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Effective Practice in the Design of Directed Independent Learning Opportunities
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Thomas, Liz; Jones, Robert; Ottaway, James – Higher Education Academy, 2015
This study, commissioned by the HEA and the QAA focuses on directed independent learning practices in UK higher education. It investigates what stakeholders (including academic staff and students) have found to be the most effective practices in the inception, design, quality assurance and enhancement of directed independent learning and explores…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Design, Independent Study
Changing Patterns in Vocational Entry Qualifications, Student Support and Outcomes in Undergraduate Degree Programmes
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Shields, Robin; Masardo, Alex – Higher Education Academy, 2015
This study investigates the differences in degree attainment between students entering higher education through vocational qualification pathways and students entering through traditional A-level routes. The report also analyses how well students with vocational qualifications are prepared for and supported in their studies at higher education.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Teaching Excellence in the Disciplines
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Abbas, Andrea; Abbas, Joan; Brayman, Kira; Brennan, John; Gantogtokh, Orkhon – Higher Education Academy, 2016
Higher education within the UK has expanded significantly over recent decades and is now characterised by considerable diversity in its institutional forms, in the content of its courses, and in the backgrounds, aspirations and destinations of its students. An extensive literature has identified HE pedagogies, including teaching practices and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Intellectual Disciplines
Teaching Excellence in the Disciplines: Appendices
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Abbas, Andrea; Abbas, Joan; Brayman, Kira; Brennan, John; Gantogokh, Orkhon – Higher Education Academy, 2016
This document provides the appendices for the report entitled: "Teaching Excellence in the Disciplines." Based on interviews with deans from a range of UK universities, the main report produced by LSE Enterprise for the HEA, provides a snapshot of different conceptions of what constitutes good teaching practice at discipline level and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Intellectual Disciplines
Evaluating the Impact of Number Controls, Choice and Competition: An Analysis of the Student Profile and the Student Learning Environment in the New Higher Education Landscape
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Taylor, Carol; McCaig, Colin – Higher Education Academy, 2014
The policy environment for universities in England has changed significantly over the past few years. This can be seen most obviously in relation to the funding of undergraduate education, but other changes will come to be seen as equally influential in the long term. One example is the change to the policy on controlling student numbers, which is…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Competition, Student Characteristics, Educational Environment
Pedagogies of Partnership: What Works. A Report on the Findings of the Higher Education Academy Funded Project Examining How Partnership-Based Pedagogies Impact on Student Learning at the University of Lincoln
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Crawford, Karin; Horsley, Reece; Hagyard, Andy; Derricott, Dan – Higher Education Academy, 2015
"Pedagogies of partnership: What works?" seeks to identify whether the student learning experience is enhanced or in any way made different through the implementation of teaching and learning that is explicitly intended to foster partnership. The value of student-staff partnerships and student engagement is recognised nationally and in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, Student Experience, Learning Experience