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Academic regulation in UK higher education: part III ‐ the idea of “partnership in trust”
Norman JacksonThe third in a series of articles that explore the nature of academic regulation in the UK. Argues that UK higher education (HE) should aspire to a regulatory regime which is…
Personal transferable skills in higher education: the problems of implementing good practice
Ian Drummond, Iain Nixon, John WiltshireSuggests that attempts to promote more effective approaches to personal transferable skills development throughout the UK higher education sector have met with variable but…
What constitutes high quality teaching and learning and how to assure it
Erika Martens, Michael ProsserThe evaluation and continuous improvement of the quality of teaching and learning in higher education is an issue of sustained concern. While most universities are implementing…
The introduction of innovation in teaching and learning within business, management and accounting: a case study
Myra HodgkinsonUses a case study to describe how, in one institution, senior management have supported a working group to address the need for innovation in teaching, learning and assessment…
What do teachers think about thinking skills?
Vivienne Baumfield, Iddo OberskiPresents findings from a case study of the implementation of three different thinking skills programmes ‐ Somerset Thinking Skills, Instrumental Enrichment and Philosophy for…
Quality assurance for computer‐based teaching and learning packages
David Gerrett, Steven Threadgold, Alan LloydA fundamental challenge is facing the development of multimedia teaching and learning (MTL) material, namely how to ensure that a suitable level of quality is being maintained…
The Times’ “league table” of universities, 1997: a statistical appraisal
Mantz YorkeSubmits The Times’ 1997 “league table” of universities to statistical analysis. Concludes that the changes made to the table since 1996 have made it more strongly unidimensional…
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- Dr Jeffrey W Alstete
- Dr Heidi Flavian
- Dr Krassie Petrova