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Higher degrees or higher ambitions? A new approach to PhDs

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Professor Christopher Smith , Executive Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council. What we have long argued, especially when justifying efforts to recruit, is that the PhD is a route to many careers other than an academic job.

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Discussing the 4 Pillars of Immersion: Information Literacy

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Rebecca is the Associate Dean for Learning and Engagement at Penn State University. My own practices have shifted in that I am spending more time working with students on how they ask questions, what listening and communications skills are at play, as they engage in scholarship.

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Template inside: How to build your career development plan

Coursera blog

This week, we’re taking a look at how to assess your goals to make a concrete plan of action. Whether your goals involve advancement in your current field, a career change, or entering the workforce for the first time, you can follow the same broad steps to figure out your path forward. What does your dream job look like?

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Freshman Migration, 1986 to 2020

Higher Ed Data Stories

(Note: I discovered that in IPEDS, Penn State Main Campus now reports with "The Pennsylvania State University" as one system. So when you'd look at things over time, Penn State would have data until 2018, and then The Penn.etc would show up in 2020. If you're a high school counselor or work for another non-profit, please ignore this.)

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Choosing to disclose…but then what?

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr Anna Matthews , Founder and CEO of UMO. University Mental Health Day took place last Thursday, 14th March. You can read our blog commemorating the occasion, from Rachel Spacey and Sam Gamblin, here. The solicitor for the bereaved family stated. However, with only 17.3%

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Where next? A new dawn for the OfS (OfS over the horizon, part II)

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Derfel Owen ( LinkedIn ), Director of Education Services at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Ant Bagshaw , Senior Advisor at L.E.K. This is the second part of two blogs focusing on the Office for Students. OfS should take the lead. OfS should take the lead.

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When Two Tribes go to war: How should universities respond to the criticisms of wokeness from Matthew Goodwin and others?

HEPI

This blog by HEPI Director , Nick Hillman, looks at two new books that touch upon higher education and ‘wokeness’, including Matthew Goodwin’s Voice, Values and Virtue. These are reserved for those who either haven’t been to university or who have dropped out of higher education.