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International Students’ Unique Challenges – Why Understanding International Transitions to Higher Education Matters (2017)
Journal Article
Ecochard, S., & Fotheringham, J. (2017). International Students’ Unique Challenges – Why Understanding International Transitions to Higher Education Matters. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 5(2), 100-108. https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v5i2.261

International students represent a large and increasing share of the diversity encountered on British campuses, with 19% of the student body coming from another country to study in the United Kingdom. While the concept of transition in the context of... Read More about International Students’ Unique Challenges – Why Understanding International Transitions to Higher Education Matters.

Beyond aspirations: deploying the capability approach to tackle the under-representation in higher education of young people from deprived communities (2017)
Journal Article
Campbell, L. A., & McKendrick, J. H. (2017). Beyond aspirations: deploying the capability approach to tackle the under-representation in higher education of young people from deprived communities. Studies in Continuing Education, 39(2), 120-137. https://doi.org/10.1080/0158037x.2017.1293630

This paper re-examines the low participation of young people from deprived communities through the lens of the capability approach. A fundamental problem for tackling widening participation is that much of the thinking of policymakers is grounded on... Read More about Beyond aspirations: deploying the capability approach to tackle the under-representation in higher education of young people from deprived communities.

Feedback, Feedforward, or Dialogue?: Defining a Model for Self-Regulated Learning (2017)
Book Chapter
Carver, M. (2017). Feedback, Feedforward, or Dialogue?: Defining a Model for Self-Regulated Learning. In Innovative Practices for Higher Education Assessment and Measurement; Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development (1-18). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0531-0.ch001

Better feedback is commonly demanded by students and institutions as a way of improving student satisfaction, encouraging more scholarly approaches to assessment, and building students' capacity for self-regulated learning. Student responses to surve... Read More about Feedback, Feedforward, or Dialogue?: Defining a Model for Self-Regulated Learning.

Personal reflections. (2016)
Book Chapter
Webster-Henderson, B., & Taylor, R. (2016). Personal reflections. In R. Taylor, & B. Webster (Eds.), The essentials of nursing leadership. SAGE Publications

Poetic transcription with a twist: An approach to reflective practice through connection, collaboration and community (2016)
Journal Article
Smart, F. (2017). Poetic transcription with a twist: An approach to reflective practice through connection, collaboration and community. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 54(2), 152-161. https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2016.1258323

Learning from experience is integral to professional development, with the processes by which it is expected and enabled, varying depending on context and discipline. There is general consensus that it does not just happen. Rather learning from exper... Read More about Poetic transcription with a twist: An approach to reflective practice through connection, collaboration and community.

"More than just a Teaching Fellow": The Impact of REF and implications of TEF on Life Science Teaching-Focused Academics in UK HEIs (2016)
Thesis
Tierney, A. "More than just a Teaching Fellow": The Impact of REF and implications of TEF on Life Science Teaching-Focused Academics in UK HEIs. (Thesis). Durham University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1652776

This study seeks to understand the effect of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) on Teaching-Focused Academics working in Life Sciences in UK higher education institutions. Twenty-one full-time Teaching-Focused Academics from England, Scotland an... Read More about "More than just a Teaching Fellow": The Impact of REF and implications of TEF on Life Science Teaching-Focused Academics in UK HEIs.

Foreword (2016)
Book Chapter
Webster-Henderson, B. (2016). Foreword. In C. Penman, & M. Foster (Eds.), Innovations in learning and teaching: showcasing new approaches to higher education. Merchiston Publishing

Use of Dialogue for Fellowship (2016)
Report
Pilkington, R. (2016). Use of Dialogue for Fellowship. York: Higher Education Academy

This report, authored by Dr Ruth Pilkington, outlines lessons, issues and recommendations for those using a dialogic route and is illustrated by good practice case studies shared by colleagues leading accredited schemes which successfully use dialogu... Read More about Use of Dialogue for Fellowship.

Poetic transcription with a twist: supporting early career academics through liminal spaces (2016)
Journal Article
Smart, F., & Loads, D. (2016). Poetic transcription with a twist: supporting early career academics through liminal spaces. International Journal for Academic Development, 22(2), 134-143. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144x.2016.1210519

As pressures on new academic staff members increase and change, academic developers need to find different ways of working with them. This paper offers for discussion a new way of supporting early career academics in their negotiation of liminality,... Read More about Poetic transcription with a twist: supporting early career academics through liminal spaces.

Brokering between communities of practice: strenghening learning with co-operative practices (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tierney, A. (2016, July). Brokering between communities of practice: strenghening learning with co-operative practices. Paper presented at Improving Univesity Teaching

There is a growing trend in Higher Education to separate researchers' and teachers' roles. In the UK, pressure for this comes from the Research Excellence Framework, which demands world class research in return for government funding. An unintended c... Read More about Brokering between communities of practice: strenghening learning with co-operative practices.

SoTL Developments through Threshold Concepts (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tierney, A., & Webb, A. (2016, June). SoTL Developments through Threshold Concepts. Paper presented at 6th Biennial Threshold Concepts Conference, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

No abstract available.

Modelling pedagogic innovation in a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching: risks and vulnerabilities (2016)
Book Chapter
Fotheringham, J., & James, K. (2016). Modelling pedagogic innovation in a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching: risks and vulnerabilities. In C. Penman, & M. Foster (Eds.), Innovations in Learning and Teaching. Merchiston Publishing

This chapter explores the choices and decisions made during the redevelopment of a new Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching, aimed at new higher education academic staff. Drawing from two models of blended and online curriculum design (S... Read More about Modelling pedagogic innovation in a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching: risks and vulnerabilities.

Shaping the future workforce - a higher education perspective. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Webster-Henderson, B. (2016, April). Shaping the future workforce - a higher education perspective. Presented at Inaugural Meeting of Scottish Executive Directors of Nursing & Council of Deans of Health Scotland

No abstract available.

Communities of practice in Life Sciences and the need for brokering. (2016)
Journal Article
Tierney, A. (2016). Communities of practice in Life Sciences and the need for brokering. F1000Research, 5, 280. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.7695.1

Etienne Wenger’s work on communities of practice is influential in teaching and learning in higher education. A core work of many postgraduate certificate in teaching and learning (PGCert) courses for new lecturers, it is studied, in the main, as a m... Read More about Communities of practice in Life Sciences and the need for brokering..

Higher Education Sector Engagement with Higher Education Academy Fellowship (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
James, K., & Fotheringham, J. (2015, December). Higher Education Sector Engagement with Higher Education Academy Fellowship. Presented at Converging Concepts in Global Higher Education Research: Local, national and international Perspectives, Celtic Manor, Newport, South Wales

The rise in professionalisation for teaching in higher education has increased requirements for academics to engage with the UK Professional Standards Framework and Higher Education Academy (HEA) Fellowship. Understanding how institutions’ process an... Read More about Higher Education Sector Engagement with Higher Education Academy Fellowship.