Faculty Focus

APRIL 4, 2023

Drawing on over two decades in academia, Michele Poulos specializes in general psychology, social psychology, and human growth and development. In 2010, she earned a master’s of education degree in psychology and human relations from Northern Arizona University. Nissley, N. Journal of Business Strategy.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Assemblages In this final symposium, we shifted the focus by using the lens of ‘assemblages’ to examine the expanding range of contemporary HE learning spaces and the heterogenous collection of material and non-material, human and non-human elements that compose them. References Barad K. 2007) Meeting the Universe Half-way. Bennett, J.

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SRHE

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Previous research by the Centre discovered that pressures within schools dampen students’ expressed curiosity in questions about the nature of reality and human personhood and limit the development of their epistemic insight into how science, religion and the wider humanities relate. 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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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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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

It is widely known that skills required by employers today are focused less on discipline specific skills and more on personal skills (also referred to as soft skills or human skills). This is because the skills required to address such issues are often human-centred. by Lucy Gill-Simmen and Laura Chamberlain.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

We often don’t allow ourselves these moments of connection because connection requires vulnerability and vulnerability goes against everything we’ve been taught about expertise, authority, and credibility in academia. The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. References Baumeister, R.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

We often don’t allow ourselves these moments of connection because connection requires vulnerability and vulnerability goes against everything we’ve been taught about expertise, authority, and credibility in academia. The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. References Baumeister, R.

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SRHE

MARCH 28, 2024

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 ). I toyed with the idea of keeping mistakes in, thinking they would make me appear more human.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

On November 30, 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a program designed to mimic human intelligence. Based on their predictions, it was only a matter of time before digital technology brought profound change to the way humans interact with knowledge and information. Consequently, education and learning were due for a revolution.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

On November 30, 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a program designed to mimic human intelligence. Based on their predictions, it was only a matter of time before digital technology brought profound change to the way humans interact with knowledge and information. Consequently, education and learning were due for a revolution.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

” He said he has seen “incremental” progress since a 2010 report. ” “More and more we are trying to express the value of the humanities to communities,” he said. But he has also had young colleagues dissuaded from certain work “by the fear that they won’t finish that book.”

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 20, 2023

The actual cost of a degree has not increased significantly since 2010; however, the majority of the cost has shifted from the state to the attendee. Republicans prioritize business and job-ready graduates, seeing higher education as an investment in human capital. Now, the average state picks up only 12% of that degree.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Human Cost: Emotional and Professional Toll The report and subsequent discussions shed light on the significant emotional and professional impact these developments have had on faculty and students. These changes speak to the human cost of political interference, affecting the very heart of educational institutions.

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