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Gillian Knight; Helen Ordidge; Adam Rene Timothy; Matthew Davis – International Journal for Students as Partners, 2022
This article describes the implementation of a new student partnership across a large and diverse STEM faculty and the impact this four-year partnership had on enhancing students' experience. This innovative partnership recruited and employed students, termed student experience champions (SEC), to inform and develop inclusive educational…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Partnerships in Education, Student Participation, Educational Practices
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Dodds, Colin B.; Whelan, Alison; Kharrufa, Ahmed; Satar, Müge – Research-publishing.net, 2021
This chapter is based on a workshop at IVEC 2020 which presented a model of Virtual Exchange (VE) facilitated by interactive, digital, and cultural artefacts created using a progressive web app developed by the EU-funded ENACT project team. The model offers an innovative approach to online intercultural exchange through the opportunity to create,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Open Educational Resources
Gear, Adrienne – Stenhouse Publishers, 2015
Since "Reading Power" was launched ten years ago in an elementary school in Vancouver, it has evolved into a recognized approach to comprehension instruction being implemented across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and China. This groundbreaking approach shows teachers how to help students think while they…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods
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Benn, Melissa – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2015
Our current curriculum and qualifications framework is a "fragmented mess" according to many of those who teach in, and lead, our schools. How can we change it with minimal disruption, particularly after four years of often destructive meddling from above? A number of individuals and groups at school level have been working to develop a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Qualifications, Alignment (Education), Models
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Palfreyman, David – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2015
This article explores the new Legislative Act concerned with the "Risk of Being Drawn into Terrorism" and the need for "Preventing People Being Drawn into Terrorism." It provides consultation and guidance to specified authorities such as universities on how they should go about implementing this "Prevent" duty. The…
Descriptors: Terrorism, Emergency Programs, Crisis Management, College Programs
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George, Sarah; Costigan, Anne; O'hara, Maria – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2013
Plagiarism is a vexing issue for Higher Education, affecting student transition, retention, and attainment. This article reports on two initiatives from the University of Bradford library aimed at reducing student plagiarism. The first initiative is an intensive course for students who have contravened plagiarism regulations. The second course…
Descriptors: Plagiarism, Prevention, Library Role, Academic Libraries
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Khan, Tehmina – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to identify the offering and nature (scope) of sustainability accounting courses at universities that have signed the Talloires Declaration and also at universities with prominent sustainability accounting researchers' affiliations. For this purpose a university web sites content analysis for sustainability…
Descriptors: Profiles, Accounting, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis
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Schlicht, Patricia – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2013
In today's world where tuition fees continue to rise rapidly and the demand for higher education increases in both the developing and developed world, it is important to find additional and alternative learning pathways that learners can afford. Traditional education as we have known it has begun to change, allowing for new parallel learning…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Open Education, Computer Uses in Education, Shared Resources and Services
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Risinger, C. Frederick – Social Education, 2011
Bullying and cyber bullying are important issues in schools, not only in the United States but in many other nations. In this article, the author recommends sites that he thinks would be helpful for teachers and schools combating bullying and cyber bullying. These recommended sites provide teacher lesson plans and other resources dealing with…
Descriptors: Internet, Bullying, Computers, Social Networks
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Young, Michael – Journal of Education and Work, 2011
National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) were launched in the United Kingdom (excluding Scotland) in 1987 as a framework for rationalising what was described at the time as the "jungle" of existing vocational qualifications. They were never intended to be the basis for a comprehensive NQF for all qualifications; however, successive…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, National Standards
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Hawkins, Elaine – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2012
The UK English subject benchmark statements express the discipline's commitment to contribute to an "ideal of lifelong learning." In this article, I consider what this commitment may mean for practice and explore why its attainment is complex and contentious. In doing so, I examine some of the ways in which lecturers' professional…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Benchmarking, Educational Practices, Program Implementation
National Foundation for Educational Research, 2014
Some young people naturally flourish in school; others struggle due to difficult life circumstances. There is also another group of young people who have no substantial issues or barriers but are still at risk of disengaging from learning. Through research, it is known that the majority of young people who are not in education, employment or…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Best Practices, Dropout Prevention, Outreach Programs
Learning and Skills Network (NJ3), 2009
This "Getting Started Guide to the Foundation Learning Tier" looks at what Progression Pathways are and their benefits at Key Stage 4. The guide is for staff working in schools and other providers who are preparing to deliver Progression Pathways to learners at Key Stage 4. It will help them plan and implement Progression Pathways, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Personnel, Program Implementation, Educational Attainment
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Walker, David; Sloan, David; Boyle, Lynn; Walsh, Lorraine – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to outline and discuss a multifaceted approach to embedding change in academic practice, resulting in the integration of technology-enhanced learning (TEL) within the wider institutional strategic approach to learning and teaching. Design/methodology/approach: This approach is evidenced through a discussion of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Change Strategies, College Faculty, Teacher Role
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Bywater, Tracey; Sharples, Jonathan – Research Papers in Education, 2012
School-based programmes developed to promote social and emotional well-being aims to reduce the risk of academic failure and other negative outcomes, such as antisocial behaviour and mental health problems. This article maps the British political trajectory from understanding the importance of social and emotional well-being, to delivering…
Descriptors: Evidence, Formative Evaluation, Academic Failure, Well Being
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