University Final Year Research Articles

Application Of Social Media Technologies for Research by Final Year University Business Education Students in Universities in Nigeria

This study investigated the application of social media technologies for research by final year university business education students in universities in Nigeria. Four research questions and eight hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The population which served as sample comprised 4,059 final year business education students. A Questionnaire was instrument used for data collection. The questionnaire contained two parts: Part A had 4 items of demographic variables of respondents – name of university, sex, university type (Federal or State), mode of entry. Part B contained 50 items based on the Four Research Questions: Research Question 1 contained 10 items, Research Question 2 contained 11 items, Research Question 3 contained 12 items and Research Question 4 contained 17 items. The questionnaire was structured on a 4-point scale of responses: Very High Extent 4-points, High Extent 3-points, Low Extent 2-points, Very Low Extent 1-point. There was face and content validity of the instrument. The instrument was validated by experts in Computer Science and Measurement and Evaluation at the Delta State University, Abraka. The instrument was subjected to reliability through Cronbach Apha and the result of the four Research Questions are – r=0.82, r=0.87, r=0.89 and r=0.80. A total of 4,059 copies of the questionnaire were administered to 4,059 university final year Business Education students in all universities offering Business Education programmes. 3,896 copies were fully completed and returned indicating a return rate of 95.98%. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviations. The findings were on four major social media websites: web 2.0, WhatsApp, YouTube and Facebook. The study revealed that there is a low extent of use of social media sites for students’ research. It was only Facebook that was established as being used to a high extent for students’ research. It was therefore recommended that University authorities should train students on adequate use of social media for research, social media should be included in the curriculum of universities, Government should provide internet facilities in schools and students should be encouraged to use the school internet facilities for research rather than their own smart phones that could easily lead to distraction.

Demographic Variables and Web Information Seeking Behavior of Final Year University Students in Nigeria

The study examined demographic variables and web information-seeking behaviour of final-year university students in Nigeria. The study utilized a survey research approach, employing a questionnaire as the primary data collection tool. The research population consisted of 377 final-year undergraduates selected purposively from three universities in Nigeria. The results of the study indicated that students primarily sought web-based information to complete class assignments and research projects. Additionally, challenges such as information overload and the high cost of subscriptions were identified in connection with students’ online information-seeking behaviour. The study concluded that a good number of students frequently seek information from Google search and Wikipedia as well as electronic journals, which has helped them meet the demands of their academic pursuits. The study recommended, among others, that university libraries should encourage faculty members to continually assign research tasks to students that will compel them to visit their electronic libraries, where they will get new knowledge and acquire skills in web information searching. Librarians, through user education programmes, should organize practical sessions where students would be taught how to search and retrieve relevant web resources.

The COVID-19 Conundrum and the Lived Experiences of Indonesian Final Year University Students

The overarching research on the COVID-19 pandemic is dominated by the science-medical research area. There is a lacuna of research addressing the social dimension of the pandemic in relation to everyday lives. This research has utilized Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenology to address the question of “How do Indonesian final-year students deal with the pandemic, and how do they make sense of it through their lived experiences?”. Focus group discussions and in-depth interviews were generated in order to interview 24 final-year university students. The findings and discussion revealed that two major themes emerged: challenges and disappointments. The participants cited supervision problems along with unsupportive home situations and loneliness/isolation as the challenges during this pandemic. This research also explored the way in which a sense of disappointment lies within the displacement of their living events, such as the loss of a spatial identity which is represented by the university spaces, through to the missed chance of having a graduation ceremony. The COVID-19 pandemic is a spiraling conundrum wherein the physical dimension of health often eclipses the mental-psychological dimension. This research demonstrates that the lasting effect of the pandemic stretches beyond the materiality discourses of public health. The social dimensions of everyday living experiences should be taken into consideration by policymakers, including university boards, when formulating higher education policies during the pandemic.

English Consonant Mispronunciation by Jakarta International University's Final Year English Department Students

Understanding how to produce and how to use speech sounds are essential for English learners to avoid mispronunciation. However, most of the English learners would then likely to mispronounce the English consonants that can lead to misunderstanding, miscommunication and even negative expression. This study attempts to find out the mispronounced English consonants and the most commonly mispronounced English consonants by final year English Department students of Jakarta International University. Qualitative descriptive was used in this research with a pronunciation test as the research instrument. In discovering the data, the researchers listened to the audio recording from the participants and transcribed the pronounced English words containing English consonants into IPA symbol systems. The result of this study shows that there are 12 English consonants mispronounced by the 10 students and four of them became the most frequently mispronounced consonants. This study is beneficial for the lecturers and students as a heads-up in being aware of English consonant sounds that tend to be mispronounced even by final year English Department students. This research is also expected to be a reference for future research to fill in the gaps in the research field of English mispronunciation.

Psychological skills training using simulated practice for brief therapeutic interactions

Physiotherapy students lack confidence when applying psychological strategies as part of interaction and assessment. Further research is required to establish consistent approaches to training in prequalifying programmes. The purpose of this study was (a) to document experiences of student physiotherapist to a Stroke-based simulation when applying the model of emotions, adaptation and hope (MEAH) tool, (b) consider if there are different experiences when the tool is applied online versus in-person and (c) provide recommendations for the use and application of the MEAH tool and training for future research and clinical practice. An interpretative hermeneutic phenomenological study was undertaken. Two settings were selected in-person and online via zoom©. E-training focussing on the principles of the MEAH was delivered before a 10-minute simulation was undertaken by each student (online or in person). Semi-structured interview examining the experiences of the e-training were analysed using a reflexive thematic analysis. A conversation analysis was applied to 24 recorded in-person conversations. Twenty-five university final year physiotherapy students completed the in-person study and 13 second year physiotherapy student completed the online study. Thematic analysis: Four major themes across both groups were identified: (a) the content and value of the e-training, (b) the experience and perception of the simulation, (c) the application of the MEAH screening tool and (d) future training needs. Conversational analysis: Three types of interaction were identified. Type 1 interactions (15/24, 62.5%) followed the form in a very exacting way. Type 2 interactions (3/24, 12.5%) used the tool as an aid to their conversation. Type 3 interactions (6/24, 25%) deviated from the main focus of the tool. Factors which influenced the interaction were identified. The current study demonstrated that the model of emotions, adaptation and hope can be used to enhance a brief therapeutic interaction for physiotherapy students. Further research and policy recommendations are provided.

The Relationship between Family Social Support and Self-Efficacy in Career Decision-Making of Final Year University Students

The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between family social support and self-efficacy in career decision-making self-efficacy of final-year students. This is quantitative research with correlational design. The convenience sampling technique used to obtain a sample size of 402 final-year university students. Data were collected using a questionnaire consist of biographical related question and Family Support Measure instrument consisting of Family of Origin Career Development Support, Parent Intentional Career-Related Interactions, and Career Decision Self-Efficacy-Short Form (CDSE-SF). The validity and reliability test shows that all items were valid and reliable with reliability tests of 0.870, 0.911, and 0.973 for the Family of Origin Career Development Support, Parent Intentional Career-Related Interactions, and CDSE-SF. The results showed a significant positive relationship between family social support and self-efficacy in career decision-making of final-year students. Therefore, it is expected that the higher education career service center can use family factor as a source of support in the career service process.

A Non-Parametric Analysis of the Relationship between Business Experience and Entrepreneurial Intention of Final-Year University Students

Last decades have witnessed that exposure to business activities, through family and direct experience, positively influences students’ entrepreneurial intention (EI). The paper aims to present and analyze the relationship between business experience (BE) and EI in the case of final-year university students, specialized in business administration and marketing, resorting to this end to a standardized questionnaire, developed by the authors and finalized following a pilot survey. The hypotheses considered, centered on the study of the existence of any contingency or correlational relationship between the BE of students, and their EI, based on related coefficients applicable in such case, have been confirmed, in line with similar studies. Theoretically, this paper contributes to the enrichment of the literature on students’ EI in higher education institutions (HEIs). Practically, students’ EI can be stimulated and encouraged by a deeper involvement of HEIs in entrepreneurship education, thereby creating a challenging entrepreneurial academic environment through a plethora of measures, such as establishing university spin-offs and closer relationships with their specific external stakeholders (e.g., entrepreneurs, businessmen).

Impact of Covid-19 on University Final Year Internship Students

Covid-19 has significantly changed the lives of millions of people worldwide, especially university students. The pandemic has a strong influence on university students, all of whom are concerned about their future. This paper addresses the issue of the impact of the pandemic on final-year internship students. The work’s goal is to illustrate how Covid-19 outbreaks in the last year have influenced final-year internship university students and their internships, internship opportunities, career prospects, psychological well-being, and motivation. The Covid-19 impact is so huge on education. The purpose of this study is to show how it hampers a specific sector, like university final year internship students. In the future, if anybody wants to know the situation of intern students at universities, they will get to know it. The work aims to examine and classify the fundamental problems that final year students have faced in finding an internship during the Covid-19 pandemic period, the obstacles they face in finding an internship, how universities help their students, how students get internships, why internship opportunities are getting limited, and how students overcome obstacles in finding an internship. To complete this research, first, we chose around 25 questions and worked on them to survey different university students in Bangladesh. The research was performed using reviews of different research papers and a survey approach. The survey has been developed using the Google Forms platform. Three hundred students who are currently studying at public and private universities in Bangladesh participated in the study. Students have been asked to answer 25 questions online. The data was evaluated concretely. Most of those students were from the last semester or last year of their university life. And in the end, we finally came to a conclusion about how the research worked. It creates a scenario where over 300 students have shared their thoughts on each aspect of the research questions. Whether they suffer or not, most of them find it pretty difficult to complete their internship because most of the participants were university final year students, and after completing all the research, the results can be written as if there was no situation like this, it would be much easier and more convenient for all the final year university interns.

Current Status about COVID-19 Impacts on Online Education System: A Review in Bangladesh

This paper aims to explore the current status of online education and Covid-19 impacts on the educational system in Bangladesh. This paper is presented systematically by incorporating comprehensive literature on Covid-19 and education in Bangladesh from numerous secondary data sources. During the lockdown, the Bangladesh government has taken initiatives to continue classes through television and other online platforms. However, teachers and students experienced some challenges during the online education system. It was found that teachers were not well trained and had not sufficient knowledge about technology for conducting online classes. Alternatively, many students were unable to participate in online classes for not having digital devices and poor internet connection for living in rural areas. Even though some of the students had participated in online classes, they had a lack of concentration during online classes because of the new class format and poor lecture presentation of teachers. A major portion of the students faced financial crises and unable to bear educational expenses. The university final year students have suffered psychological pressure because they missed their opportunity to apply for several job circulars. The lockdown situation compelled the educational institute to close its academic activities throughout Bangladesh. The government is trying to take policies to solve the issues, but there have not enough published documents to incorporate this issue. This study will contribute to minimizing the research gap by supporting the policymaker by presenting the current education situation.

Moderating Effect of Self-Esteem on the Relationship Between Optimism and Life Satisfaction in Final Year University Students

This study examined the moderating effect of self-esteem on the relationship between optimism and life satisfaction in final year university students. A correlational survey design was utilized. Two hundred and twenty-three university final year students of a Nigerian university consisting of 124 males and 99 females aged 24.67±2.56 participated in the study. Data were collected with a structured self-report questionnaire containing satisfaction with life scale (α = .82), Rosenberg self-esteem scale (α = .86), and life orientation test – revised (α = .79). Data were analyzed with SPSS v.23 at 0.05 significant level. Self-esteem significantly moderated the relationship between optimism and life satisfaction as indicated by a significant increase in proportion of the variance in life satisfaction when the interaction term between optimism and self-esteem was added to the regression model [ΔR2 = .03, ΔF (1, 219) = 7.26, p < .008, b = .188, t(220) = 2.69, p < .01]. It was concluded that the predictive impact of optimism on life satisfaction of university final year students is enhanced by their self-esteem; thus, students should be exposed to environment and program that promotes the development of high self-esteem and optimistic life orientation to enhance their well-being.

An exploration of final year physiotherapy students’ experiences of early mobilisation and rehabilitation for critically ill patients during practice education

Background Rates of mortality following critical illness are continually improving. With this comes an increasing need to focus on these patients outcomes following dis- charge from the intensive care unit (ICU). Historically, bed rest was prescribed for these patients. However, in recent years research recognised the adverse effects of prolonged immobility on multiple body systems, particularly its potential impact upon longer- term quality of life. In 2009, the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) recognised the potential clinical and economical gains associated with early physical rehabilitation. Evidence-based guidelines have been published to recommend rehabilitation starts as early as clinically possible. However, currently there is significant variation in the provision of rehabilitation across ICU sites. Opportunities are available for Cardiff University BSc Physiotherapy students to undertake clinical placement within the ICU setting, presenting a unique opportunity to explore the experiences of those students during the rehabilitation of critically ill patients, across multiple Welsh ICU sites. Additionally, this data can be utilised to assess current rehabilitation practice across ICU sites and inform the ongoing development of the undergraduate respiratory curriculum. Research question What are final year physiotherapy students’ experiences of early mobilisation and rehabilitation for critically ill patients during practice education? Methodology Qualitative, interpretive methodology was used to collect data via two focus groups with a total of seven Cardiff University final year physiotherapy students. Ethical approval was granted in July 2017 by the Cardiff University School of Healthcare Sciences Ethics Committee. Thematic analysis was utilised to analyse the data devising themes and sub themes ready for discussion. Results Four main themes were identified (1) Role of the physiotherapist in ICU, (2) Teamwork, (3) Barriers and (4) Evidence-based practice. Conclusion At present there is a limited literature base supporting early mobilisation and rehabilitation within ICU. As such this novel research fills a gap in the literature base by exploring final year physiotherapy undergraduate experiences of working within ICU. The findings identify students feeling overwhelmed during their ICU placements and reporting an overwhelming sense of reliance on their clinical educators. Additionally, they demonstrate a lack of knowledge surrounding the available evidence-base for practice in this area. These findings can also be utilised to explore the current provision of rehabilitation across Welsh ICU sites and to inform the ongoing development of the undergraduate teaching curriculum to ensure both students feel adequately supported, and newly qualified physiotherapists are confident and competent whilst practicing within the ICU.

Knowledge of final-year medical students at the University of the Free State of hand hygiene as a basic infection control measure

Background: One of the main reasons for the spread of infection in the healthcare environment is inadequate hand hygiene. Poor knowledge of hand hygiene techniques leads to poor compliance. This study aimed to determine Free State University finalyear medical students’ knowledge of hand hygiene as a basic infection control measure. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study using self-administered anonymous questionnaires. The questions and memorandum were based on an extensive literature review with WHO documentation on the guidelines for hand hygiene in health care. Each participant received an envelope with an optical computer card, questionnaire and information document during a pre-arranged class. Participants recorded their answers on the card by shading in the squares corresponding to their responses.Results: The average score of the 107 participants was 46.8% (range 10.1–73.6%). Participants who felt that they had basic knowledge of hand hygiene (n = 32, 30.5%) had an average score of 47.9%. Participants with a self-reported knowledge level of more than basic but less than advanced (n = 56, 53.3%) had an average score of 44.9% while those who reported advanced knowledge (n = 17, 16.2%) had an average score of 50.8%. Three-quarters (n = 81, 77.1%) felt that their training was sufficient. Only 53.3% knew that the most important way to prevent the spread of infection is good hand hygiene. Only 10.5% of the students knew that hands should not be rinsed with water after using alcohol-based sanitisers.Conclusion: Medical students have a poor level of knowledge regarding hand hygiene as a basic measure of infection control.

PERSEPSI CALON PELAMAR KERJA TERHADAP TEMPAT KERJA IDEAL STUDI KASUS MAHASISWA TINGKAT AKHIR UNIVERSITAS DI INDONESIA

Perception Research of Talent to Ideal Workplace Case Study of Final-Year University in Indonesia aims to describe the dominant factors behind the career choice of students and to know the level of student interest for a career in the Ministry of Finance. Respondent surveys are final-year university students, consist of 20 best universities in Indonesia and 5 (five) Universities that manifest affirmative action program as representative from outside East Java / Indonesia. Based on the results, the perception of talent on the selection of the ideal place of work according to the respondent is a company / organization that provides high income, good career opportunities and a comfortable working environment. 80,7% of respondents stated their approval that the Ministry of Finance has a positive image as an ideal workplace according to respondents' choice. Meanwhile, in the competition of the national job market, the Ministry of Finance is ranked second place where the worker is considered ideal and desired by the respondents, under PT Pertamina which is ranked number one.

Familiarity deficit, knowledge and related bioethical attributes of Nigerian university final year public health students after cancellation of free-standing bioethics course

Background: Free-standing ethics course offered to Public Health students at Madonna University Elele Campus, Rivers State, Nigeria, was cancelled. The medical ethics course is considered inadequate for public health practice. Further, theoretical ethics knowledge was criticized as not being translated to expected high standard of ethical conduct. Ethics training was thus left to mentoring, insertions and case discussions across subjects.Objective: To assess the extent of familiarity deficit with ethics related items and the level of knowledge in healthcare ethics of the affected final year students.Methodology: Self administered structured questionnaire using modified past ethics questions was the instrument for data collection. Analysis was by use of electronic calculator with results presented in percentages and bar chart.Result: Of a total of 1320 respondents the overall familiarity deficit was 380 (29%). The highest was in Evolution of Healthcare Ethics 205 (62%). Judgment of Actions in Healthcare had the least 12 (3.6%). The overall level of ethics knowledge was 284 (21.5%). The highest was in Judgment of Actions in Healthcare 126 (38%). The least was in Evolution of Healthcare Ethics 36 (11%).Conclusion: Absence of free-standing course is associated with deficiency in ethics language, history, concepts and knowledge. Free–standing course, ethical insertions across domains, awareness of mutuality of benefits in good behaviour plus character training might improve informed ethical conduct.Keywords: Hobbes, Butler, Harm, Mutuality, Benefits, Morality

Development and validation of an instrument to assess the prescribing readiness of medical students in Malaysia.

BackgroundPrescribing incompetence is an important factor that contributes to prescribing error, and this is often due to inadequate training during medical schools. We therefore aimed to develop and validate an instrument to assess the prescribing readiness of medical students (PROMS) in Malaysia.MethodsThe PROMS comprised of 26 items with four domains: undergraduate learning opportunities; hands-on clinical skills practice; information gathering behaviour; and factors affecting the learning of prescribing skills. The first three domains were adapted from an existing questionnaire, while items from the last domain were formulated based on findings from a nominal group discussion. Face and content validity was determined by an expert panel, pilot tested in a class of final year (Year 5) medical students, and assessed using the Flesch reading ease. To assess the reliability of the PROMS, the internal consistency and test-retest (at baseline and 2 weeks later) were assessed using the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test and Spearman’s rho. The discriminative validity of the PROMS was assessed using the Mann–Whitney U-test (to assess if the PROMS could discriminate between final year medical students from a public and a private university).ResultsA total of 119 medical students were recruited. Flesch reading ease was 46.9, indicating that the instrument was suitable for use in participants undergoing tertiary education. The overall Cronbach alpha value of the PROMS was 0.695, which was satisfactory. Test-retest showed no difference for 25/26 items, indicating that our instrument was reliable. Responses from the public and private university final year medical students were significantly different in 10/26 items, indicating that the PROMS was able to discriminate between these two groups. Medical students from the private university reported fewer learning opportunities and hands-on practice compared to those from the public university. On the other hand, medical students from the private university reported more frequent use of both web based and non-web-based resources compared to their public university counterparts.ConclusionsThe PROMS instrument was found to be a reliable and valid tool for assessing medical students’ readiness to prescribe in Malaysia. It may also inform on the adequacy of medical programmes in training prescribing skills.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12909-015-0433-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

“10 lessons for new clinicians”

<p>As a new clinician, if you have trained as a lawyer via a traditional legal education route you inevitably have very little experience of clinical education to bring to the role, although you of course have your professional and practical experience to draw on. Although many readers are experienced clinicians, this is a timely opportunity to go back to the beginning and re-assess the potential problems or risk areas that clinicians face at the beginning of a new academic year, with a new intake of students. Society changes continually so each year will bring new issues as well as those well known to all clinicians.</p><p>In clinic at Northumbria University final year students are placed in to groups of up to six students known as firms and each firm is allocated an area of law such as employment or housing. Each firm is supervised by a qualified solicitor who allocates cases to the students. Students can work individually or in pairs, depending on the complexity of the case. At the end of the academic year, students are assessed on their practical performance using grade descriptors. They also submit reflective pieces about their experiences in clinic.</p><p>These “lessons” have emerged from our own first year of transition from practising lawyer to clinical educator. We hope some of them ring true with other new clinicians.</p>

The Theory of Planned Behaviour as Predictor of Entrepreneurial Intent Amongst Final-Year University Students

The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) was tested as a predictor of entrepreneurial intent amongst final-year commerce students at two universities in the Western Cape ( n = 247). The theoretical sufficiency of the theory was examined by considering four additional factors that are believed to influence entrepreneurial intention (i.e. personality traits, situational factors, prior exposure to entrepreneurship, and demographics). The results of the multivariate data analysis indicate that the TPB significantly explains 27% of the variance in students' entrepreneurial intentions. Of all the other purported predictors of entrepreneurial intent examined in this study, only prior exposure to entrepreneurship was found to significantly add to the predictive power of TPB in explaining entrepreneurship intention. Personality traits, demographic factors and situational factors did not add significantly to the variance explained by TPB. The findings therefore suggest that TPB is a valuable tool for predicting entrepreneurial intent.

Learning to play: games and web technologies in university didactics

The paper aims at presenting an experiment carried out by the chair of new media theories and techniques in the faculty of Communication Sciences at the Sapienza. Thanks to the brilliance of a final-year university student, a game platform has been developed capable of promoting new learning modalities characterized by video-game actions and interactions. Using the potential of strategic browser games, Learning To Play - this is the name of the platform and of the game we are going to present - shows how it is possible to create new and innovative ways of teaching, placing attention on game dynamics, which by using web 2.0 tools can be developed without having to possess particular technical competences. This way it is possible to improve student learning, increasing at the same time their level of satisfaction. The integration of the game platform with the teaching in the classroom of new media theories and techniques shows how learning and play, can merge thanks to the use of web technologies and create a virtuous circle where you can enjoy yourself learning and you can learn enjoying yourself.

Attracting Generation Y graduates

PurposeBuilding on person‐organisation fit and gender self‐schema, this research aims to examine UK university final year students' perception of the importance of organisational attributes and their presence in three major graduate employers. This study also seeks to explore which organisational attributes attract Generation Y men and women to apply to a management trainee position.Design/methodology/approachIn phase one, 32 repertory grid interviews identify 84 common constructs in undergraduates' organisational choice. A short list of 20 organisational attributes was carried forward to the phase two survey of 862 undergraduates in their final year at 22 UK universities. The respondents rate the attributes in terms of importance and then evaluate three employers in terms of perceived presence of these attributes. The students also provide the likelihood that they would apply.T‐tests, correlation and multiple regression are used to test hypotheses.FindingsAmong university students, the five most important organisational attributes are: “invest heavily in the training and development of their employees” “care about their employees as individuals” “clear opportunities for long‐term career progression” “variety in daily work” and “dynamic, forward‐looking approach to their business”. Sex differences exist in both the importance of organisational attributes and the perceived extent of their presence in three organisations. In describing an ideal employer, women rate eight attributes as more important than do their male counterparts: “really care about their employees as individuals” “variety in your daily work” “friendly, informal culture” “employ people with whom you feel you will have things in common” “use your degree skills” “relatively stress‐free working environment” “internationally diverse mix of colleagues” “require you to work standard working hours only”. Compared to women, men rate just one attribute as more important: “a very high starting salary”. The perception of presence of these important attributes is significantly linked to likelihood to apply.Practical implicationsRecruiting firms can better understand how Generation Y men and women graduates perceive the importance of organisational attributes and their presence in firms.Originality/valueThe paper represents a seminal study relating organisational attributes to likely applicant behaviour across a large number of UK university undergraduates.

Academic research and student motivation

ABSTRACT This article reports an investigation into the relationship between student perceptions of lecturer research and motivation to study at university. A 71-item, Likert-type questionnaire was completed by 100 Oxford Brookes University final year undergraduates. The pattern of correlation between variables together with the results of a factor analysis, suggests that a relationship exists between type of student motivation and attitude to faculty research. It is proposed that Intrinsic Motivation, and a specific form of Course Competence are associated with positive attitudes to departmental research activity while Extrinsic-, Social- and Achievement-oriented students appear to be indifferent, or to have negative attitudes towards research. In the light of the present findings, it is suggested that previously reported negative evaluations of research-active teachers may come from a subpopulation of students who are extrinsically motivated and uninterested in communication with lecturers. Students in this group may avoid interaction with lecturers, while such interaction is sought by intrinsically-motivated, course-competent students. In these circumstances, lecturer views on the value of research for teaching might well be biased by feedback from those students who perceive it positively. It is noted that the present findings may explain how positive forms of student motivation can be enhanced.