Visual Illustration of University Lectures

University of Plymouth: Inaugural Lectures

One evening in 1993, the University of Plymouth was host to a unique event. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Bull, was able to introduce inaugural lectures by the University’s two newest Professors of Chemistry in a ’double feature’ presentation. Professor Paul Worsfold .joined the Plymouth Analytical Chemistry Research Unit in the Department of Environmental Sciences from the University of ...

Atomic Physics lectures University of Amsterdam

Quantum Gases lectures University of Amsterdam

Reassessing the Value of University Lectures

Over the past few years the question of whether the lecture is an effective teaching method has been one of the most heatedly debated topics in the field of higher education. While research on the effectiveness of lectures has been carried out since at least the 1960s, the value of the lecture has been increasingly questioned recently for a number of reasons that include waning lecture attendan...

Lectures