Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2023

The great resignation included higher education professionals who went to other institutions, left the profession entirely, while others simply went home to enjoy life. If employees are not happy with their job and engaged with the college community, they will become the stop out and dropouts that Dr. Tinto speaks of with college students.

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University Business

JULY 2, 2024

Educators on the cutting edge of generative AI and its application in the classroom are discovering fascinating new ways to assess learning, uprooting centuries-old reading- and writing-based assessments as more and more students employ ChatGPT and related tools. “I hope that we’ve learned from that.”

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 4, 2025

March 4, 2025 · Episode 249 The Hidden Enrollment Market in Workforce Education 38 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. Workforce education and employer-funded programs unlock hidden enrollment opportunities. million Americans who left higher education before earning a degree. According to Alana, there are 41.5

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Gray Associates

JULY 18, 2024

A recent report highlights a pressing issue in higher education: while nearly all adults without a degree see its value, there is a significant skills gap between what colleges teach and what employers need. Aligning college programs with in-demand skills like problem-solving, critical thinking, and leadership is essential.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Drumm McNaughton, a leading expert on higher ed transformation, and Ryan Craig, a journalist and author specializing in higher education, discuss employers’ current dissatisfaction with traditional higher education models and proposals for how to transform Higher Ed to create workforce readiness and improve Higher Education's ROI.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In this post, Dora celebrates the university’s success in nurturing student start-ups and underscores its dedication to fostering entrepreneurship by embedding enterprise within the curriculum. Dora Handrea is a Lead Enterprise Executive at Edinburgh Innovations (EI)↗️, The University of Edinburgh.

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University Business

MARCH 21, 2024

Alternative credentials have become a driving force in education, increasingly favored by non-traditional students who helped reverse a decade-plus long trend of declines that started in 2010 and fell sharply during the pandemic. Working with businesses looking to hire skilled employees is an essential part of that.

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Creatrix Campus

MARCH 9, 2023

As such, ensuring the quality of education provided by higher education institutions is of utmost importance. Quality assurance is a process of evaluating and monitoring the quality of education provided by higher education institutions to ensure that they meet certain standards and expectations.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

As a team, our ambition is to generate outstanding education for students, increase our impact and create a greater alignment with the University’s strategic priorities. International education trends highlight the benefits of enterprise education.

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University Business

APRIL 6, 2023

. “Tenure is the primary means of protecting academic freedom and exists not only to protect individual faculty members but also to benefit students and serve the common good by ensuring the quality of teaching and research in higher education,” wrote AAUP in the report.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

OCTOBER 11, 2018

In this post, Dr Sarah Ivory, a lecturer in the Business School, reflects on why an interdisciplinary course is so important to prepare undergraduate business students for professional employment in an uncertain world… If you ask academics ‘ what is the purpose of undergraduate education ?’,

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 24, 2019

Throughout my years as an educator, both in schools and university, I have prioritised the promotion of learners’ positive mental health. I now lecture in health and wellbeing in primary education. For example, I hold positive regard for every student and make them aware of this. It is holistic and context driven.

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University Business

APRIL 21, 2023

More from UB: State legislation and college partnerships aim to bridge the nation’s nursing shortage How higher ed can bridge the student-employer gap Prioritize mental health resources: Nine in 10 seniors say mental health resources are a necessity for college students, according to TimelyCare.

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Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson

JULY 14, 2022

“The Role of Hybrid Learning Spaces in Enhancing Higher Education Students’ Employability.” British Journal of Educational Technology 51, no. British Journal of Educational Technology 51, no. 4 (2020): 1188–1202. Goodyear, Peter. Design and Co?configuration 4 (2020): 1045–60.

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University Business

APRIL 7, 2023

Not unique to any town are those in essential services in education, health care and accounting, which will always require a steady stream of new hires. Still, skepticism about higher education threatens to upend rural community colleges. Courses in manufacturing are now filled up within two days of opening.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

A sub-set of 8 students have also successfully taken this a step further and, under staff mentorship, have achieved Associate Fellowship of the HEA. Activities include outreach workshops with local schools, like Liberton High School, to foster the link with young people aspiring to enter higher education.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A Fundamental Rethink of the Higher Education Business Model In the rapidly evolving landscape of higher education, institutions must embrace educational innovation and strategic adaptation to change. But when you look at the numbers of students, from 18 million down to 16.5

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Creatrix Campus

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Let’s learn everything in detail about CAA in the UAE Ministry of education. CAA is UAE’s official higher education quality assurance organization. It accredits all higher education institutions not affiliated with the federal government by taking them through a series of quality assurance steps and offering them a license to operate.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MAY 11, 2017

In January 2017, the Senate Researcher Experience Committee (REC) approved a comprehensive programme of work designed to investigate, map and enhance the postgraduate research student experience. The Senate Researcher Experience Committee (REC) acts as the Programme board and the work is a standing item on the committee agenda.

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Creatrix Campus

MARCH 24, 2023

Accreditation by reputable organizations like AMBA accreditation is an essential aspect of promoting the quality of business education and ensuring that business schools are meeting the needs of their students and stakeholders. The top business schools in the world are those that have earned AMBA accreditation.

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Creatrix Campus

APRIL 5, 2023

EQUIS is a prestigious and rigorous accreditation system that assesses the quality of management education offered by higher education institutions. In this blog, we will explore the benefits and process of EQUIS accreditation for European higher education institutions. What is EQUIS accreditation? What is EQUIS accreditation?

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Dr Neil Hudson, Senior Veterinary Clinical Lecturer at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Director of the Undergraduate Certificate in Veterinary Medical Education reflects on the benefits of enabling undergraduate students to participate in teaching. I am really pleased to receive this fellowship.

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 25, 2023

How the Choice Based Credit System can Improve the Quality of Higher Education in India editor Mon, 06/26/2023 - 01:39 A robust and high-quality higher education system plays a vital role in the advancement and prosperity of any nation in today's rapidly changing world. What is a Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS)?

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Creatrix Campus

MARCH 27, 2023

These institutions are dedicated to providing students with quality business education that prepares them for the demands of the global marketplace. They focus on developing a curriculum that combines theoretical knowledge with practical skills, ensuring that students are equipped to handle real-world business challenges.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 20, 2017

Natalie Gilfedder Natalie Gilfedder is a final Year Business Management student. on Campus internship as an ‘Employability Projects Intern’, she became increasingly interested in the concept of graduate attributes, student employability and higher education. After her Employ.ed

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JANUARY 10, 2017

This doesn’t mean they have to be fixed on a career path, but rather that they should make the most of their university experience (develop new skills, broaden horizons and networks through part-time work, student societies, or volunteering). We can’t afford to ignore this concern.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 20, 2023

Supporting Student Success in Higher Education: A Comprehensive Guide editor Thu, 07/20/2023 - 04:08 Higher education is an exciting and transformative journey, offering students a wealth of opportunities for personal growth and academic achievement. This is where Student Success in Higher Education peeps in.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 4, 2017

Now multiply this across every task, experience and interaction a student has with the University during their lifetime with us. Collectively these weave a rich tapestry of attributes unique to each student. Gavin McCabe Dr Gavin McCabe leads the University’s Employability Consultancy.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Image credit: Clark Tibbs, unsplash, CC0 Dr Sharon Maguire, a Careers & Employability Manager at The University of Edinburgh , proposes the “creative, iterative, human-centered, problem-solving methodology” of Life Design as an answer to urgent questions of student employability, curriculum transformation, and the future of work.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 21, 2023

AI has been used in the UK graduate recruitment market for over a decade yet currently remains in the minority, with only 10% of Institute for Student Employment (ISE) members saying they use it. Unilever used a system which didn’t use name, educational background or work experience, this increased female candidates by 16%.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

DECEMBER 11, 2018

NICE aims to enhance student employability by facilitating the development of intercultural competencies and entrepreneurial skills, and their practical application in “real-life” situations to address global challenges by collaborating in virtual, transnational groups using tailor-made ICT tools.

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SRHE

MARCH 1, 2024

Moreover, meaningful work experience or employment can be seen as critical for a number of professions – a mechanism to distinguish between graduates with the same 2:1 degree but with differing employability capital. To what extent is student employment detrimental? Her research is in the area of inequality and education.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

In this extra post, Stephen Sowa shares insights from the Sustainable Careers Projects he spearheaded which aimed at supporting students in developing sustainable career paths whilst navigating the increase of job automation. Sephen is a Tutor and 4th year PhD student in Moray House School of Education and Sport.

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Symplicity

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

What got you interested in higher education? I was on the administrative side mostly, and the attraction there was continuing to be part of an education community – access to the arts, speakers, and community enrichment events that come with being part of a vibrant university.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

What better way for my final year students, products of the successful peer intensive curriculum, to test their skills outside of the University setting. Creative problem solving, risk taking, lateral thinking, communication, project management, amongst the many core design skills this student employed in order to fulfil this unique ‘task’.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In this extra post, Tracey and Delia highlight BadgEd↗️, a new open digital badge service at the university. Tracey Madden is a learning technology advisor and Delia Georgescu works with the Digital Learning, Applications and Media team at The University of Edinburgh.

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SRHE

AUGUST 15, 2024

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. Typically, live briefs are sourced through lecturers’ professional networks and are presented to students most frequently as an extracurricular opportunity.

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