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The Forces That Are Shaping the Future of Higher Education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It’s these long-term developments, processes and trends, which take place under the surface, that even the most powerful politicians or institutions must respond to. million in federal relief funding. That’s the largest increase since 2008. This is the case in politics, but it’s also true in higher education.

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Research ethics committees should rethink risk

SRHE

Moreover, concerns have been levelled at RECs for being secretive in the ways in which they work, inconsistent in their approach to applying their own guidelines, and prioritising a box-ticking approach over any exploration of more meaningful ethical considerations (see Allen, 2008 for an overview).

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Catching the waves: surfing, enhancement, and student success

Teaching Matters Student Employment

As Scotland marks 20 years of its enhancement-led approach to quality in the higher education sector, I reflect on my involvement, particularly around work supporting student development, employability, and personal and professional success. Looking back, there is nostalgia about the various enhancement initiatives I’ve designed or led.

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The importance of academic mental health

SRHE

Increased workloads, pressures of research funding, lack of work-life balance and lack of management support are universal trends globally ( Kinman and Jones , 2008 ) leading to many university academics leaving the profession ( Heffernan et al , 2019 ; Ligibel et al , 2023 ).

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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

This considered the ‘demand for research from business’ alongside the ‘dual support’ system of university funding, with infrastructure funded from the block grant and funding for research projects dependent on grants and the Research Councils. Funding for them may be uncertain.

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Interdisciplinarity

SRHE

Historian GR Evans takes the long view of developments in interdisciplinary studies, with particular reference to experience at Cambridge, where progress may at times be slow but is also measured. Many institutions have in recent years developed new academic structures or other initiatives intended to promote interdisciplinary collaboration.

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Spotlight on Voices of Movers and Shakers: In pursuit of closing the career aspiration gap

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Growing up during the 2008 hyperinflationary period, where food and fuel were scarce and the country was experiencing a mass exodus of educators to neighbouring countries such as South Africa and Botswana, we were left vulnerable to failing our national examinations. I come from an extended family of five children.