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International Women’s Day: Black Women Shaping the Future of Academia

HEPI

Professor Lisa-Dionne Morris is Professor of Public & Industry Understanding of Capability Driven Design in the School of Mechanical Engineering, and the Engagement Champion for the EPSRC EDI Hub+, at the University of Leeds. In the US, Black women account for just 2% of science and engineering roles.

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Exporting Degrees, Importing Responsibility: Rethinking Careers Support for International Graduates

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The Summit spanning Chennai, Hyderabad, and Vadodara brought together leaders from academia, government, and industry to explore partnerships that align a UEL education with Indias economic and societal needs. Get our updates via email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

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#ShoutOutForGerman – A case for language learning and German at British Universities

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by colleagues at the German Embassy in London and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The case for German is even stronger, as it is the most sought-after foreign language among UK employers and a key language in fields such as science, engineering, finance, and international relations.

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Making an impact at scale

HEPI

Opening our research up in this way not only helps to prevent fraud ( more prevalent than we might think in academia) but also encourages more collaboration with peers and enables others to build on your work. For example, say we trial an intervention with Engineering students before rolling it out across the institution.

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Talking the talk: language for learning in higher education

SRHE

In this blog post, we argue that universities have a responsibility not only to teach students how to talk in an academic context, but also for this teaching to be discipline-specific and embedded in the disciplinary study where possible. In contrast, in science courses such as biology or engineering, it was more common to use how?

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No Undergrad, No Problem — How Matt Daiter Earned His CU Boulder MSEE Online

Coursera blog

When New Jersey native Matthew Daiter enrolled in the University of Colorado Boulders online MS in Electrical Engineering program, he already had nearly a decade of real-world experience behind him. The post No Undergrad, No Problem How Matt Daiter Earned His CU Boulder MSEE Online appeared first on Coursera Blog.

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What Tyler Cowen Gets Wrong About What’s Wrong with Higher Education

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation In a recent Bloomberg column, Tyler Cowen offers his diagnosis of what ails higher education. As important discoveries in CS or engineering are likely to come from companies rather than universities, higher education may be in danger of losing its recognized role as the engine of knowledge creation.