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Jiayu Wang; Cassi Liardét; Juliet Lum; Mehdi Riazi – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Co-authorship between doctoral students and their supervisors is a mostly occluded practice, generalised according to the candidates' disciplines. There is limited understanding of the practice, particularly in humanities, arts, and social sciences (HASS) disciplines. This study explores HASS doctoral students' and supervisors' perceptions towards…
Descriptors: Authors, Cooperation, Doctoral Students, Supervisors
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Velda McCune; Jenny Scoles; Sharon Boyd; Andy Cross; Pete Higgins; Rebekah Tauritz – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Policy makers increasingly call on higher education to prepare learners for challenges such as global health emergencies or ecological crises. These can be understood as 'wicked problems', which are unbounded, complex and resist simplistic definition. Wicked problems involve stakeholders with incompatible value positions and attempted solutions…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, College Faculty, Undergraduate Study, Humanities
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Moriña Díez, Anabel; Gavira, Rosario López; Molina, Víctor M. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2015
This article presents an analysis of how lecturers respond to students with disabilities, the initial question being: do lecturers aid or hinder students? Findings pertain to a broader research project being developed by a multidisciplinary team employing a non-usual research methodology in higher education (HE) research and students with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, College Students, College Faculty, Teacher Student Relationship
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Cruickshank, Ken; Chen, Honglin; Warren, Stan – Higher Education Research and Development, 2012
This article explores the use of group work strategies to increase student interaction and learning. Despite the growing linguistic and cultural diversity in tertiary institutions, there is strong evidence of minimal interaction between "domestic" and "international" students in classrooms and in wider university contexts. This study investigates…
Descriptors: Evidence, Program Effectiveness, Student Diversity, Learning Strategies
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McNaught, Carmel; Ng, Sarah S. W.; Chow, Helen – Higher Education Research and Development, 2012
Humanities includes a diverse range of disciplines in which little literature has explored in any depth the desired learning outcomes. This study was designed to articulate and illustrate learning outcomes in the humanities from students' voices and work. Undergraduate students in their final year, postgraduate students and recent alumni from the…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Undergraduate Students, Student Evaluation, Student Attitudes