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Does it feel better to work in a school or a university?

HEPI

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by James Fuller, who supports the senior team at Lancaster University having previously worked in secondary school leadership. In this blog, he considers some similarities and differences between the school and higher education sectors and considers himself very lucky to be in HE!

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An uncomfortable classroom: the power of politics in pedagogy

LSE Higher Education Blog

In her winning entry to the LSE Higher Education Blog’s Essays in Education Blog Challenge , Teresa Piacentini argues that the classroom is always political and, despite student calls for ‘less bias’, should never be free of discomfort. In short, our politics shapes our work as researchers.

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Disruption, Evolution, and Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

A Conversation With Paul LeBlanc, President, Southern New Hampshire University. I was passionate about technology," he recalled, "so I was able to persuade the board and the faculty and my colleagues to open up a new graduate center. We started a conversation about the impact of technology. Thu, 10/06/2022 - 06:00.

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EdTech Malaise: “He Not Busy Born is Busy Dying”

eLiterate

I’ve been having trouble blogging lately. I can write about big trends that will affect education. I’m not talking about frozen as in the normal much-activity-but-little-progress way. Part of it has been that I’ve spent the last two years heads-down, building a business. I certainly am.) Shall we try?

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What Museums Can Teach Us About the Emotional Dimensions of Learning

Inside Higher Ed

The historical reality that many of these institutions displayed was highly biased, overemphasizing elites, prosperous farmers and planters, and pioneers and reinforcing cultural myths about progress and American exceptionalism. These institutions, we are repeatedly reminded, reinforce common ways the public relates to the past.

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Is DeSantis Right or Wrong?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Leadership in Higher Education In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis and his allies in the Florida legislature have launched a major effort to create a more conservative state higher education system. When conservatives look at our colleges and universities, what do they see?