with the lecture theatres, how comfortable they found the writing surfaces, how conducive the room was for group study, how satisfied they were with AV and IT provision and how well the lecture theatre lends itself to group work.
The fantastic results showed our students love the facilities, with overwhelming satisfaction scores above 80% for each of these areas.
Some students feedback comments included:
“Great for group work”
“It is much better and comfier”
“We need more lecture theatres like this”
Satisfaction scores
Dental Lecture Theatre
52.1% (2016) – 81.5% (2017 )
Roger Stevens 8
64.5% (2016) – 85% (2017)
Mechanical Engineering Lecture Theatre B
67.2% (2016) – 87.3% (2017)
Professor Neil Morris, Director of Digital Learning at the University commented:
“Through the transformation of our spaces we have been able to establish the strong pedagogy that we were trying to achieve. The collaborative spaces, with desk based technology which is innovative, enables students to work collaboratively through digital means and enriches their learning experiences.
This first year we have seen a number of the staff undertake the type of teaching they’ve wanted to do for many years but haven’t been able to because of the configuration of the space. The impact is huge for teachers as they are actually able to do the teaching that they want to do and from that comes the positive student satisfaction figures that we’ve seen from our survey.”
Find out more about this project.
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