scholarly journals Open Book Examination and Higher Education During COVID-19: Case of University of Delhi

2021 ◽  
pp. 004723952101378
Author(s):  
Dhananjay Ashri ◽  
Bibhu P. Sahoo
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Open Book ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Vast Literature ◽  
Academic Units ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The University

Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic has shaken the higher education sector. Indian academic institutes are well acquainted with the traditional closed book examination; however, the pandemic has forced the institutes to resort to new methods to evaluate the students. Many academic units in India did not take the examination in the light of public health, but in the case of the University of Delhi, it decided to conduct an online open book examination (OBE). Therefore, in the present paper, we aim to evaluate the strength, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges of conducting online OBE by referring to the vast literature available. We further extended our study by assessing the students’ performance in an OBE and closed book examination. The results unveiled that students tend to score higher marks in the case of an OBE set up compared to closed book examination.

scholarly journals Disruptive Changing Higher Education Ecosystems: Have University Academics Been Gazumped?

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. p12
Author(s):  
Dr Warrick Long ◽  
Associate Professor Lisa Barnes ◽  
Professor Maria Northcote ◽  
Professor Anthony Williams
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Academic Environment ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Disruptive Change ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Teaching Workload

Continual reforms in the Australian Higher Education Sector result in ongoing significant changes to the experiences of the Australian academic. As a result, massification, internationalisation and corporatization form the landscape of academia in Australia. The Australian University Accounting Academic (AUAA) faces ongoing challenges and opportunities within this dynamic academic environment, and this study explores these challenges in relation to teaching themed issues that confront the AUAA. By using a questionnaire and interviews with AUAAs, three themes emerged, being curriculum, teaching workload, and the impact of online teaching. The “ASSET” support framework is developed from these conversations with the AUAA’s to help them become an “asset” to the university during these times of disruptive change instead of allowing the system to “gazump” them.

scholarly journals Factors Impacting the Student’s Loyalty: An Empirical Investigation of Higher Education Sector In Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Murk Fatima ◽  
Murk Khero
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
University Management ◽  
Campus Environment ◽  
Student Loyalty ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The University

Student loyalty ensures management to take better strategies to improve the performance of any institute. The purpose of this research is to examine the factors impacting student’s loyalty through an empirical investigation of Higher Education Sector of Pakistan. The data for this research was collected through questionnaires from four major private universities of Karachi: SZABIST, IQRA University, Bahria University and Institute of Business Management (IOBM) with a sample size of 380. According to the nature of data, descriptive statistic and inferential statistics (regression & correlation) was used. In this research 51.6% respondents were male followed by females which are 47.9%. Results show that, female respondents are more inclined towards a university brand name and location as compare to males. On the side, males are more concerned about the universities’ market value and faculty (teachers) as the major traits while choosing a particular university as compare to females. For universities facilities both the gender male and females have not shown much enthusiasm and interest. Moreover, program offered by the university, fee structure and extracurricular activities are not the primary focus for students (both male and females) as one of the university traits. Further the results demonstrate that, academic facilities and service attitude are highly correlated and have a great impact on student’s loyalty. Moreover, campus environment having a weaker correlation also impact’s the student’s loyalty.  Other factors like, HOD and program manager have a significantly weak correlation with student loyalty and at the same time does not produce any impact. This research responded the questions raised and welcomed a wide range of discussions for the university management to work closely for student’s welfare to enhance and maintain the student’s loyalty. The study is restricted within three HEC institutes of Karachi city only due to limited time frame and financial resources available.

scholarly journals Making connections and building resilience: Developing workshops with undergraduates

2017 ◽  
pp. 404-418
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
High Achieving Students ◽  
Financial Pressure ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University ◽  
Uk Higher Education

While defining resilience is recognised as complex with recent research highlighting the disparity of interpretations, there is however, a common appreciation of the wide range of contributory factors impacting on students’ resilience within the Higher Education sector. These can include but are not limited to, an increasingly competitive environment for graduate jobs, increased financial pressure from student tuition fees, alongside the more traditional concerns of moving away from home and transitioning towards greater independence. Building on previous research at the University of Surrey with high achieving students, this paper outlines the development and delivery of a student focused workshop designed to enable the participants to build their understanding of resilience using different but complementary pedagogic approaches: LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® and Concept Mapping. The case study included within this paper demonstrates one student’s reflection of the workshop and previous experiences which have contributed to their own resilience. What has become apparent at the University of Surrey, and more broadly within the UK Higher Education sector, is that universities have a vital role to play in fostering positive mindsets amongst students and developing strong and resilient independent learners.

scholarly journals Teaching public health in undergraduate medical courses: a case study in three universities in Paraná

2009 ◽  
Vol 127 (6) ◽  
pp. 335-341
Author(s):  
João José Batista de Campos ◽  
Paulo Eduardo Mangeon Elias ◽  
Luiz Cordoni Junior
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
National Health System ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
General Physician ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Specific Teaching ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The University

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Historically, different concepts of public health have influenced both the specific teaching in this field and its participation in general physician training. Starting from this assumption, the objective of this paper was to study how public health has been taught in undergraduate medical courses, focusing on structure and on how this has affected curriculum design in three universities in the State of Paraná, Brazil. DESIGN AND SETTING: Qualitative investigation developed at Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL) and Universidade Positivo (UnicenP). METHODS: This study included a documentary analysis on pedagogical projects and on how these are actually experienced by those working on them. Eleven managers and 18 teachers were interviewed, as well as four groups of students that were formed in the three medical courses. RESULTS: Between 5 and 20% of Public Health topics were shown to be included in the curriculums, depending on the teaching strategies used. However, they were always set up within academic approaches that were strongly linked to healthcare services. This situation has been strengthened through the degree of progress made by the National Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde, SUS) in both cities (Curitiba and Londrina). CONCLUSIONS: Regardless of the nature of the university, the administrative and academic setup of the course and of the different ways of incorporating teachers, Public Health is present and takes on considerable relevance for medical training, even if it does not constitute a linking thread within undergraduate medical courses.

scholarly journals Implementing a new doctor of creative arts program in the Chinese year of the fire monkey

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Charles Kerby ◽  
Margaret Mary Baguley ◽  
Beata Agnieszka Batorowicz ◽  
Linda Nicole Clark
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Creative Arts ◽  
Creative Practice ◽  
Creative Leadership ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Regional University ◽  
Traditional Research ◽  
The University

This article explores the development and implementation of a new Doctor of Creative Arts program in a regional university. The experiences of key leadership staff and Doctor of Creative Arts candidates enrolled in the foundation year of the program are contextualised within the current landscape of practice-based arts research in the higher education sector. The process was shaped by the tension between financial imperatives and the possibilities, ambiguity and ambivalence inherent in the arts. The implementation of the Doctor of Creative Arts in 2016, the Chinese Year of the Fire Monkey with its emphasis on intelligent, flexible and creative leadership, was one that offered the most relevant metaphorical framework within which the challenges were best articulated and explored. The findings revealed significant institutional awareness of the new program’s potential to facilitate innovative, creative and traditional research outputs, the importance of communicating the value of creative practice-led research for artists and the university, and leadership and support throughout planning and implementation.

A Critique of Institutional Inequalities in Higher Education

2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole Leathwood
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
High Status ◽  
White Middle Class ◽  
Elite Institutions ◽  
Student Profiles ◽  
Institutional Differentiation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University

This article seeks to apply Adam Swift’s (2003) critique of private and selective schooling to higher education in the UK. The higher education sector in this country is highly differentiated, with high status, research-led elite institutions at the top of the university hierarchy, and newer universities, with far lower levels of funding and prestige, at the bottom. The extent of this differentiation is illustrated by an analysis of six universities at different ends of this spectrum. It also becomes apparent that the student profiles of these institutions are very different, with privately educated, white, middle class students particularly over-represented in the elite universities, and working-class, minority ethnic, and to some extent, women students concentrated in those institutions with far lower levels of funding and prestige. Considerable benefits accrue to those who have attended the elite institutions, and it is argued that the hierarchy of universities both reflects and perpetuates social inequalities, with the middle-classes retaining their privileges and the elite continuing to reproduce itself. The discourse of meritocracy that is used to justify this institutional differentiation is also discussed, and the paper concludes with a call for a more socially just and equitable future for the higher education sector.

scholarly journals Epidemiologic and public health initiatives in telecommunication

1999 ◽  
Vol 2 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 73-81
Author(s):  
Pierre Philippe ◽  
R.E. Laporte ◽  
F. Sauer
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Health Initiatives ◽  
Public Health Information ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The University ◽  
Public Health Initiatives ◽  
Virtual Seminar

Epidemiologic knowledge must be available widely in order to insure public health for all worldwide. The objective of this paper is to account for what has been done in epidemiologic telecommunication during the previous four years at the University of Montreal, and to discuss the future of telecommunication for public-health enhancement. The first step taken has been to set up a mailing list in methodological epidemiology. The second step has been the launching of a virtual seminar in theoretical epidemiology. It is advocated that virtuality is mandatory to disseminate public health information, but that several crucial issues must be solved before the objective can be reached, among them the cultural, political and ethical issues of the endeavor. This paper includes a critical appraisal of the consequences for under-developed countries of the worldwide telecommunication expansion in the field of public health.

scholarly journals Lean Thinking in a UK University Law Clinic: A Reflective Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-203
Author(s):  
Alex Nicholson ◽  
Alireza Pakgohar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Law School ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Lean Management ◽  
Lean Thinking ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Complex Processes ◽  
Resource Intensity ◽  
The University

A law clinic typically involves staff and students in a range of complex processes that are highly resource-intensive and which have the potential to detract from core value-adding activities. This paper aims to highlight the challenges associated with resourcing a university law clinic, and evaluate the extent to which lean management is able to provide solutions. It is submitted that proactive and deliberate application of lean management philosophies to law clinic process design has the potential to both reduce resource intensity and enhance value. A literature review was conducted in order to identify lean management principles and methodologies that might be applicable. A case study approach was then used to evaluate key resourcing challenges faced by a UK university law clinic and to explore the extent to which lean thinking might help to overcome them. There is very little literature which discusses the application of lean thinking in the higher education sector, and none which considers the university law clinic context specifically. This paper will provide law school leaders with a resource that will enable them to evaluate and design their clinic processes more effectively, improving the wellbeing of clinic staff and enhancing the pedagogical value of clinic work for students. It will also contribute to the emerging body of literature which highlights the benefits of lean thinking within the higher education sector.

scholarly journals Diagnóstico de competitividad académica y acreditación de programas educativos de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, México

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
José Alfonso Jiménez Moreno ◽  
Joaquín Caso Niebla ◽  
Carlos David Díaz López
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Institutional Mission ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Postgraduate Educational ◽  
Academic Units ◽  
Two Indices ◽  
Education In Mexico ◽  
The University

Under the current policy that demands that higher education in Mexico should consider academic competitiveness and the recognition of educational programs within its planning, this article shows a diagnosis of all the 46 academic units of the Autonomous University of Baja California in its three campuses. In accordance with the institutional mission of this university, this article shows four indexes of academic competitiveness related to the consolidation of teaching and research of the entire university's teachers, as well as two indices of accreditation of undergraduate and postgraduate educational programs. With this information, the university is evaluated regarding the expected competitiveness, considering the particularities of the academic units that comprise it. The conclusion shows the importance of constructing diagnoses of this type in order to promote the knowledge of the institutions for purposes of feedback and planning, avoiding the possibility of ranking among universities.

scholarly journals Governance Standards and their Requirements in Private Palestinian Universities in the Southern Governorates and their Relationship to the Level of Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (47) ◽  
pp. 73-101
Author(s):  
Ziad Jalal Khalil Aldammagh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
University Governance ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Palestinian Universities ◽  
The University ◽  
Relationship Of

The study aimed to identify the governance standards and requirements in private Palestinian universities in light of the requirements for accreditation, quality and Palestinian classification of universities from the point of view of their employees and the relationship of which to the level of performance. The study was conducted in the universities of Palestine and Gaza. For collecting data, a questionnaire was designed based on previous studies related to university governance, the issue of governance, its principles, obstacles and stages of implementation. The questionnaire consisted of (42) items, covering the standards of governance in light of the requirements of accreditation, quality and requirements of the Palestinian classification of universities. The study population included the majority of workers, where the questionnaire was distributed to a random sample of (182) individuals. The study concluded that there was a positive relationship between the independent variables (governance standards, accreditation and quality requirements, and the Palestinian university classification) and the dependent variable represented by the performance of private Palestinian universities. The study recommended the need to develop a comprehensive and clear plan, either at the level of the higher education sector or Palestinian universities to spread and strengthen the culture of governance of Palestinian universities and to expedite the issuance of a governance guide for private Palestinian universities. A governance committee, at the level of the higher education sector or at the university level, should also be formed to follow up the implementation of governance standards at the universities and to make private Palestinian universities work on raising the level of practicing Governance principles. Keywords: governance, university governance standards, performance of private Palestinian universities.

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