HEPI

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Professor Christopher Smith , Executive Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council. It has changed relatively little in terms of output, form and process but the context is markedly different. And if they do find it so difficult, should we look at what skills they are acquiring?

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 26, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Professor Andrew Comrie reached out after reading my piece, How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? In his book, Like Nobody's Business: An Insider's Guide to How US University Finances Really Work (Open Book Publishers, 2021), Andrew digs into academic library budgeting.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr Richard A Courtney , Head of the Department of Business, Entrepreneurship, & Finance at the Royal Docks School of Business & Law, University of East London. But do we offer smaller portions in higher education? Recently, I visited a Chinese restaurant in The Netherlands.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Mark Rudnick , vice president of learning partnerships at Guild Education , and I first became friends a few years ago when he was in a similar role at edX. How is Guild Education different from online learning platform and online program management providers? What are the other companies in the same space?

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation Should top university leadership roles be open to non-PhDs? " The (mostly) accepted consensus within academia is that a terminal degree is almost always table stakes for most academic leadership roles. Increasingly, I've become convinced that the answer to this question should be "yes."

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ACRLog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

As a mid-career librarian ten years into academic librarianship, this is my first time navigating and developing a completely new identity as a faculty member. I dedicate a large amount of my time to reading up on particular subjects before I do collection development.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I know from my own experiences that there is huge room for improvement in helping those who are silenced tell their unique story in a way they feel comfortable to do so, and in improving the system to respond and facilitate this. I didn’t have anyone to ask or support me, so I took it upon myself to do all the research.

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Coursera blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

However, the diverse standards of different countries can make it difficult to recognize these online qualifications. ECTS certifications by FIBAA help learners earn academic credit for courses completed outside of academic institutions by evaluating the quality and creditworthiness of non-traditional content.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 29, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation In an email response to my piece “ How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? ” David Lewis took me to task for not doing the necessary research to answer the questions posed. First, I’d like to ask you about careers. Q: David, thank you for agreeing to this exchange.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 16, 2022

I was pleased to wake up one morning last week to find Steven Mintz’s blog post for Inside Higher Ed “ The F Word ” awaiting me in my inbox. I do this work at a public research university not too different from the one where Mintz teaches. Why not pay them to do it in the summer?

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 24, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Dr. Celia Rabinowitz, Assistant Vice-President for Academic Engagement & Director of the Mason Library at Keene State College, reached out after reading my piece How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? I think about my response to this in two ways. This is a great question.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 30, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Kelly Heuer and I have been collaborating in the context of my college’s portfolio of online programs on the edX platform. In our work together, I’ve been impressed with Kelly’s understanding of academic culture paired with her deep expertise in learning science. Q: Your Ph.D.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Funding was awarded by Research England in 2020 for ‘TALENT’ – a transformation programme to advance status and opportunity for technical skills, roles and careers. HEPI is running a series of blogs with Midlands Innovation championing the role of technicians in higher education and research. Jiteen Ahmed, ‘Just a technician?’

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HEPI

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Professor Mark Sterling, Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Birmingham, and Dr Lia Blaj-Ward , Associate Professor (Teaching & Scholarship) at Nottingham Trent University. This is particularly true for academic staff in local or more geographically dispersed communities.

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HEPI

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Peter Block , head of Media Operations Management , a professional services business. Right now, with the start of another academic year only a few weeks away, a new cohort of students are preparing to embark on their intellectually most significant academic journey.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean At a meeting over the weekend, a discussion arose around academic freedom. From the perspective of an experienced academic leader, here’s why they aren’t the same. Academic freedom is about doing a job. I could properly be sanctioned for that.

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HEPI

JANUARY 18, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Professor Pat Tissington , Academic Director (Employability and Skills) at the University of Warwick and Dr Pat Mertova , Consultant in Higher Education and Policy at the Associates in Higher Education Policy, Development and Quality (AHEPDQ). What do we mean by skills?

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ACPA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

With the beginning of a new academic year, the Commission for Global Dimensions of Student Development (CGDSD) is excited to welcome two new Blog and Podcast Editors to the team: Meena and Yi Xuen (who were previous guests on Global Connection episode #6 on advocating for international students )! . and Lixing Li (she/hers/?).

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HEPI

MAY 4, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Jon Down , Director of Development and Ellie Garraway , CEO, of Grit Breakthrough Programmes. Brene Brown talks about it at the level of the individual: the impulse to act, to do something, to fix something, even when it is unlikely to produce the results we want.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Katherine Emms , a Senior Education & Policy Researcher at the Edge Foundation. Our recent research sheds light on the experiences of setting up and developing these new HEIs, raising the question: do they contribute to greater diversity in higher education? can be read here.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Funding was awarded by Research England in 2020 for ‘TALENT’ – a transformation programme to advance status and opportunity for technical skills, roles and careers. HEPI is running a series of blogs with Midlands Innovation championing the role of technicians in higher education and research. Thinking outside the university box.

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Kortext University Leaders' Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

In this blog we explore what academic integrity means post-ChatGPT and outline strategies for helping students to engage with generative AI tools effectively and responsibly. What is academic integrity and why does it matter? Academic integrity is regarded as the foundation of higher education. What do students think?

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 29, 2023

Blog: Just Visiting When I wrote the proposal for the book that would become The Writer’s Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing , I described it as an alternative to the text They Say/I Say by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein for a couple of reasons.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

This blog was kindly written for HEPI by Fiona Walsh McDonnell ( LinkedIn ) , Partnerships and Development Director at the charity Student Hubs , which supports students to engage in social action in their community. Students need clear targeted support to do this work effectively too.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Emily Pollinger, Policy and Programmes Manager (Education) and Dr Robert Eaton, Curriculum and Academic Development Manager, both at the University of Bath. Get our updates via email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

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HEPI

MARCH 28, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Alex Blower, Access and Participation Manager at Arts University Bournemouth. The debate about whether it is something that universities ‘should be doing’ rattles on. The debate about whether it is something that universities ‘should be doing’ rattles on.

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SRHE

JANUARY 26, 2024

In particular, understanding access, participation and inclusion for those who align with the different protected characteristics (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) has been of interest to academic research, given various political movements to widen access to higher education.

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HEPI

JANUARY 3, 2024

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Professor Roger Brown, former Vice-Chancellor of Solent University. Prior to 1992 each side of the binary line was regulated differently. Roger recently wrote for HEPI on neoliberalism in English higher education which you can read here. Background First, a bit of background.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Blog: University of Venus Burnout has been the focus of much of my work life for the last five years—first experiencing it as a tenured faculty member, then writing about it as a researcher and memoirist, and now coaching about and facilitating workshops on it as well as burnout resilience for faculty across the country. Or does it?

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation My friend and former colleague Kaitlin Dumont, now director of University Partners at Kaplan, introduced me to her friend Charlotte Wang. How do the residential and online degrees overlap and differ? However, the residential and online MBA appeal to completely different audiences.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr Michelle Morgan, Dean of Students at the University of East London. Other differences also include 21-24 year olds being three times more likely to declare, and some LGBT+ groups six times more likely. We do not know because we do not collect this data.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation As a sociologist, I’m totally fascinated by how we all create, build and navigate our careers. As an alternative academic (alt-ac) for the past 20 years, I’m especially interested in how all my nontraditional academic colleagues manage to figure out their work lives.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 12, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. Matthew Hora’s piece in IHE this week about career readiness is well worth the read. Matthew Hora’s piece in IHE this week about career readiness is well worth the read. As a student, the first time I set foot in my college’s career center was in my senior year.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation At the most recent edX/2U University Partner Advisory Council meeting , we had the privilege of spending time with Dr. Todd Nicolet. We asked Todd if he’d be willing to chat about his role and his career, and he graciously agreed. What was the career path that led you into your current role?

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Blog: Just Visiting I was both surprised and, I suppose, flattered to be named in a recent article that I am among the people who are “doing ungrading right.” In Susan Blum’s edited collection Ungrading: Why Rating Undermines Learning (And What to Do Instead) , I explicitly describe how I identify with Wile E.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Within the Jesuit tradition, there is a concept, “ cura personalis ,” which means to care for the whole person. Shouldn’t the goal of an undergraduate education go beyond producing budding businessfolk or chemists or engineers or literary critics or manufacturing career-ready graduates?

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean The state of Florida is conducting a master class in how not to have civil debate. It’s noteworthy both on its own terms, and as an example of exactly the kind of debates that academics should be having. Do they work? Might the institutional context make a difference?

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