Faculty Focus

APRIL 4, 2023

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.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 4, 2023

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.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 20, 2022

SRHE News is now 50 issues old, covering a momentous 12 years for higher education worldwide, but especially in the UK, and even more especially in England – an opportunity to reflect on what we thought and how we felt as it happened, and whether things seem different now. by Rob Cuthbert. No 4 The English experiment ).

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SRHE

OCTOBER 6, 2023

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. References Barad K.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

Image: When Julianna Barnes set her sights on a career in academia, she envisioned eventually becoming a vice president of an institution and assumed it would be her pinnacle role in the profession. ” An American Association of Community Colleges analysis of an upcoming report by the American Council on Education shows that 36.6

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

This blog is part of a series HEPI is running with the British Academy on the changing face of academia. . With administrative, teaching and research pressures mounting in academia generally, large proportions of academics report feeling overworked and emotionally drained. Career Progression. What Works and What Would Help.

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

No question, the vast bulk of English literature students will not become the next David McCullough or, less ambitiously, make their livings in academia dissecting the finer points of the Bronte sisters for graduate students or the readers of obscure journals. (Perhaps that’s part of why the number of U.S. New tools.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The benefit of the SRHE and its Blog has been in providing a sense of community for those who have to and do think about the purpose, the benefits and the travails of higher education. It is the stuff of academia. There have been insights shared and arguments made. Hence the growth in the research into the student experience.

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SRHE

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As the REF puts it we should be “illustrating the benefits research delivers beyond academia, including how it brings tangible changes to aspects of society and life, and the public value it delivers”. Part of our role as universities is to produce (and facilitate the production of) knowledge. Why is this divide important for SRHE?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

What confirmed that his mentors — Latino college advisors, speaking from the pain of personal experience — had given him some bad advice were the happenings he witnessed in 2010 at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) conference. And it wasn’t that we were fighting society or academia.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The December 2022 issue of Jacobin , which bills itself as “a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics and culture,” contains a provocative article entitled “I Love Higher Education. It Isn’t Loving Me Back.”

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

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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ACRLog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

There are the ACRL Standards for Libraries in Higher Education , the Medical Library Association’s specialized Professional Competencies ,as well as the Reference and User Services Association’s Professional Competencies for Reference and User Services Librarians , but not profession-wide competencies.

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SRHE

MARCH 28, 2024

Despite written feedback being the norm in Higher Education, the literature highlights the benefit of audio feedback. Whilst there is a growing body of literature evaluating audio feedback from the perspective of students, the experiences of academics providing audio feedback have been explored less ( Ekinsmyth, 2010 ).

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SRHE

JUNE 9, 2023

The second featured a video clip which sought to detail principles of an inclusive working and learning environment and welcome applications from individuals who identify with any of the protected characteristics defined by the Equality Act 2010. This could be written in collaboration with existing minoritised students.

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HESA

APRIL 13, 2023

This week’s guest on The World of Higher Education podcast is Enora Bennetot Pruvot, Deputy Director Governance, Funding & Public Policy Development at the European University Association and she joins me today from Brussels to talk about the EUA’s recently-released University Autonomy Scorecard, of which she was a co-author.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

Perhaps it is not surprising that the educational sector is not best prepared for such an innovation. Higher education has not been particularly embracive to new technologies, at least not since the invention of the internet. Consequently, education and learning were due for a revolution. References [i] Postman, N.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

Perhaps it is not surprising that the educational sector is not best prepared for such an innovation. Higher education has not been particularly embracive to new technologies, at least not since the invention of the internet. Consequently, education and learning were due for a revolution. References [i] Postman, N.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 20, 2023

Higher education has long been regarded as a pathway to success and the “middle class,” promising personal and professional growth opportunities. Clark Kerr’s California Experiment exacerbated this in the 1960s, transforming higher education in California and the United States.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

12 December · Episode 185 AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education 49 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton McNaughton and Reichman cover the processes and conclusions of the AAUP report, emphasizing the detrimental effects on academic governance, academic freedom, and the well-being of faculty and students.

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