RE-IMAGINING RESILIENCE FOR PGT STUDENTS

When considering resilience in taught postgraduate (PGT) provision, the very tight timelines and a high number of part-time students add in an extra layer of complications to the concept. This project involved a mixture of academic and professional staff and students from 4 Scottish universities (University of Edinburgh; Heriot-Watt University; University of St Andrews; University of the West of Scotland). Our aim was to identify what resilience looks like in a PGT learning community. By considering resilience as it related to different groups, and the contextual factors likely to promote resilience in these groups, the project developed resources to facilitate discussions on resilience across the sector.