Higher Ed Connects: News

AUGUST 23, 2019

This article was originally appeared in The Chronicle for Higher Education on August 7, 2019, written by Goldie Blumenstyk. The end of the master’s degree as we’ve known it? 2U’s stock plunged last week after its executives announced some business changes in response to shifts they were seeing in the market. Lots of higher-education leaders and faculty members should be paying attention to that, even if they don’t care about the future of OPMs, or even know what those initials mean.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 21, 2019

© Mihaela Bodlovic 2019 Festival of Creative Learning In this post, Angel Garmpi, a Linguistics MA student at the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, reflects on her experience of learning in lectures… As a student going into the fourth year of my Undergraduate degree in a lecture-heavy programme, I have been able to reflect on what sort of lectures have resonated the most during my time as a student.

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Terminalfour

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new social media network has launched aimed at becoming the go-to messaging platform for students. Can it prosper where the likes of Yik Yak failed?

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 21, 2019

© Mihaela Bodlovic 2019 Festival of Creative Learning In this mental health and wellbeing mini-series post, Oona Miller, who graduated in Politics and is currently serving as Vice President Welfare at Edinburgh University Students’ Association, and Steph Vallancey, who graduated in Health, Science, and Society and is the current Vice President Education, have a chat about their experiences of wellbeing in the classroom… As recent graduates, but still strongly connected to the student body

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Higher Ed Connects: News

AUGUST 20, 2019

Colleges and universities need to change. On this there is widespread agreement. The challenge, of course, is how to make changes at institutions steeped in venerable traditions and, at times, resistant to transformation. To explore how to solve this problem and spur campus wide innovations, The Chronicle of Higher Education joined with Arizona State University and Salesforce to hold a forum with presidents, provosts, and other senior administrators.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 21, 2019

© Mihaela Bodlovic 2019 Festival of Creative Learning In this post, Angel Garmpi, a Linguistics MA student at the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, reflects on her experience of learning in lectures… As a student going into the fourth year of my Undergraduate degree in a lecture-heavy programme, I have been able to reflect on what sort of lectures have resonated the most during my time as a student.

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