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This is yet another of those areas where students pick up the idea that there are rules (cf. study skills), when they actually need to learn principles (cf. learning development). We tell students that they need to evaluate their materials (including their publication date), considering how they are going to use them and whether they are fit for purpose. Current research is good for most recent ideas about the topic, plus it ought to have itself taken into account previous research. Older research is fine if it is seminal, as Margaret points out, and is to be used to explain something about how thinking has developed. Kim ________________________________ Dr Kim Shahabudin, FHEA, Study Adviser, Study Advice & Maths Support 1st Floor, University of Reading Library, Whiteknights, PO Box 223, Reading, RG6 6AE • 0118 378 4614 • www.reading.ac.uk/studyadvice twitter: @unirdg_study Please note that I now work part-time and am not usually on campus on Mondays. ________________________________________ From: learning development in higher education network [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of PATE Margaret [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 12 November 2013 11:21 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: R: BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY RESEARCH Hi Rosalind, Some students may get confused by this advice as they may be asked to read articles which are more than 10 years old if they are considered "seminal articles" and are often listed on background reading lists. Best Wishes, Margaret Pate Politecnico di Torino -----Messaggio originale----- Da: learning development in higher education network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Per conto di Rosalind Green Inviato: marted́ 12 novembre 2013 12.04 A: [log in to unmask] Oggetto: BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY RESEARCH Hi all, I am currently working with the School of Health and Social Care at Bournemouth University and am interested in students' perceptions that they must not refer to material older than 10 years in their assignments. I would be interested to know if any of you have experienced similar perceptions and whether you have any insight into where students might develop these ideas? Best Wishes, Rosalind Green