Integrating research and teaching in higher education: Conceptual issues

Integrating new knowledge created through research with teaching has become an
important area that needs prompt attention with the growing emphasis on student
learning activities, quality assurance procedures and research funding mechanisms
within the UK higher education system. The link between research and teaching is not
automatic. Thus, it needs to be created in higher education departments in order to
achieve a productive relationship and manage research activities of university staff
with teaching duties. The research study, on which this paper is based on, aims to
develop principles in relation to transferring research knowledge into teaching
through a literature review and case studies. The paper reports conceptual issues
related to such a transfer process based on the literature findings.