Ideas CaféEncouraging wider

student reading

Andy Prue – Templeman Library

The Problem

• Students only engage with Lecturer’s

prescribed reading

• Seemingly no willingness to read

around the subject

The Solution

• The creation of a community; the

Ideas Café

• A place to share the benefits of

wider reading and its application

• No hierarchy, no limits on membership

• The Library as venue

The Outcome

• Establishment of a shared community,

based around the University Library

• Opportunity for wider networking, in a

multi-cultural and multi-positional

environment

• Safe environment to practice

presentation and discussion skills on

any subject of interest

Community

Presentation/Discussions

Lessons Learned Along The Way

• Everyone needs a coffee at 18:00

• Danger of online only

• Need to advertise and market the

group more effectively

Moving Forwards

• Templeman Lecture theatre pre-booked for 2017-2018

• Promotion through student induction sessions

• Advertising & marketing

• Accommodation of Distance-Learners during live events

• Blog/EventBrite (Student/Staff attendance tracking tools?)

Questions?

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