Murdoch University held an inaugural Vice Chancellor's Forum focusing on Linking Teaching and Research
on Wednesday 23 November 2005.
Professor Alan Jenkins (Westminster Institute, Oxford Brookes University; and Associate Practitioner
for the Higher Education Academy UK) was a keynote speaker. Other speakers included Murdoch staff members
who shared practical examples of how their teaching and research are linked in the context of student
learning. As Alan Jenkins (2004) points out, for some academics this link between teaching and research
is self-evident. However, "the research evidence cautions us that the positive teaching/research
links are not automatic" (Jenkins 2004:1).
The Forum and follow up workshops provided an opportunity to discuss practice and theory surrounding
the so-called 'teaching-research nexus' at Murdoch University.
