Brennan, J, Edmunds, R, Jary, D, Houston, M, Lebeau, Y, Osborne, M, ...
Drawing on the findings of the SOMUL project, this book examines ‘what is really learned at university’ and how much the social and organisational factors influence on shaping these outcomes. It...
Brennan, J, Edmunds, R, Houston, M, Jary, D, Lebeau, Y, Osborne, M, ...
What is learned in universities today? Is it what students expect to learn? Is it what universities say they learn? How far do the answers to questions such as these differ according to what, where...
Brennan, J, Edmunds, R, Houston, M, Jary, D, Lebeau, Y, Little, B, ...
This project was intended to increase our understanding of the learning outcomes of an increasingly diverse higher education system via an examination of the conceptions of learning, and of...
What students say they learn: The subject identity/identities of sociology students (2006)
The paper based on the SOMUL project which focuses on the generality of social mediations across subjects. Drawing on a preliminary analysis of interviews and questionnaires in a range of sociology...
The paper explores various concepts of student identity, which will be potentially relevant to the SOMUL (Social and Organisational Mediation of University Learning) project, raising issues about...
What is learned at university? - Working Paper 1 (2005)
First in a series of Working Papers to disseminate information about the SOMUL project. It aims to extend discussion of learning outcomes beyond notions of competence, skill and particular bodies of...
What is really learned at university?: The SOMUL Project - conceptualisation and design (2004)
The project is attempting to bring together psychological and sociological conceptions of university learning and relate both to conceptions derived from current higher education policy and practice,...
Sociology: an overview of undergradudate studies in the UK (2004)
This report, which was prepared as part of the SOMUL project, provides information on a range of issues relating to undergraduate study in sociology. It is divided into six sections. The first gives...
The Social and Organisational Mediation of University Learning (SOMUL) - Poster (2004)
Brennan, J, Jary, D, Osborne, M, Richardson, J
This poster describes the rationale and methods of the project The Social and Organisational Mediation of University Learning (SOMUL). With a focus on three subject areas, the project will explore...