Engaging students in enhanced academic transitions – a case of online study skills resource SPICE (Student Pre-arrival Induction for Continuing Education) (2011)
Journal Article
Foster, M. (2011). Engaging students in enhanced academic transitions – a case of online study skills resource SPICE (Student Pre-arrival Induction for Continuing Education). Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education,

In the current educational landscape, with increasingly diverse student groups on programmes, traditional induction many not always be best suited to the needs of the students and programmes of study. Research shows that an extended induction which a... Read More about Engaging students in enhanced academic transitions – a case of online study skills resource SPICE (Student Pre-arrival Induction for Continuing Education).

Rethinking feedback in higher education: an assessment for learning perspective (2011)
Preprint / Working Paper
Sambell, K. (2011). Rethinking feedback in higher education: an assessment for learning perspective. England: Higher Education Funding Council

This discussion of feedback takes place in the context of growing arguments to change assessment in higher education so as to focus on learning rather than simply measurement.

Internships in the third sector: encouraging new forms of engagement or papering over the funding gaps? (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Caddell, M., & Macilwhan, R. (2011, May). Internships in the third sector: encouraging new forms of engagement or papering over the funding gaps?. Presented at Voluntary Sector Studies Network Day Conference

Rethinking graduate attributes: understanding the learning journeys of part-time students in the Open University in Scotland. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Caddell, M., & Cannell, P. (2011, March). Rethinking graduate attributes: understanding the learning journeys of part-time students in the Open University in Scotland. Presented at Conference of the Universities Association for Lifelong Learning (UALL) 2011

Four in ten of Scotland’s university students study part time. But their voices and experience are often sidelined in debates about employability and graduate attributes. What do part-time students value in their course of study, and how does this di... Read More about Rethinking graduate attributes: understanding the learning journeys of part-time students in the Open University in Scotland..

Graduate attributes and aspirations of part-time learners. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Caddell, M., Cannell, P., & Thomson, J. (2011, March). Graduate attributes and aspirations of part-time learners. Presented at QAA Enhancement Themes Conference, 2011, Edinburgh

Making work placements workfor Scotland's students and employers. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Caddell, M. & Smith, S. (2011, March). Making work placements workfor Scotland's students and employers. Presented at QAA Enhancement Themes Conference, 2011, Edinburgh. (Unpublished)

Learning journeys, working journeys: the experience of part-time learners in the Open University in Scotland. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Caddell, M., & Cannell, P. (2011, March). Learning journeys, working journeys: the experience of part-time learners in the Open University in Scotland. Presented at UALL Annual Conference, 2011: Part Time: the new paradigm for Higher Education