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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

2011) Acknowledgement of and collective meaning making related to experiences with discrimination or oppression, and galvanized purpose toward collective action (French et al., These community resilience factors include: Community connection and support (Wexler et al., 2009; Kirmayer et al., 2020; Kirmayer et al., 2009; Kirmayer et al.,

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An introduction to student and staff co-creation of the curriculum

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

For example, Bovill and Bulley (2011, p. For example, Bovill and Bulley (2011, p. Figure: Ladder of participation in curriculum design (Bovill & Bulley, 2011 p.180) A model of active student participation in curriculum design: Exploring desirability and possibility. 176 – 188).

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SACHA Think Tank Challenge Hosts reflections

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

He is the Coordinator of the UNICA Green and Sustainable Development Goals Working Group and an alumni of the EAUC Leadership Academy Programme.  Matthew has worked for the University since 2011 in various sustainability roles in Estates and Transition Edinburgh University. Jul 30, 2024

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Governance as a topic in Higher Education Studies

SRHE

The current favoured designation of them as ‘professional services staff’ is ambiguous in relation to the status of their academic colleagues and by implication derogatory). For both academics and administrators, universities have become less stimulating and more divisive places in which to work.

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Surviving and thriving in HE professional services

SRHE

Rachel Reeds short but comprehensive book, Surviving and Thriving in Higher Education Professional Services: a guide to success (Routledge, 2025), is both an instruction manual for the professionals it was written for and an illuminating account of what they do for the academics and students who benefit.