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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

University Business

Two presidents have been hired at small private colleges in the past two weeks and one leader is choosing to retire after four decades in higher education. Bates has a proven track record as a higher education leader around Ohio, as well as in the private sector. The throughline of Bates’ career is his passion for healthcare.

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The interplay of occupational subcultures and HE curricula changes how and what student professionals learn

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Hunt & Sampson (2006) and Van-Maanen (2011) advise using reflexivity to examine the self and voice to help harness and understand the responsibility of the researcher within the research. He has a professional doctorate in Education (EdD) and is a Fellow of the College of Paramedics. 2006) Writing self & reflexivity.

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

Faculty Focus

We’ve done the same thing in the context of higher education. Another thing I’ve observed in higher education is a fishbowl, where students come and swim around in our courses and in our academic curriculum, but they fail to do anything with that knowledge outside of the context of the learning environment itself. Clover, D.

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New evidence on the challenges and consequences of precarious work for university students

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Based on findings from the project ‘Learning from Labour: Critical Pedagogy for Working Students’ carried out at Middlesex University in 2022-2023, the study explores the educational and employment challenges faced by working students in UK post-92 universities ( MDX News, 2023 ).

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

Faculty Focus

We’ve done the same thing in the context of higher education. Another thing I’ve observed in higher education is a fishbowl, where students come and swim around in our courses and in our academic curriculum, but they fail to do anything with that knowledge outside of the context of the learning environment itself. Clover, D.

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Fun and games – nurturing students’ ‘being’

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The gap between higher education and the workplace will only widen should we overlook our role as educators in developing these personal skills in students. Passive teaching methods, such as rote-memorisation and large-format lectures still dominate academia, despite research calling for more appropriate ways of instruction.

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Landscapes of Learning for Unknown Futures: Reflections on the Assemblages Symposium

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by Sam Elkington and Jill Dickinson Wednesday September 13 th was the final instalment of the three-part SRHE ‘Landscapes of Learning for Unknown Futures: prospects for space in higher education’ symposia series, delivered in partnership with series co-convenors Professor Sam Elkington and Dr Jill Dickinson.