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HBCU’s Augment HyFlex Format Using Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Faculty Focus

The rise of the HyFlex model could attract more students who may benefit from this format (Samayoa et al., 2016); however, the model should be accompanied by a course design that applies the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework to augment accessibility. Integrating UDL within a HyFlex model. Representation. Beatty, B.

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The importance of academic mental health

SRHE

It is also well evidenced that poor mental health of students is strongly related to poor academic outcomes such as achievement and retention ( Pascoe et al , 2019 ; Thomas et al , 2021 ). Academia has changed substantially even within the 23 years I have been working. But what do we know about academic mental health?

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Inclusive research agendas: what’s excluded?

SRHE

Where assumptions are a mental model used by managers to make sense of the environment, values are the socially constructed principles that guide behaviour; these are reflected through speech, approaches and spoken goals.

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Designing outreach with people of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller heritage – a lesson in critical unlearning

HEPI

Since 2019, my colleagues and I at the University of Sussex have partnered with Friends, Families and Travellers to deliver outreach to young people of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller heritage in schools across the region. CIAO is not a fixed model of what works but a commitment to ongoing learning (and unlearning).

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Research co-creation may be the key to impact

SRHE

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”. by Finley Lawson. Part of our role as universities is to produce (and facilitate the production of) knowledge.

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Staying Relevant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They include developing a rapid diagnostic screening test for cervical cancer and building partnerships between the community and academia to address housing inequities and the impact of COVID-19 on people experiencing homelessness. Rodriguez’s research combines three major areas of work: 1.)

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Study finds women college leaders of color face more bias

Inside Higher Ed

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. For her part, she intends to continue to be a role model for women of color who dream of becoming leaders in higher education.

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