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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/31721| Title: | From silos to synthesis: ensuring interdisciplinary education through synoptic assessment |
| Authors: | Harvey, A Tree, D |
| Issue Date: | 1-Mar-2025 |
| Publisher: | Portland Press |
| Citation: | Harvey, A. and Tree, D. (2025) 'From silos to synthesis: ensuring interdisciplinary education through synoptic assessment', Biochemist, 47 (1), pp. 27 - 34. doi: 10.1042/bio_2025_104. |
| Abstract: | Modular education limits students to narrow perspectives without interdisciplinary connections and leads to in silo learning. We show here how embedding synoptic assessments in the BSc Life Sciences at Brunel University has broken such silos to support holistic understanding and critical thinking. |
| URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/31721 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1042/bio_2025_104 |
| ISSN: | 0954-982X |
| Other Identifiers: | ORCiD: Amanda Harvey https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0257-641X ORCiD: David Tree https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8427-3334 |
| Appears in Collections: | Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
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