Chris Little

Research Title:

Evaluating the long-term benefits of participation in an extra-curricular undergraduate research conference

Academic Publications:

Little, C. (2016) ‘Undergraduate Research (UR): Context, Benefits and UR in Action’ [Online] Journal of Academic Development and Education, 6, pp.110-118.

Little, C. (2018) Utilising action research to evaluate the long-term benefits of student participation in an extra-curricular undergraduate research conference. In L. Arnold & L. Norton (Eds). HEA Action Research: Sector Case Studies. Higher Education Academy: York. Available at: goo.gl/Rm222U

Little, C. (2020) ‘The surprising truth about who engages in a non-assessed undergraduate conference and what they present’, Innovative Practice in Higher Education, 4 (1), Available at: http://journals.staffs.ac.uk/index.php/ipihe

Little, C. (2020). Undergraduate research as student engagement springboard: Exploring the longer-term reported benefits of participation in a research conference. Educational Research. 62 (2), 229-245 DOI: 10.1080/00131881.2020.1747360

Little, C. (2020) We just used it as our soapbox didn’t we?”: Empowering students as independent producers of knowledge through an undergraduate research conference. Student Empowerment: Reflections of Teachers and Students in Higher Education. Logos Verlag, pp.59-73.

Conference:

Little, C. (2016). Undergraduate Research (UR): Context, Benefits and UR in Action. RAISE 2016 Annual Conference, 8th September 2016. Loughborough University. Further details at: http://raise-network.ning.com/page/raise16

Little, C. (2017). [POSTER] An unexpected journey: The students that present at an extra-curricular undergraduate research conference and what they present. The HEA Annual Conference Generation TEF: Teaching in the spotlight. 5th July 2017, University of Manchester. Further details at: https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/training-events/hea-annual-conference-2017-generation-tef-teaching-spotlight

Little, C. (2017). The opportunity to express ourselves’: Short and long-term benefits of participation in an extracurricular undergraduate research conference. Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching: Frameworks and Practice Conference. 7th July 2017, University of Sheffield. Further details at: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/als/current/engaged/conference

Little, C. (2018). Undergraduate research as student engagement springboard: Exploring the longer-term benefits of participation in an undergraduate research conference. British Educational Research Association Annual Conference. 11th -13th September 2018, University of Northumbria. Further details at: https://www.bera.ac.uk/beraconference-2018

Little, C. (2019). Fostering engagement in research beyond assessments and the curriculum via an undergraduate research conference. ALDinHE 2019: The learning development conference. 15-17th April 2019, University of Exeter. Further details at: http://www.aldinhe.ac.uk/events/