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EDUCATIONAL SERVICES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BATH
Author(s) -
AUSTWICK K.,
HARRIS N. D. C.
Publication year - 1947
Publication title -
higher education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.976
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1468-2273
pISSN - 0951-5224
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2273.1947.tb02086.x
Subject(s) - unit (ring theory) , service (business) , sociology , curriculum , work (physics) , backup , credibility , higher education , organizational structure , public relations , management , library science , political science , business , engineering , psychology , computer science , pedagogy , marketing , law , mechanical engineering , mathematics education , economics
Educational technology units, audio‐visual aids centres or television services have been established in many British Universities during the present quinquennium. These have met with varied responses from academics, and several organizational patterns have emerged. This article sets out to describe the organizational structure and the range of services offered by the Educational Services in the University of Bath. The Service grew out of the amalgamation of several discrete and independent provisions within the University‐projection services, a City‐University television service, a unit in the School of Education and so on. “Across the board” involvement is achieved via a Senate Committee responsible for overall direction, credibility is established by the appointment of an existing academic staff member as director, and an internal bulletin provides the core of a communications system with the academics. Staff seminars on curriculum analysis and development, methods of evaluation and so on, backed up by occasional visiting speakers, provide theoretical backup to the practical and hardware services. An important aspect of the work of the Service is co‐operation and co‐ordination with the new University Library which has been designed to provide both book and “non‐book” information services. Professor Austwick is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Educational Technology, and Mr. Harris is the Director of Educational Services in the University.