article thumbnail

Rehumanizing the Research University

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Can a research-intensive university also be learning- and learner-centered, as dedicated to the quality of students’ educational experience as it is to scholarship, publication and invention? Like most underrepresented scholars, I consider these students my own, and mentoring them is a privilege and a blessing.

article thumbnail

Five Ideas for Careers Services (AKA Universities and Colleges)

HEPI

Students’ perspectives on careers services and employment , a group of university careers service and mission group leaders, an Office for Students (OfS) representative and senior executives from Handshake gathered with colleagues from HEPI, for a roundtable to explore the implications of the report’s findings and practical next steps.

College 111
university leaders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Exploring British Muslim transitions to PGT studies

SRHE

That is, decision and policy makers open to targeted interventions, as opposed to the one-size fits all, universal approach that delineates the current comfort zone in HE. It has ramifications beyond the low number of this demographic who progress all the way into academia as researchers and members of the professoriate.

article thumbnail

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

Faculty Focus

During the 2020 global pandemic, Historically Black Universities and Colleges (HBCUs) were challenged with maintaining access to learning and student attendance. HBCUs are rich in diversity and often consist of more disadvantaged and underrepresented populations (NCES, 2020). Integrating UDL within a HyFlex model. Representation.

article thumbnail

Forging Engineering Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Favour Nerrise Institution:   Stanford University Graduate Program:   Ph.D., in Computer Science and Mathematics with minors in Global Engineering Leadership and Arabic, University of Maryland Mentors:   Joyce D. It might end up causing more disadvantages in the system.” Electrical Engineering Education:   B.S.

article thumbnail

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

SRHE

by Claudio Morrison and Janroj Yilmaz Keles Introduction A paper for the Symposium on ‘Inequalities in HE during Covid-19’ (SRHE Conference, 6 December 2023, Birmingham) provides new evidence on the ‘social suffering’ that university students endure due to precarious employment.

article thumbnail

Navigating chronic illness in academia: An early career perspective

HEPI

Rebecca Williams is a Lecturer in Environmental Law at Edinburgh Napier University. Previously she was a Teaching Fellow and the Interim Director of the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance at the University of Strathclyde. By Rebecca Williams. in 2020/21. of undergraduates have a known disability.

Academia 131