Challenges and benefits of student mobility: what do we know about our students’ perceptions of own and host culture of learning. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Foster, M., Macdonald, I., & Firth, R. (2014, December). Challenges and benefits of student mobility: what do we know about our students’ perceptions of own and host culture of learning. Paper presented at Edinburgh Napier Staff Conference

No abstract available.

Embedding PDP in the LLB. (2014)
Report
Whitecross, R. W. (2014). Embedding PDP in the LLB. Edinburgh, Scotland: Higher Education Authority

Report on a Higher Education Authority Law Strategic Project.

Strategies, guidelines and tools – what do they mean for us? Academics’ perceptions of resources for curriculum design and development (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Foster, M., McKinnon, S., & Hammond, A. (2014, February). Strategies, guidelines and tools – what do they mean for us? Academics’ perceptions of resources for curriculum design and development. Presented at Higher Education Academy Research and Practice Network conference

Telling Stories: Theorizing narrative sensemaking as introspective research method. (2014)
Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2014). Telling Stories: Theorizing narrative sensemaking as introspective research method. In J. Brown (Ed.), Navigating International Academia: Research Student Narratives (5-16). Sense Publishers

No abstract available.

Working towards an inclusive LTA within large cohort modules. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, S. (2014, November). Working towards an inclusive LTA within large cohort modules

During Inclusion Week I was invited to discuss my approach to supporting dyslexic students in large cohort modules. My approach is a new LTA - Listen, Try, Accumulate.

This session covers some of the good practice I've learned from students.

Student destination choices in higher education: Exploring attitudes of Brazilian students to study in the United Kingdom (2014)
Journal Article
Foster, M. (2014). Student destination choices in higher education: Exploring attitudes of Brazilian students to study in the United Kingdom. Journal of Research in International Education, 13(2), 149-162. https://doi.org/10.1177/1475240914541024

Cross-border education provides evidence about international student destination choice including the push and pull model of international student choice. The research upon which this article is based, into Brazilian students’ decisions to study at u... Read More about Student destination choices in higher education: Exploring attitudes of Brazilian students to study in the United Kingdom.

Do students use podcasts? (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, S. (2014, June). Do students use podcasts?. Paper presented at Sheffield Hallum University Learning & Teaching Conference 2014 Aiming High – Valuing Challenge in Teaching and Learning

This study investigates podcast usage in a large undergraduate Business Studies Module (240 students). The main data for this study was taken from Moodle logs which capture actual usage over the course of the term. Four different types of podcasts we... Read More about Do students use podcasts?.

The Experiences of Overseas Chinese Students on a Professionally Accredited Accounting Degree Programme (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, R. (2014, May). The Experiences of Overseas Chinese Students on a Professionally Accredited Accounting Degree Programme. Presented at Edinburgh Napier University Research Conference

Residence Abroad: A modular approach to support students and document their progress (2014)
Journal Article
Ratz, S., & Penman, C. (2014). Residence Abroad: A modular approach to support students and document their progress. Scottish Languages Review, 27(4), 29-38

Internationalisation is a key thematic area which the Higher Education Academy in Scotland is
seeking to develop. This study contributes to previous research on the benefits of studying abroad by
demonstrating how students form graduate attributes... Read More about Residence Abroad: A modular approach to support students and document their progress.

Multiple perspectives in re-constructing ‘culture of learning’ – international student experience in China and the UK. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Foster, M., & Zhou, V. (2014, January). Multiple perspectives in re-constructing ‘culture of learning’ – international student experience in China and the UK

International Students' First Encounters with Exams in the UK: Superficially Similar But Deeply Different (2013)
Journal Article
Pilcher, N., Smith, K., & Riley, J. (2013). International Students' First Encounters with Exams in the UK: Superficially Similar But Deeply Different. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2013(1), 1-13

Although end of course exams remain a key mode of assessment in higher education, little research has focused on international students' experiences of exams. There seems to be a tacit assumption in most literature that exam preparation and strategie... Read More about International Students' First Encounters with Exams in the UK: Superficially Similar But Deeply Different.

Student destination choices in international education: exploring Brazilian students’ attitudes to study abroad (2013)
Journal Article
Foster, M. (2013). Student destination choices in international education: exploring Brazilian students’ attitudes to study abroad. Practice and evidence of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education, 8, 176-202

Increasing cross-border education and student mobility calls for a better understanding of international student destination choice and the benefits of study abroad to the students. The study reported in this paper examined Brazilian students’ attitu... Read More about Student destination choices in international education: exploring Brazilian students’ attitudes to study abroad.

Lessons from China: Understanding what Chinese students want (2013)
Journal Article
Stanley, P. (2013). Lessons from China: Understanding what Chinese students want. English Australia Journal : the Australian Journal of English Language Teaching, 28(2), 38-52

Students from the People's Republic of China are the single largest cohort of international students in Australia, and although attempts have been made to understand their needs and desires in situ, few scholars have considered the recently reformed... Read More about Lessons from China: Understanding what Chinese students want.

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework: what's academic practice got to do with it? (2013)
Journal Article
Fernie, S., Pilcher, N., & Smith, K. L. (2014). The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework: what's academic practice got to do with it?. European Journal of Education, 49(2), 233-248. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12056

National Qualifications Frameworks (NQF) are a globally established and expanding phenomenon. They are increasingly merging and being mapped onto meta-qualifications frameworks. One key NQF in both these roles is the Scottish Credit and Qualification... Read More about The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework: what's academic practice got to do with it?.

Student destination choices in international education: Exploring students' attitudes to study abroad (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Exploring students' attitudes to study abroad. Paper presented at TARC International Conference on Learning and Teaching 2013: Innovation and Transformation in Learning and Teaching

Corporate disclosure quality in Malaysia (2013)
Journal Article
Abdullah, M., & Minhat, M. (2013). Corporate disclosure quality in Malaysia. International Journal of Education and Research, 1,

The objective of this study is to examine the quality of corporate disclosure in the annual reports of
Malaysian public listed companies. It reviewed the reports published by the Malaysian Institute of
Accountants from 2006-2012 on the common findi... Read More about Corporate disclosure quality in Malaysia.

Using Social Media to Develop Student Interactions. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, S. (2013, June). Using Social Media to Develop Student Interactions. Presented at Edinburgh Napier University Academic Professional Development Staff Conference

10 minute catalyst session at the 2013 Edinburgh Napier Staff Conference. The focus was on how interaction between students could be increased through social media.

The session considered data collection from two student cohorts that underlines t... Read More about Using Social Media to Develop Student Interactions..

Community Language Classes: How Ready are Students for More Technology? (2013)
Journal Article
Ratz, S. (2013). Community Language Classes: How Ready are Students for More Technology?. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 1(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v1i1.35

Are students at community language classes ready to use more technology for their learning? Although research into the use of technology in many language learning settings is widespread, the particular needs of the diverse body of community classes w... Read More about Community Language Classes: How Ready are Students for More Technology?.

An investigation into changes in gender equity and equality in Scottish universities from 1850 to 2011 (2013)
Thesis
Dick, D. An investigation into changes in gender equity and equality in Scottish universities from 1850 to 2011. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6050

The central aim of this thesis is: to investigate changes in gender equity and equality in Scottish universities from mid-nineteenth century to 2011 with reference to the experiences and attitudes of female and male academics comparing their opportun... Read More about An investigation into changes in gender equity and equality in Scottish universities from 1850 to 2011.

Direct entrants in transition: becoming independent learners (2013)
Journal Article
Christie, H., Barron, P., & D'Annunzio-Green, N. (2013). Direct entrants in transition: becoming independent learners. Studies in Higher Education, 38(4), 623-637. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2011.588326

This article investigates the dynamic transitions that college leavers make to university. It draws on qualitative research with a group of students who took direct entry to the second or third year of a degree programme at university, to show that s... Read More about Direct entrants in transition: becoming independent learners.