scholarly journals Waking Yourself Up: The Liberatory Potential of Critical University Studies

2017 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 5-12
Author(s):  
Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur ◽  
Scott Leo Renshaw
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Faculty Member ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Hidden Curriculum ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
University Studies ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
Critical University Studies

Critical university studies courses can provide students with a context in which to learn not only about the concealed workings and hidden curriculum of the university, but more than that a liberatory space in which to find voice in shaping their own futures. This paper explores the liberatory potential of critical university studies through a conversation between a faculty member who designed and taught an interdisciplinary general education course on higher education and a student who was enrolled in the course the first time it was offered. The conversation explores the course’s pedagogy as both professor and student contemplate the ways in which contemporary higher education may limit the horizons of first-generation students and the ways in which critical university studies can open up possibilities and provide students with a sense of self-efficacy.

scholarly journals Waking Yourself Up: The Liberatory Potential of Critical University Studies

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur ◽  
Scott Renshaw
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Faculty Member ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Hidden Curriculum ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
University Studies ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
Critical University Studies

Critical university studies courses can provide students with a context in which to learn not only about the concealed workings and hidden curriculum of the university, but more than that a liberatory space in which to find voice in shaping their own futures. This paper explores the liberatory potential of critical university studies through a conversation between a faculty member who designed and taught an interdisciplinary general education course on higher education and a student who was enrolled in the course the first time it was offered. The conversation explores the course’s pedagogy as both professor and student contemplate the ways in which contemporary higher education may limit the horizons of first-generation students and the ways in which critical university studies can open up possibilities and provide students with a sense of self-efficacy.

scholarly journals Review of The University and Social Justice: Struggles across the Globe edited by Aziz Choudry and Salim Vally (Pluto Press / Between the Lines)

Lateral ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vineeta Singh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
University Studies ◽  
Privatization Of Higher Education ◽  
The University ◽  
Critical University Studies

In this edited collection, Aziz Choudry and Salim Vally present reflections and analyses from scholar-activists in education studies, anthropology, literature, and cultural studies describing university-based and affiliated social movements. Through thirteen essays covering case studies in twelve countries, the anthology offers a broad review of student organizing against neoliberalization and more specifically, the privatization of higher education; intersectional and coalitional strategies imagined through these struggles; and alternative modes of knowledge production pre-figured in their organizing. Geographic and disciplinary breadth make the anthology a welcome addition to the growing corpus of (transnational) critical university studies.

A University Education

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Willetts
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
University Education ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

Universities have a crucial role in the modern world. In England, entrance to universities is by nation-wide competition which means English universities have an exceptional influence on schools--a striking theme of the book. This important book first investigates the university as an institution and then tracks the individual on their journey to and through university. In A University Education, David Willetts presents a compelling case for the ongoing importance of the university, both as one of the great institutions of modern society and as a transformational experience for the individual. The book also makes illuminating comparisons with higher education in other countries, especially the US and Germany. Drawing on his experience as UK Minister for Universities and Science from 2010 to 2014, the author offers a powerful account of the value of higher education and the case for more expansion. He covers controversial issues in which he was involved from access for disadvantaged students to the introduction of L9,000 fees. The final section addresses some of the big questions for the future, such as the the relationship between universities and business, especially in promoting innovation.. He argues that the two great contemporary trends of globalisation and technological innovation will both change the university significantly. This is an authoritative account of English universities setting them for the first time in their new legal and regulatory framework.

scholarly journals The necessary requirements needed for employing e. learning in the (teaching staff) in the faculty member of education, from the point of view of the teaching staff in sudan university

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hatem Abdel Maged El-Sadek , Rehab Bashir Hassan Al-Awad
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Faculty Member ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Educational Design ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Method

The study aimed to identify the necessary requirements needed for employing e. learning in the (teaching staff) in the faculty memberof education, from the point of view of the teaching staff. In this study the researcher employed the analytical descriptive method and the size of the sample in which the study was applied was (127) individualsof the teaching staff with a degree of Assistant Professorand above The researcher has employed questionnaire technique as a study tool. The most important findings of the study are: The study has come to the fact that the majority of the researchers managed to answer the study areas which are summarized in (the requirements needed for employing e. learning by the teaching staff، which was specified by this study، these requirements are vitally important from the point of view of the teaching staff. The most important requirements for the use of e-learning in the university faculty member. It consists in possessing the competencies of preparing courses electronically, which means designing the content or electronic curriculum in accordance with the principles of educational design. The most important recommendations of the study are: Providing all the requirements needed to put e. learning into practice (for the teaching staff members) which was determine by the study to employ e. learning in the institutions of the higher education in Sudan.  

scholarly journals The Big Read Collaboration between Kingston University, the University of Wolverhampton, Edge Hill University, and the University of the West of Scotland, 2018–2019

LOGOS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 34-65
Author(s):  
Alison Baverstock ◽  
Jackie Steinitz ◽  
Tanuja Shelar ◽  
Kelly Squires ◽  
Nazira Karodia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Shared Reading ◽  
First Generation Students ◽  
The West ◽  
Selling Point ◽  
The University

This paper outlines the experience of four universities that collaborated on a pre-arrival shared reading project, the Big Read, in 2018/2019. They did so primarily to promote student engagement and retention and also to ease the transition into higher education, particularly for first-generation students, to promote staff connectedness, and to provide a USP (unique selling point) for their institution. The paper covers all the associated processes, from isolating the respective aims of the collaborators to the choosing and sharing of a single agreed title. In analysing the outcomes, recommendations are made for future cross-institutional projects of this kind.

scholarly journals 11. Peer Review: Structured, Informal, Confidential, Helpful!

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Cassidy ◽  
Jack Lee
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Faculty Member ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Peer Teaching ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Peer Reviewers ◽  
The University

This paper 1 describes an introductory workshop, Preparing to be a Peer Reviewer, presented at the University of British Columbia (UBC) to give hands-on practice to faculty members and others in order to provide formative peer review upon request. This workshop, which was designed at the request of a faculty member, is complemented by an Advanced Workshop for peer reviewers. We show the ways in which we actively involved Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) conference participants in a session to learn about the introductory workshop, and talk about peer review more generally. We briefly describe the Peer Teaching Network, created in the Faculty of Science, as an adaptation of the initial introductory workshop.

The Role of Educational Leaders: A Case for Inclusion in Institutions of Higher Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-15
Author(s):  
Brianna Joseph ◽  
Kelly B. Kearney ◽  
Cynthia L. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Faculty Member ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Inclusive Practices ◽  
The University

Over the last decade, an increasing number of postsecondary education (PSE) programs have been developed for students with intellectual disability (ID). This case discusses one such program. Along with the courses designed to meet the specific needs of students with ID, the program also permits these students to take courses in the various departments of the university. Faculty were informed that their course(s) might include students from the PSE program for students with ID. One faculty member likes the idea of the program but is not comfortable with students with ID registering for his courses. This case uses discussion prompts and activities to prepare instructors and professors in higher education to foster inclusive practices and ideology throughout the collective university community.

Technical Communication in Britain

1971 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 299-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. F. Bratchell
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
General Education ◽  
Technical Communication ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Technological Universities ◽  
Robbins Report ◽  
The University ◽  
Technology Specialists

Colleges of advanced technology in Great Britain became technological universities following the recommendation of the Robbins Report of the Committee on Higher Education in 1963. This paper discusses developments in communication studies in the context of general education for students entering commerce and industry. Central to the discussion is a description of the integration of courses in spoken and written communication at the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology. Specialists in technical communication in industry were consulted with the result that an existing degree course was adapted to meet the industrial challenge.

scholarly journals Inside The Gates: First-Generation Students Finding Their Way

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Barry Checkoway
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
First Generation ◽  
First Generation Students ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
First Time

This paper examines what first-generation students face when coming inside the gates of higher education for the first time, an experience which, without preparation by them and their institution, can disorient them to a level of anxiety which affects their learning. The paper identifies issues arising when they are trying to find their way, such as choosing courses whose content feels foreign, and finding professors who can communicate with them in ways which they understand. It draws upon a review of the literature, and the experiences of the author as a first-generation student and, subsequently, a professor.

scholarly journals Students’ self-development through the prism of electronic portfolio

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-279
Author(s):  
Tatiana Valerianovna Dobudko ◽  
Sergey Vasilievich Gorbatov ◽  
Alexandr Valerianovich Dobudko ◽  
Olga Isaakovna Pugach
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Electronic Portfolio ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
It Industry ◽  
Continuous Education ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Career Growth ◽  
The University ◽  
Russian Universities

The following paper discusses one of the urgent tasks of higher education at the present stage - the development of the personality of a specialist capable of self-development in the conditions of education digitalization in the Russian Federation. The creation of the system of continuous education in Russia is primarily the result of this process, as specialists self-education is a necessary condition for successful employment, career growth, social and professional mobility at the present time. At the same time, the needs and opportunities of various forms of continuing education are unevenly distributed in various industries. So the IT industry requires constant self-education of employees. Practice shows that secondary general education, as a rule, does not develop the necessary skills of graduates self-education. Therefore, the issues of management of bachelors self-development as well as the formation of readiness for continuous education are very relevant for higher education. The paper describes conditions for the development of bachelors readiness to continue education in its various forms (formal, informal) using the electronic portfolio system, which is an integral part of the electronic information and educational environment (EIEE) of the University. The obtained materials can serve as a basis for the development of a single electronic educational space of Russian universities.

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