scholarly journals Gender and sexuality: the discursive limits of 'equality' in higher education

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liz Morrish ◽  
Helen Sauntson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Sexual Minorities ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Individual Freedom ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Areas Of Concern ◽  
The Impact

This special issue sets out to investigate a number of areas of concern, regarding gender and sexuality, which are identifiable in the current British higher education environment. We argue that current dominant 'neoliberal' discourses, which emphasise the commodification of higher education in the U.K., function to set limits upon 'equality'. While these discourses often suggest a widening of opportunities within higher education, with an emphasis upon unlimited individual freedom and choice, the lived experience can be rather different for women and sexual minorities. This issue explores the impact such discourses are having upon gender and sexuality identities and practices in the academy.

scholarly journals Editorial Volume 9, Issue 2 2018

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. i-iii
Author(s):  
Karen Nelson ◽  
Tracy Creagh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
National Association ◽  
Gold Coast ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Australian Government ◽  
Funding System ◽  
Access And Equity ◽  
The Impact

Welcome to our second issue for 2018.  In February we opened the year with the publication of Volume 9(1), a special issue dedicated to the top papers from the 6th Biennial National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia (NAEEA) Conference which was hosted by Southern Cross University at the Gold Coast, Australia in December 2017.   Shortly after this Conference, the Australian Government announced that undergraduate funding was to be capped at 2017 levels, effectively stopping the demand driven funding system for high education in Australia.  With that backdrop Volume 9(1) was a timely opportunity to consider the impact of disruption, and as perceptions of the value of higher education are challenged, to reiterate the value of supporting access and equity to higher education institutions.

Special Issue: Producing the Rounded and Innovative Graduate – Case Studies of Effective Programmes

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-278
Author(s):  
George M. Papadourakis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Educational Methods ◽  
Instruction Type ◽  
Science And Education ◽  
Introductory Paper ◽  
Industry And Education ◽  
Education Science ◽  
The Impact

This special issue of Industry and Higher Education is devoted to a selection of papers on the theme ‘Producing the rounded and innovative graduate – case studies of successful programmes’. The papers, reviewed and revised for publication, were presented at the Seventh International Conference on New Horizons in Industry, Business and Education held on the island of Chios, Greece, in August 2011. This introductory paper provides an overview of the conference, summarizes the most important presentations and offers some reflections on the conference outcomes. The key objective of NHIBE 2011 was to identify the impact of new technologies on education, industry and business. Special attention was given to innovative approaches and experiences developed in education in an effort to adapt teaching methods to the new technological era; and a special session was dedicated to graduate students. There was also a Workshop on PIT (Project/Internship Instruction Type) – ‘Views of the Project/Internship Instruction Type’ – organized by Professor Nuno Escudeiro. The major subject streams at the conference were: Education Strategies, New Educational Methods, Industry and Education, Science and Education, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Finance and Governance, and Business Strategies. This introductory paper to this issue of Industry and Higher Education focuses on Education Strategies, New Educational Methods, Industry and Education, Science and Education, Entrepreneurship and the PIT Workshop.

Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Cuban Revolution

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (136) ◽  
pp. 185-197
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Quay Hutchison
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Minorities ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Cuban Revolution ◽  
Gender Justice ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Barriers To Change ◽  
The Us

Abstract In a summer 2018 interview conducted for this special issue of RHR, the US-born lesbian feminist artist, activist, and scholar Margaret Randall reflects on the Cuban Revolution’s achievements and shortcomings in the arena of women’s and sexuality rights. What have women and sexual minorities contributed to Cuba’s experiment in radical equality, and what remains to be done? How has feminism—in all its variety—shaped the aspirations of Cuban men and women, and what have US feminists learned from their efforts? What makes gender justice happen, and who or what constitutes barriers to change?

scholarly journals Editorial: Advancing Non-placement Work-integrated Learning Across the Degree

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 2-8
Author(s):  
Bonnie Dean ◽  
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Michelle J. Eady ◽  
Venkata Yanamandram ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Integrated Learning ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Professional Networks ◽  
Transferable Skills ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Workplace Preparation ◽  
Work Integrated Learning ◽  
The Impact

Work-integrated learning (WIL) is on the rise as many universities adopt strategic targets for student workplace preparation as an element of their tertiary studies. Through WIL, students gain real world experiences, transferable skills and build professional networks. WIL is often understood as a placement activity, whereby students spend extended periods of time in industry, typically at the end or near end of their degree. These placements are designed to encapsulate the theoretical learning of a degree through the opportunity to apply knowledge and practise skills in a physical workplace. While there is much evidence in the higher education teaching and learning scholarship that attests to the benefits of placement-based WIL for all stakeholders, innovation in WIL that integrates work practices with learning is also occurring without time on placement or within a workplace. In recent years, WIL activity has extended beyond limited conceptions as describing only placements, to include a range of simulated, virtual, authentic and industry-based activities. The uptake of non-placement learning activities presents as opportunity to investigate the benefits, utility and innovation of this growing pedagogy to contribute meaningful insights to higher education scholarship and practice. This special issue is being published during the trials of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency. This global pandemic has shattered economies, touching every domain of life, including completely disrupting higher education. The call for papers for this special issue was conceived and advertised well before the universal lock down. There was evidence to suggest universities were exploring and experimenting with new ways of engaging with industry partners and that these models were offering extraordinary benefits to student learning and application of knowledge. The COVID-19 situation escalated these experiments, determining virtual WIL and projects or activities leveraged through technological platforms, as the fortuitous survivors. There is no doubt that WIL pedagogies and programs have been hit hard, however, this hardship for some has been described as cause for a learning revolution. For WIL research, this could be the impetus for questioning dominant modes of WIL and extending our understandings and knowledge of the impact of alternative WIL models.

Internationalization: Perspectives From University Faculty in the Republic of Ireland

2019 ◽  
pp. 102831531988846
Author(s):  
Marie Clarke ◽  
Linda Hui Yang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
National Context ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
Education Literature ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Professional Contexts ◽  
The Impact

This article, emerging from a wider study on internationalization in the Republic of Ireland, explores internationalization through the everyday lived experience of faculty and its impact on their professional contexts. It highlights issues that faculty members face in a national context, where internationalization is viewed as an economic goal rather than an academic goal. This aspect, which has been under-researched in higher education literature, addresses the complexities and contradictions that internationalization can create for faculty. A social realist approach using Archer’s morphogenetic framework was employed to facilitate an exploration of the variegated responses that internationalization produced. The performative response to internationalization was captured, which revealed different agential responses: from an acceptance of the instrumentalist discourse to feeling demoralized by the lack of recognition for professional commitment, the impact of non-engagement by colleagues and engagement with the process to advance other career objectives.

scholarly journals Editorial 18.1. Satisfying Many Masters: Teaching into Professional Degrees in the 21st Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
Pauline Collins ◽  
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Lynda Crowley-Cyr ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Tertiary Teaching ◽  
Competing Demands ◽  
Professional Degree ◽  
Vocational Higher Education ◽  
Professional Degrees

Tertiary teaching in 21st Century Australia is, for educators, imbued with challenges as they attempt to balance the changing needs and expectations of multiple masters in a corporatised and vocational higher education environment. Those teaching into a professional degree, such as law, must consider an additional master – relevant professional associations. This Special Issue focuses on the perspectives of educators who must grapple with sector-wide changes in policy, the organisation of work, and their work practices, as well meeting the requirements of professional bodies. It aims to increase knowledge on how educators are navigating such competing demands, while seeking to achieve a rewarding and enduring career in educating students to become successful and professional graduates.

scholarly journals Quality Of Education – A Guarantee Of Institutional Competitiveness

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 592-599
Author(s):  
Mariana Iatagan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
Education And Development ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Starting from the three challenges in the field of the higher education: relevant character, quality and international cooperation (…), this work represents an analysis of the impact of quality culture on the increasing of Romanian universities competitiveness on the European market of education. Analyzing the literature in the branch, we find out that the main changes recorded at the level of the tertiary education are the diversification and the consistent development of education at a higher level, on the ground of the intensified difficulties as far as it regards insuring resources and an increased demand of responsibility. We are also witnesses, in present, of the development of a “consumption” view over the universities and passing from a higher education for elites, to a mass one, where the performance seems often to be uncertain. As far as it concerns as suring the quality in the higher education environment, it can be noticed that its implementation is made almost in a mechanical way, on the ground of a quality management that is not enough developed and a weak involvement of direct beneficiaries in the project of the quality system. In this regard, we recommend developping of a system of total quality management at university level, beginning from the student’s needs, identifying some new performance items in education and development of some effective instruments of ensuring higher education quality.

scholarly journals Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on University Students’ Learning

Information ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Galina Ilieva ◽  
Tania Yankova ◽  
Stanislava Klisarova-Belcheva ◽  
Svetlana Ivanova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
Future Expectations ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Intelligent Methods ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Second Wave ◽  
New Framework

The risk of COVID-19 in higher education has affected all its degrees and forms of training. To assess the impact of the pandemic on the learning of university students, a new reference framework for educational data processing was proposed. The framework unifies the steps of analysis of COVID-19 effects on the higher education institutions in different countries and periods of the pandemic. It comprises both classical statistical methods and modern intelligent methods: machine learning, multi-criteria decision making and big data with symmetric and asymmetric information. The new framework has been tested to analyse a dataset collected from a university students’ survey, which was conducted during the second wave of COVID-19 at the end of 2020. The main tasks of this research are as follows: (1) evaluate the attitude and the readiness of students in regard to distance learning during the lockdown; (2) clarify the difficulties, the possible changes and the future expectations from distance learning in the next few months; (3) propose recommendations and measures for improving the higher education environment. After data analysis, the conclusions are drawn and recommendations are made for enhancement of the quality of distance learning of university students.

scholarly journals Special Issue Editorial: The Impact of Globalization for Adult Education and Higher Education

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Gene Saudelli ◽  
Dolana Mogadime
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Inaugural Address ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Lecture Series ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practice Of Teaching ◽  
Adult And Higher Education

This special issue ‘The Impact of Globalization for Adult Education and Higher Education’ was inspired by Sharan Merriam’s visit in 2011 to Brock University during which she delivered the inaugural address in the Faculty of Education’s “Distinguished Speaker Lecture Series.” Her lecture was entitled, “Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities for Adult Education.” As the editors of this special issue, we sought manuscripts that considered the question: How does globalization play out within the practice of teaching and research in adult and higher education?

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