Speed Dating: a Process of Forming Undergraduate Student Groups

First year undergraduate students working on semester-long group assessments may lack the skills and knowledge to make sound choices in selecting other group members. This paper is an instructor’s guide to using speed-dating techniques in a classroom environment to create student groups. The paper also outlines suggestions for lecturers on how to support their students in the experience, based on theoretical constructs around the psychology of choice and work teams

Creating a Cross-Disciplinary Foundation Unit in Communications

This paper narrates the ‘warts and all’ ongoing case study of how a Creative Industries communications unit has been transformed into a successful cross-disciplinary foundation unit at ECU South West