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Becoming a professional services researcher in HE – making the train tracks converge

SRHE

It represents my personal reflections of working in UK higher education (HE) professional services roles and simultaneously gaining research experience through a Masters and Professional Doctorate in Education (EdD). I use this metaphor to share my experiences, and three phases, of becoming a professional services researcher.

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Mini-series: Student leadership and professional development

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Our hope has been to highlight the breadth of our student initiatives, as well as the many competing motivations involved in developing and supporting peer-led groups. The Citizen Scholar is a resource through which to investigate the beneficial outcomes of institutions acknowledging their role in civic life.

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Digital citizenship and the importance of creating safe and inclusive online learning spaces

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Developing such guidance and training has been a chief focus of the Digital Safety and Citizenship initiative in the Digital Skills team over the past two years, but it is clear that we need the help of both our academic and professional services colleagues to spread the word.

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An introduction to student and staff co-creation of the curriculum

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

For example, students’ and staff members’ increased enjoyment of learning and teaching alongside their professional development are particularly notable (Bovill & Bulley, 2011; Lubicz-Nawrocka, 2018; Lubicz-Nawrocka & Simoni, 2018; Matthews, 2016; Mercer-Mapstone et al., 2017), there are also many benefits!

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Spotlight on the 2024 Teaching Award winners: Staff offering exceptional levels of support to students

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Each year, we have several categories celebrating these staff – from supervisors and cohort leads to the many professional services staff who keep things ticking along smoothly. Support Staff of the year: Aletta Ritchie, Disability and Learning Support Service (Photo credit: EUSA) Our Support Staff of this year is Aletta Ritchie.

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Sharing a Partnership Journey: Working with EUMAS to help achieve Cohort Lead goals

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

We worked with EUMAS primarily as a ‘client’ and developed a research brief based on primary data collection looking to understand student perspectives and gain insights on the 4 pillars. For students, they have personal and professional development opportunities to enhance their CVs, beyond the society involvement alone.

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Make the tacit explicit: how to improve information on university webpages for potential doctoral applicants

SRHE

Some applicants find this process so challenging that they turn to a range of paid services that help them to learn how to contact a potential doctoral supervisor or develop a research proposal. We conducted a study to examine the pre-application stage of doctoral admissions in a single university context, the University of Warwick.