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Stallman, Helen M. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2011
Mental health problems can significantly impact on the ability of university students to both meet their individual potential and contribute positively within society. This study evaluates the feasibility of embedding a strength-focused resilience-building seminar within a university curriculum. Participants were 247 students enrolled in an…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Seminars, Psychology, Resilience (Psychology)
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White, Christopher J. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2013
Emotion experienced in the classroom has been shown to influence subject-level satisfaction and loyalty to the institution. To date, a valid and reliable scale to measure higher-education satisfaction emotions does not exist and this study aims to rectify this shortfall. After a qualitative and quantitative investigation, 14 emotions that formed…
Descriptors: Emotional Experience, Participant Satisfaction, Outcome Measures, Affective Measures
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De George-Walker, Linda; Keeffe, Mary – Higher Education Research and Development, 2010
Higher education has been actively encouraged to find more effective and flexible delivery models to provide all students with access to quality learning experiences yet also meet institutional imperatives for efficiency and accountability. Blended learning, commonly defined as an integration of traditional face-to-face and online approaches to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Blended Learning, Case Studies, Instructional Design
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Grebennikov, Leonid; Skaines, Ivan – Higher Education Research and Development, 2009
This research seeks to contribute to current discussion of gender differences in experience of higher education. Its specific focus is to compare the assessment of various university services by male and female students. The research sample consisted of 9793 students who participated in three University of Western Sydney surveys in 2004 and 2005.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Gender Differences, Case Studies, Educational Experience
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Hyde, Merv; Punch, Renee; Power, Des; Hartley, Judy; Neale, Jennifer; Brennan, Lesleigh – Higher Education Research and Development, 2009
This article reports on the experiences of deaf and hard of hearing students at a Queensland university, which offers an extensive deaf student support program. Seventy-two current students and graduates since the program's inception twenty years ago completed a survey about their experiences, highlights, challenges and use of communication tools…
Descriptors: Partial Hearing, Deafness, Student Experience, Accessibility (for Disabled)