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Navigating chronic illness in academia: An early career perspective

HEPI

Rebecca Williams is a Lecturer in Environmental Law at Edinburgh Napier University. Previously she was a Teaching Fellow and the Interim Director of the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance at the University of Strathclyde. By Rebecca Williams. in 2020/21. of undergraduates have a known disability.

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Challenges Persist for Early-Career Black Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yet another noticed anti-Black racism increase at their institution when the university publicly declared its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). The report’s lead researcher, Dr. Becca Franssen, is a partner at the British talent-search firm GatenbySanderson, where she helps British universities fill executive roles.

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Hearing the voices of care-experienced academics

SRHE

Definitive numbers do not yet exist, but it is estimated there are at least 5,000 care-experienced students in UK universities at any given time. Indeed, there have long been care-experienced students in our universities – and it seems safe to assume that many have transformed their interests and successes into a career within the academy.

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Five Ideas for Careers Services (AKA Universities and Colleges)

HEPI

Students’ perspectives on careers services and employment , a group of university careers service and mission group leaders, an Office for Students (OfS) representative and senior executives from Handshake gathered with colleagues from HEPI, for a roundtable to explore the implications of the report’s findings and practical next steps.

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The Unique Digital Future of Marketing and PR in Higher Education

HEPI

Traditional marketing and PR curricula may not adequately prepare students for the fast-paced digital environment, leaving them at a disadvantage in the job market. From my experience undertaking a course at Cardiff University covering Journalism, Marketing, and PR , I found myself unprepared for the digital aspects of the industry.

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Rehumanizing the Research University

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Can a research-intensive university also be learning- and learner-centered, as dedicated to the quality of students’ educational experience as it is to scholarship, publication and invention? Like most underrepresented scholars, I consider these students my own, and mentoring them is a privilege and a blessing.

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Exploring British Muslim transitions to PGT studies

SRHE

That is, decision and policy makers open to targeted interventions, as opposed to the one-size fits all, universal approach that delineates the current comfort zone in HE. It has ramifications beyond the low number of this demographic who progress all the way into academia as researchers and members of the professoriate.