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Promoting equity and employability using live briefs

SRHE

by Lucy Cokes ‘Live briefs’ are used in Higher Education programmes, and I suggest that they can help promote equity and employability if they are used in very specific ways. The use of live briefs takes place not only in the creative industries, but also across more practical or core subjects in HE.

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What the f**k is Graphic Design?

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Designer in Residence was created whereby year 4 undergraduate students were challenged on a weekly basis throughout academic year 2017-18 to embed themselves within a local primary or secondary school as resident designers. Indeed what the f**k do they know about Graphic Design and how can they share it effectively?

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Evolution and revolution: preparing for the future

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Employment marks a point in time, and leaves our graduates at the mercy of labour market vagaries; employability is about a journey, equipping our graduates to navigate and succeed in this dynamic environment. ” This potentially leads us further into the “saying what we mean” territory….which

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Co-creation, research work and collaboration: Developing graduate attributes through research practice

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

The four research projects I have led so far are directly related to a part of my applied research work in proposing future-oriented collaborative solutions in a highly technical space access architecture domain ( Vidmar and Webber, 2017 ). Adelaide, October 2017. M and Weber. Augrandjean, F., Doublet, S., and Millar, A.

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Edinburgh in Colour: the benefits of extra-curricular activity

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

The University of Edinburgh’s team, aptly named CreatEd, pitched the idea of an Edinburgh-themed colouring book (“Edinburgh in Colour”), in order to capitalize on the meteoric rise of the adult colouring-book industry, pioneered by Edinburgh’s-own, Johnna Basford. Feb 16, 2017 He also dabbles in ironman triathlon in his spare time.

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The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 1: The Purpose of Higher Ed

The Change Leader, Inc.

In fact, a 2017 study out of Northwestern University found that faculty members can offer both brilliant scholarship and brilliant teaching. In some cases, faculty members especially those who are tenured — want to focus most of their time on their research interests.

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The Purpose of Higher Education Part 1: A series on transforming the value proposition while keeping institutions true to their mission

The Change Leader, Inc.

In fact, a 2017 study by Northwestern University found that faculty members can offer both brilliant scholarships and brilliant teaching. In some cases, faculty members especially those who are tenured — want to focus most of their time on their research interests.