What is it?
Investigative
| Attribute Dimension | University of Glasgow graduates... |
|---|---|
| Academic | Are intellectually curious and engage in the pursuit of new knowledge and understanding |
| Personal | Are able to locate, analyse and synthesise information from a variety of sources and media |
| Transferable | Are able to investigate problems and provide effective solutions |
How will my degree develop it?
How will my degree develop it?
Curiosity in its rawest form is a quality common to almost everyone. Studying is all about satisfying our innate curiosity; we learn to better understand the world around us and our place within it.
As a university student you’re encouraged to channel your natural curiosity into your studies and investigate the areas of it that particularly interest you. A significant proportion of your learning will be self-directed: you’ll be able to shape the direction of your personal understanding in the early years, and even make your own contributions to human knowledge as time goes on and your ideas mature.
In the course of your independent studies you will be expected to make use of a variety of investigative techniques, research methods and source materials to locate information; examples include using web resources and the library, carrying out field research or tracking developing issues in contemporary media.
Once fully developed, your ability to identify, locate and make use of relevant information will enable you to effectively investigate any sort of problem - and will prove invaluable wherever life takes you.
How else can I develop it?
How else can I develop it?
An investigative approach is a potent mix of the natural drive to seek answers and the skills required to find them. Universities exist for this very purpose, and you’ll get better it day by day as you progress through your studies. But there are plenty of other ways to practice alongside your degree:
- Keep an eye out for summer research placement opportunities offered in your discipline
- Investigate problems and find solutions through the SRC's appropriately named Find a Solution series of paid summer placements
- Try your hand at investigative journalism through one of the SRC’s four student media bodies or the QMU’s Qmunicate magazine
And if your information location and analysis skills need a bit of brushing up:
- Learn how to find information from the library
- Visit the Student Learning Service website and attend one of the College-specific workshops on information literacy
An investigative approach is a potent mix of the natural drive to seek answers and the skills required to find them. Universities exist for this very purpose, and you’ll get better it day by day as you progress through your studies. But there are plenty of other ways to practice alongside your degree:
· Keep an eye out for summer research placement opportunities
· Investigate problems and find solutions through the appropriately named Find a Solution series of paid summer placements available at the Students’ Representative Council.
· Try your hand at investigative journalism through one of the SRC’s four student media bodies or the QMU’s Qmunicate magazine
And if your information location and analysis skills need a bit of brushing up:
- Learn about how to find information from the library
- Visit the Student Learning Service website and attend one of the College-specific workshops on information literacy.