Terminalfour

JANUARY 31, 2017

The 'customer experience' challenge in higher education. The who, the what, the how.

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 30, 2017

Happy Monday, readers! Miraculously, after writing last week’s blog, I feel a lot better about being busy this semester. I feel like writing that blog post put a lot of things in perspective for me and I’m at terms with my workload for the semester. My new goal is to get most of my homework done during the weekends so that my weeks are a little less hectic.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 27, 2017

College and university closures. According to a recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, closures of four-year, private, and not-for-profit universities and colleges in 2017 are expected to triple from the current average rate of five per year. The authors, Jamie Morley and Bill Ojile argue that imperiled institutions of higher education must think ahead and plan strategically if they want to conduct an orderly closing, assembling the legal advice and public relations support needed

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 27, 2017

(credit: Yao Hui) “If anything, please do maximise on learning and mastering skills because a superior skillset is the only authentic job security.” These were my father’s words of advice as I departed for university. The thought of pursuing my studies at an institution far away from home always evoked a sense of fear. I feared what would happen to me beyond my own nest, comfort zone, country and even my continent.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JANUARY 13, 2017

The one-year Masters in a UK university is intensive; even more so for an international student in a new teaching and cultural environment. According to many large scale studies on student decision making and outlines in policy statements, higher education is a step towards enhancing career prospects: in order words, developing employability. But, at a personal level, how does an international student perceive they develop their employability during a one-year Masters-level study in a UK univers

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JANUARY 10, 2017

In this post, Lynsey Russell-Watts, Careers Consultant for ECA, discusses her involvement in the recent Graphic Design in a Box project. This aimed to improve design-related careers resources in schools, but the final-year students involved also gained a wide range of career benefits from their participation. Making the leap from one side of the academic fence to the other has allowed me to keenly appreciate the concerns and priorities of those on each side.

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Terminalfour

JANUARY 24, 2017

Content needs to support the organization’s content marketing goals and so you need a documented Content Marketing Strategy

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 17, 2017

Part 1: The Purpose of Higher Ed The purpose of Higher Ed is the first in The Changing Face of Higher Ed series as it’s the most important to the success and sustainability of higher education institutions. Higher education is in a state of transition. What traditionally has been a stable part of Western society for so many years now must find ways to remain relevant in a time of expanding knowledge, changing societal values, and increased questioning of authority figures.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 24, 2017

Since academic year 2011-12, when the Edinburgh award was launched, I’ve always asked the students in my award classes whether they agree with a statement from a paper by Simon Barrie, 2006; “ …. generic graduate attributes have come to be accepted as being the skills, knowledge and abilities of university graduates, beyond disciplinary content knowledge, which are applicable in a range of contexts and are acquired as a result of completing any undergraduate degree.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 5, 2017

Playfulness has always been closely tied to the activity of learning for me. The fact that my mother was also my kindergarten teacher may have had something to do with this. Whenever I have an opportunity to bring something playful to a learning experience I leap at the chance. So when my colleague, Gavin Willshaw, suggested running a Board Game Jam as part of Innovative Learning Week 2016, I thought it was a fantastic idea.

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 23, 2017

While I wait for my semester abroad to begin, I thought I might as well share some of what I love about Hope with you all. When I chose to study abroad there were some things I knew I would miss: my friends, downtown Holland , Hope’s campus, etc. In addition to those things that were obvious to me, here are a few other things at Hope that I’ll be missing this semester. 1.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 20, 2017

Natalie Gilfedder shares her experiences of internships, employability and being a student at Edinburgh. When I first started University, getting through my degree was my main – and probably only – concern at the time. But, at the beginning of my third year when I began to apply for internships and started think about graduate jobs, the realisation of ‘what makes me stand out compared to other students?

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 19, 2017

This year we have begun a new collaboration between the Institute of Academic Development (IAD) and Clinical and Health Psychology; working closely together we have developed and delivered skill-based training workshops for students on the MSc Psychology of Mental Health (conversion) programme. The goals of these workshops were to provide an opportunity for new students to develop effective academic skills that they can utilise within their degree, but also in their future careers.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 18, 2017

EUSA President Alec Edgecliffe-Johnson reflects on his work experience while studying at Edinburgh. Over the past seven years I’ve had about a dozen different jobs, none of which I entered with any experience. Despite the lack of qualification, I was met with respect and interest by colleagues at every job, many of whom offered me advice. I am eternally grateful for this acceptance and advice.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 17, 2017

Elwira Danak, Learning and Development Advisor at the Edinburgh University Students Association shares her experiences working with student staff on the Edinburgh Award. Do you remember the moment you chose to study your particular subject? For some, it was the calling and sheer passion for the subject in question, for others, wanting to move away from home to forge new friendships and gain new life experience.

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Terminalfour

JANUARY 17, 2017

Collaboration isn’t a one-off – it’s a culture, a way of working, and needs to be continuous and permeate across the organization

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 16, 2017

Happy Monday, friends! It’s a good day to stay inside and read a book, watch some Netflix or perhaps… write a blog! In case you don’t know, the theme of my blogs for this semester is “Senior Fears/Struggles” and the more I’ve been dwelling on this theme, the more fears/struggles I can think of. The predominant one for this week?

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 15, 2017

It’s been a while since I have written a blog, but when I do decide to write, there have been multiple consistent themes. Soccer, school, family, etc. However, there is one theme, not as heavily touched on as others, that has always worked its way into my writing one way or another: Michigan winters. From the moment I even considered coming to Hope, I have heard, “Look out for the winters!

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 12, 2017

Getting an internship is high on the agenda for students looking for quality work experience before they graduate. The majority of graduate recruiters view work experience as essential for students when applying for a graduate job. Students can gain work experience through part time work, work shadowing, course projects or society involvement. So what makes an internship different?

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Terminalfour

JANUARY 11, 2017

So how do Universities in the UK ensure that the day goes smoothly for the graduand and their family and friends?

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 9, 2017

The Edinburgh Award is an initiative that recognises students’ involvement with co- and extra-curricular activities while at University. It also seeks to enhance the learning and development opportunities these activities provide and encourage students to see the relevance of these activities in preparing them for their future. The Award was piloted in 2011-12 and the beginning of our work on the Edinburgh Award was prompted in part by the development of Higher Education Achievement Reports (HEA

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 9, 2017

Happy first day of class, readers! It’s time to get back into the swing of things after a hopefully restful and relaxing Christmas break. Are you ready?! Now, I’m not usually a sentimental person, but as a senior graduating this May, I’m starting to see that there are a lot of sentimental moments that my last semester will be offering me.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 4, 2017

College and university leaders are seeking to create meaningful change in higher education while continuing to face demands to be more accountable. At the national level, the U.S. Congress is considering the Higher Education Reform and Opportunity (HERO) Act, parts of which move accountability to the state level. This proposal, if passed, would give individual states the responsibility to create accrediting systems, curricula, apprenticeships, programs, and individual courses.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 4, 2017

Teaching Matters is the University of Edinburgh’s website for debate about learning and teaching, for sharing ideas and approaches to teaching, and for showcasing our successes, including academic colleagues who are leading the way in delivering brilliant teaching. Every month Teaching Matters takes a theme and explores it through a number of blog contributions over the month.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 4, 2017

At New Year many people make resolutions for the 12 months ahead – sometimes to ‘stop’ something, sometimes to ‘start’. But all resolutions are about ‘becoming’, and in particular becoming someone who has different characteristics and qualities than before. Being a student at the University of Edinburgh is also a process of ‘becoming’ – becoming an Edinburgh Graduate – a process owned by each student and supported by all of us in the University.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 3, 2017

Declining college enrollment numbers aren’t a cause for panic. In many ways, the 2016 election season underscored the need for more and better education. Many Americans appear to lack the foundational knowledge and critical thinking skills needed to be able to differentiate real news from propaganda, and whole sectors of our society have been left without the skills to compete in the twenty-first-century workforce.

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 18, 2017

Hope’s campus is back to life with students, classes, and activities as usual, but I am still at home waiting for my semester to begin. This spring I will be studying abroad in Rome, Italy, with IES. Orientation week begins on January 30. It’s weird talking with my friends at Hope, knowing exactly what I’m missing there, while I’m in this period of waiting and anticipation for this semester filled with unknowns.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2017

Delivering the Graduate Attributes “Each student at the University of Edinburgh joins us from different educational backgrounds, cultures and experiences. While studying at the University we want students to broaden their horizons and attitudes, and to develop their current skills and abilities and learn new ones, not only to help in their studies and future careers, but also support their role within society” From ‘ Definition: what are Graduate Attributes?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2017

Venture philanthropy for college and university funding is a new trend in higher education, and the following blog discusses the pros and cons of how this can help your college or university. Writing in 2012 for the American Association of University Professors, Kevin Kumashiro voices a concern that still resonates for many academics, the fear that venture philanthropy is bound to introduce programs framed by corporate profitability.

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