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Engaging students in learning outside the university

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Marion explains: I was heavily involved in the design and implementation of the new undergraduate MA in Health, Science and Society in 2013-2014. An opportunity for students to gain developmental, transferable skills by learning outside the library and the lecture theatre from the start.

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The Supreme Court affirmative action hearings: a guide for the overwhelmed

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In 2014, lower courts ruled in the schools’ favor, finding that their policies complied with Supreme Court precedents. While social-justice goals are clearly implicit in many schools’ diversity efforts, their progress is hobbled by the prohibition against explicitly acknowledging these goals and building processes tailored to them.

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A compassionate approach to eco-anxiety

Teaching Matters Academic Support

This is the mental model that has arisen during the Industrial Growth Society ( Macy and Brown, 2014 ); this is humanity as a consumptive and voracious consumer. As Joanna Macy (2014, p.3) New World Library. It is this that allows us to become more fully integrated and prepared for the VUCA journey ahead. References: Macy, J. &