New Perspectives in Science Education
Aix-Marseille Site Training and Research Interdisciplinary Platforms
Christophe Laloi, Aix-Marseille University (France)
Deborah Byrne, CNRS (France)
Agnès Kammoun, Aix-Marseille University (France)
Denis Puthier, Aix-Marseille University (France)
Aurélie Belenguer, Aix-Marseille University (France)
Julia Montanard, Aix-Marseille University (France)
Sabrina Marchi, Aix-Marseille Université (France)
Abstract
Since 2022, the ‘Transform and Innovate in Graduate Education with Research’ (TIGER) project, which has received funding from the France 2030 national plan, has launched the first call for proposals for Training and Research Interdisciplinary Platforms– known as TRIPs – with the aim of strengthening interdisciplinarity in training and research within the Aix-Marseille academic area. By drawing on the site’s thematic institutional institutes, this call aimed to develop a culture of interdisciplinary training driven by and for research. By encouraging these educational institutions to promote interdisciplinary training platforms, modelled on technological and scientific research platforms, the Aix-Marseille site aims to develop a culture of interdisciplinary training that is fully underpinned by research through the TRIPs platforms. These platforms are designed to promote the adoption of new teaching methods to support learning and develop students’ technical skills and soft skills. The TRIPs therefore aim to provide new resources for student education in order to prepare them for their transition into the professional world. Thanks to unique and innovative resources dedicated to pedagogical innovation, research and technology transfer, these platforms offer real added value to the campus, as they provide a space for learning and experimentation that enables the development of students’ skills.Today, 14 TRIPs platforms are being rolled out, with a total budget of €4.4 million. To date, the platforms that are already operational provide an average of 300 hours of training per year. We will discuss the specific cases of the following platforms, which are already operational and jointly managed with the national research organisations CNRS and Inserm: TRAIN (Training Research & INnovation – led by the Institute of Microbiology, Bioenergies and Biotechnology) and RareTrips (RARE DISEASE Training and Research Interdisciplinary Platforms – led by the Marseille Rare Diseases Institute), in which lecturer-researchers and research staff collaborate and bring together their disciplines to train students at Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD levels across multiple sites. We will then present the impact analysis approach implemented by the Amidex Foundation, the central aim of which is to demonstrate the transformative power of the actions undertaken, beyond traditional academic indicators. Designed through empirical iterations and enriched by successive feedback from the stakeholders involved in the platforms, this approach adopts a holistic vision that integrates both the internal and external dimensions of impact : outcomes and student engagement, organisational transformations, regional effects and added value from partnerships.
Keywords: Interdisciplinarity, Training, Research, Pedagogical innovation, impact analysis approach
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