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Women's Liberal Arts College Allows Students to Travel Globally as Part of First-Year Course

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“We very intentionally try to avoid reaffirming traditional, imperial, or colonialist power structures, where students might go to the Global North and say, 'Oh yes, great achievements in history, architecture, culture, economy,' and to the Global South and say: 'Hm, not quite there yet.

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Depression on College Campuses conference: Insights and actions (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

An effective and ethical approach is to offer evidence-based programs that proactively address students’ well-being. Ideally, such programs are integrated throughout colleges and universities, including academic spheres , rather than relegated only to counseling centers or student development programs.

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Design and Dance: After 10 Years of Partnership with ODS, Creative Opportunities Still Abound

Clark Nesxen

This allowed the students to interact with the design before final construction and explore how to showcase and celebrate the curriculum’s theme, “Commonality and Diversity.” ” “We really enjoyed watching the students develop their ideas and seeing their design process.

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Study Abroad Association Celebrates Rebound of International Education

Study Aborad Association

As one of Europe’s most diverse and vibrant countries, Spain offers students an opportunity to immerse themselves in a captivating blend of history, art, and modernity. Renowned for its passionate embrace of life, Spain boasts a rich cultural heritage reflected in its language, art, architecture, and culinary traditions.

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Spotlight on Remote Teaching: Hosting a summer school without a normal summer

Teaching Matters Online Learning

This photo was taken by Ian Ojwang (BEng Structural Engineering with Architecture, from Kenya) as part of a street photography exercise. In the Summer Cycles, and indeed throughout our work , we encourage students to reflect in structured ways. And in the upcoming year, we will adapt the ‘Family Friday’ as a forum to all our scholars.

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Spotlight on the 2024 Teaching Award winners: Teachers of the year and Outstanding course of the year

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Our Outstanding Course award recognises courses which introduced students to new topics and perspectives; were delivered in new or innovative ways; and helped students develop personally or professionally. With over 200 courses nominated, our student panel had a tough task to choose our winner.

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Collegiate commentary: Five take-aways from 'Embedding Enterprise in the Curriculum' series

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Helping students develop these capacities and skills whilst at university will certainly give them a head start in their career. The craft analogy also then opens doors to viewing entrepreneurship as a profession like medicine and architecture. Learning by doing is critical.