Documents/RU/4: SRC Intensity/Strategy 9: Partnerships and Collaborations

Strategy 9: Partnerships and Collaborations

The University will increasingly pursue partnerships and collaborations that support the overall SRC plan.

Other Information:

Increasingly, universities are coming to see the value of immersing undergraduates in a research environment from their first weeks on campus. While Ryerson students even in first year have historically been engaged in studying the research of others, their own engagement in the research agendas of faculty and graduate students has sometimes been delayed until later in their programs, often in fourth year. It is important to recognize that undergraduate education should also include an SRC component tied to the SRC enterprise of the University. Undergraduate students, in all years, but particularly in their upper years, benefit enormously from this connection, which fits with Ryerson’s experiential learning mission. And Ryerson’s SRC endeavour benefits greatly from their participation.

Indicator(s):