Research and Expertise
Staff here at University Centre South Devon have a passion for research and learning. We provide staff and students with the opportunity to engage in research and scholarly activity, which includes:
- Curriculum and course material design
- External examining
- Specialist academic and industry consultancy
- Field and action research
- Engaging with employers
- Leading workshops
- Attending exhibitions and conferences and events
- Writing for academic and professional texts, papers, journals and articles
Research Activity
Our staff are pioneers in each of their chosen fields, conducting research that pushes each of their industries forward. This research and the new discoveries that comes with it is incorporated into everything they teach here at University Centre South Devon meaning students learn from recent discoveries from the minds behind the research as well as also take part in this research alongside their tutors.
Click here to find out about the different ongoing projects and the staff that are exploring their area of expertise even further.
Student Innovation and Research Centre (SIRC)
The Student Innovation and Research Centre (SIRC) provides a hub for the advancement of skills, knowledge and behaviours through the collaborative triad of students, staff and innovating organisations, associated with a mutually valued project.
Our aspiration is to put students at the heart of what we do and release their potential for innovation and research. The SIRC supports our aspiration to develop our University Centre South Devon research portfolio, including assisting applications for Research and Innovation grants.
SIRC, which has been developed working with our partner university, University of Plymouth, aligns with the vision of the Electronic and Photonics Innovation Centre (EPIC) promoting local synergy whilst maintaining our uniqueness of being student focused.
The building is designed so that the space is flexible in its use and made accessible for more than solely technology-based projects. Therefore, it aspires to facilitate research and innovation projects that empowers South Devon College collaboration between curriculum areas and specialist at all levels and stages or learning.
The innovation and research will feed into the national evidence base by publishing an annual University Centre South Devon Student Innovation and Research Journal.