Electro-acoustic Music in Higher Education

1993 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-90
Author(s):  
Geoff Smith ◽  
Michael Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Music Technology ◽  
The State ◽  
Fast Growing ◽  
The Uk

The article contains the results of a survey (1991) into electro-acoustic music studios and courses in higher education in the UK. Not only is there an ever-increasing profile of information technology in music, but also unprecedented speed and scale of advances in music technology which question not only what is taught, but how. By surveying the state of the nation's studios and courses, the authors seek to suggest strategies for future studio- and course-design that take into account these rapid developments as well as the fast growing demand for studio access and tuition.

Power Working through/on Bodies in the UK

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 35-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janelle Reinelt
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
The State ◽  
Working Through ◽  
Present Context ◽  
Theatre Studies ◽  
The Uk

This statement started its life as part of the State of the Profession panel at the joint ASTR/CORD conference in Seattle (November 2010). I was asked to respond to the question of “how power has worked on/through/with bodies in the fields of dance and theatre studies, and in the academy at large.” I decided to speak about the serious crisis facing higher education in light of the economic recession and its particular challenges to the academy and our field, using my present context in the UK, where I have lived since 2006, as a case study.

scholarly journals A Widely Spoken Lesser-Taught Language: Portuguese in British Higher Education

2019 ◽  
pp. 383-401
Author(s):  
Pedro Marques
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Language Education ◽  
The State ◽  
World Languages ◽  
Peripheral Position ◽  
Perception Gap ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Academic Discourses ◽  
Existing Data

This paper sets out to investigate the state of play of Portuguese language education in British Higher Education. Drawing on the cues provided by Portuguese studies lecturer Rhian Atkin in a 2016 talk, I bring together existing data on Portuguese language education in the UK, and promotional and academic discourses on what the Portuguese language is to argue that there is a gap between the fact that Portuguese is one of the most widely spoken languages and its relatively peripheral position in the economy of world languages. This perception gap prevents the development of policies grounded on local realities, and the strengthening of the rationale for the learning of the language.

scholarly journals Diagnóstico da Presença Feminina nos Cursos Superiores e no Mercado de Trabalho em Tecnologia da Informação no Estado do Pará

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yomara Pinheiro Pires ◽  
Liviane Rego ◽  
Maria Roselene Alves Lima ◽  
Francisco Aguinaldo de Albuquerque Júnior
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Gender Roles ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
The State ◽  
Male Predominance ◽  
Scientific Careers ◽  
The Social

Althoughwomen’s participation in the Information Technology (IT)market has increased in recent decades, it remains a predominantlymale area. One of the factors in this difference is in socio-culturalissues where the social construction of gender roles is limitingwomen’s insertion and permanence in this sector. This work aims tomake a diagnosis about the presence of women in higher educationcourses and in the IT labor market in the state of Pará. The mainsources of data used were the governmental public databases ofthe General Register of Employees and Unemployed (CAGED),the Census of Higher Education, made available (INEP) and theNational Household Survey (PNAD). The analyzed data indicatedthat in the state of Pará, we have the male predominance on thesector either on the superior courses as on the work market andwage inequalities. Despite the increase in the entry of women inacademic-scientific careers, in the IT labor market.

scholarly journals International Higher Education and the “Neo-liberal Turn”

2016 ◽  
pp. 16-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Scott
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
The State ◽  
International Higher Education

International higher education, once an aspect of the academy associated with ideals of solidarity and development, is now seen as the most market-oriented aspect. The main reason for this reversal is the so-called ‘neoliberal turn’. But the major trends associated with this turn - a new (and reduced) role for the State; globalization in its various guises and the rise of new communicative cultures as a result of advances in information technology - are likely to have multiple and even contradictory impacts on higher education.

scholarly journals Governance and Regulation: Do UK Messages Have International Relevance?

2015 ◽  
pp. 24-26
Author(s):  
Robin Middlehurst
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
The State ◽  
Democratic Participation ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
International Context ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
The Uk

Reviews of governance and regulation have occupied three of the four countries of the UK in 2011-2014.  The debates, arguments and negotiations that underpin these reviews reveal different ideological positions about the role of the state, balances between accountability and autonomy and democratic participation in the governance of institutions by staff and students.  External drivers are also part of the picture as governments and institutions alike seek to position themselves in a changing international context. It is hoped that both the ideological debates and the operational solutions developed in the UK will have wider resonance for other countries and regions engaged in the modernisation, expansion, development or re-construction of their higher education systems.

scholarly journals Twenty Years of Girls into Computing Days: Has It Been Worth the Effort?

10.28945/3221 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annemieke Craig ◽  
Catherine Lang ◽  
Julie Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Female Student ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Attitudinal Change ◽  
Underlying Assumption ◽  
Hands On ◽  
The Uk

The first documented day-long program to encourage girls to consider computing as a career was held in 1987 in the U.K. Over the last 20 years these one-day events, labeled Girls into Computing days, have been conducted by academics and professionals to foster female-student interest in information technology (IT) degrees and careers. This paper charts the growth and popularity of these types of events internationally and questions their effectiveness. The format of Girls in Computing days varies from giving students hands-on experiences with technology to exposure to women in the industry through seminars and presentations. They are mostly aimed at girls in the 12-16 year old age bracket. The underlying assumption of these events is that female students are not choosing IT degrees and careers because of a limited awareness of what an IT degree and career involves. The absence of any longitudinal evaluation on the success of Girls into Computing events is a glaring oversight. Success of previous events conducted in the UK, USA, and Australia has been evaluated mainly through pre-event and post-event attitudinal type surveying of students. These have all been positive, but any long-term attitudinal change has not been measured and some researchers suggest that the effects of Girls in Computing days have been negligible, a suggestion supported by a continued decline in female IT higher education enrolment statistics in all these countries.

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