They see encouragement and facilitation of active participation as the crucial issue. Recommendation 49 - All JMU programmes should contain a tutorial module . This was not the intention of the TDT who see the tutorial module as fulfiling both generic and discipline-based objectives, with a common framework of aims and learning outcomes. Thus providing all students with opportunities to develop effective learning strategies within their subject context. Suprisingly, there has not been an overwhelming concern expressed about specific recommendations.
Individuals appear to be taking a broad and supportive approach to the report at the outset.
There are no easy answers that we can give to these questions. The Executive led by the Vice-Chancellor have already assumed collective responsibility for taking forward the initiatives recommended in sections one and six of the TDT report . Their first action is to set up five Transformation Task Teams to advise on the ways in which recommendations might be implemented. The membership of these teams will be announced shortly.