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Navigating chronic illness in academia: An early career perspective

HEPI

This blog is part of a series HEPI is running with the British Academy on the changing face of academia. . With administrative, teaching and research pressures mounting in academia generally, large proportions of academics report feeling overworked and emotionally drained. Career Progression. What Works and What Would Help.

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The Unique Digital Future of Marketing and PR in Higher Education

HEPI

This raises an important question: should higher education courses in marketing and PR adapt to this digital era to better prepare students for the specific demands of this industry? Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Industry Digital marketing and PR strategies are now integral to brand visibility and engagement.

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Challenges Persist for Early-Career Black Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report, titled “Unblocking the Pipeline: Supporting the Retention, Progression and Promotion of Black Early-Career Academics,” was the culmination of a monthslong survey of Black ECAs by the Higher Education Policy Institute, a U.K. There’s kind of Black academics in particular exiting academia at various stages. think tank.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. Her goal is to provide an elite education without elitist practices that exclude communities of color and low-income people. The Macaulay Bridge Scholars program created a pathway to honors education for CUNY community college students.

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A Growing Influence: The Power of AI in Academia

Insight Into Diversity

In higher education, AI (artificial intelligence) is ushering in both promising advancements and complex challenges, especially in the pursuit of inclusion on college campuses. By personalizing learning and providing adaptive support, this technology can help students with diverse backgrounds and learning needs succeed.

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Hearing the voices of care-experienced academics

SRHE

by Neil Harrison and Simon Benham-Clarke The face of higher education is changing, albeit slowly. Despite decades of initiatives to seed diversity, the academy – in the UK at least – continues to be dominated by voices from groups that have historically enjoyed educational privilege.

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Five Ideas for Careers Services (AKA Universities and Colleges)

HEPI

This was cuttingly summed up as ‘Primark versus Professional’ work-based opportunities, with privately educated students and those with a more privileged hinterland tending to have far stronger personal professional networks to tap into, while those with less social and economic capital often have to make do with less rich experiences.

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