In the Linking Teaching and Research project we investigated how teaching and research were linked within the Health Sciences and Practice disciplines.

Along with six other subject Centres, the project forms part of a national LTSN Generic Centre project, directed by Prof. Alan Jenkins.

The government’s recent proposal to concentrate research funding in fewer top departments is likely to lead to an increased segregation between teaching and research (See: The Future of Higher Education, 2003). This calls for urgent attention from all those involved in Health Sciences and Practice education. We are setting up a Special Interest Group (SIG) where the importance of the links between teaching and research within Health Sciences and Practice disciplines can be debated. If you are interested in finding out more about the SIG meetings please contact sabah.boulebbad@kcl.ac.uk

This site provides a number of resources on the links between teaching and research in our disciplines:

• Report based on 21 interviews with senior teaching staff in Health Sciences and Practice
• Executive summary of the report
• Case studies
• Bibliography
• Evidence-based practice in Health Sciences. A paper by Dr Anne McKee in Exchange Journal (PDF file).

For further information please see the following:

• A link to the Higher Education Academy Resources Database.
• Generic Centre’s linking teaching and research website
• Generic bibliography
• Department for Education.