Abstract
In this case study, we evaluated the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) initiative at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), an extracurricular programme that focuses on academic staff-student partnerships and collaborations. While not directly integrated into university degree programmes, SURF provides students with the opportunity to develop practical research skills related to knowledge they have acquired in class. Participating students receive an authentic research experience, which involves collaboration on research projects with academic staff. All students are required to present results of their projects at a public poster presentation event organised by the university. This case study is a partnership between Academic Enhancement Centre (AEC) staff, who organize and run SURF, SURF students, and a lecturer (M.B.N. Kouwenhoven), and it presents a reflection on their experiences of the SURF programme, and in particular on the notions of partnership and collaboration and the potential tension between those two concepts.
Highlights
Student engagement has become increasingly important in higher education in recent years
One initiative designed to engage students at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) is the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) programme, an extracurricular programme at XJTLU that focuses on academic staff-student collaborations and/or partnerships and the potential tension between them
SURF students were invited to collaborate with the Academic Enhancement Centre (AEC) staff who organise SURF, and a lecturer who participated in the SURF programme as a supervisor and helped to guide the compilation of this case study
Summary
Student engagement has become increasingly important in higher education in recent years. This challenges us to consider the level and extent of particular partnerships, i.e., between research supervisors and students in SURF projects.
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