You and your studies
In addition to formal teaching, all programmes will place a strong emphasis on self-directed learning. Reading and critically analysing the literature in your subject area is crucial if you are to participate fully in seminar and tutorial discussions, and as part of preparation for assignments, examinations and project work.
It is important that you keep up with your reading. Make sure you have set aside sufficient time before a lecture or seminar to be able to cover what is required of you. This way you will come prepared for each session, and you will get more out of the teaching. It may be wise to make short notes on what you read. These too, will be helpful when you come to revise for your examinations.
Apart from the basic reading requirements you should try and read the additional references on reading lists wherever possible.
Teaching delivery methods
Learning takes place in a range of teaching environments, each selected as the most effective method of delivering the course and the intended learning approach. Teaching delivery formats include:
Lectures
The standard 50 minute lecture is the principal method used for teaching at university level, but sometimes two or more linked lectures will be delivered consecutively.
Seminars/tutorials
Seminars and tutorials can provide a way of exploring a subject in a greater depth than allowed through lectures and enables you to focus and clarify your thinking on a given subject by contributing to the discussions and interacting with teachers and other students.
You are expected to attend seminars and tutorials having read the relevant literature beforehand and prepared to discuss the subject.
Clinical settings
In clinical programmes, students will be required to attend consultation clinics, and to treat patients with suitable guidance. The exact experience for students will be indicated in individual programme handbooks. Students' learning experiences are facilitated by clinical contact with patients and discussion with teachers and fellow students.
Intellectual property rights
If during the course of your university studies, or when you are using university facilities, you make any invention or original work that you believe may be commercially exploitable, you must consult your tutor as what steps should be taken to protect and exploit your invention.
There is a Code of Practice Intellectual Property, Commercial Exploitation and Financial Benefits available in the King’s Policy HUB, which you can consult. This establishes that any rights in inventions, patents, computer software or other intellectual property arising from work in the University belong to the University. The University then normally agrees to share any resulting net revenue with the inventor(s) on a sliding scale which relates to the amount of such net income and which is reviewed biennially.
Where there is more than one inventor, the inventors themselves shall agree their respective shares of the proceeds remitted by the College to the inventors. If the inventors are unable to agree amongst themselves, the matter shall be decided by an arbitrator appointed by the Principal.
KEATS
KEATS (King’s E-Learning and Teaching Service) is the University’s online learning environment which is used by both students and academic staff. You can use KEATS to access a wide range of online resources and materials, in the form of assessments, discussions and assignments.
Each programme has dedicated KEATS page, which includes your individual programme handbook. In addition, each module has a dedicated module page where you will find information on timetabling, module learning objectives and content, assessment details and deadlines, module evaluation feedback and much more.
You should familiarise yourself with the guidance and information about how to use KEATS, both on KEATS and in our article What software & systems do I need to know about for my studies?
Lecture Capture
King's records lectures using the Echo 360 platform and automatically makes them available to students via their KEATS module pages. This is known as Lecture Capture.
You can read more about using Lecture Capture, as well as the College policy on recording of educational activities.