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How universities are thinking about academic support

Wonkhe

Leaders from six institutions working to transform their academic support provision reflect on what they are trying to achieve The post How universities are thinking about academic support appeared first on Wonkhe.

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A Guide for Creating an Empathetic Learning Environment

Faculty Focus

Empathy, in course development, refers to an educator’s ability to understand the problems, needs, and desires a group of learners faces through research and inquisition. An inclusive learning environment is one where all students feel academically and intellectually supported, feel a sense of belonging and respect, and do not feel closed off from the rest of their peers.

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Once you can describe an academic support system, you can begin to evaluate it

Wonkhe

It is tricky to infer direct causation from academic support to student success, but it can be done. Debbie McVitty and Rachel Maxwell called in the experts The post Once you can describe an academic support system, you can begin to evaluate it appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Improving Your Giving Day Marketing in 2025

Helix Education

While giving days are no longer a new concept, the way we engage with our donors is constantly changing. We had an awesome spring giving day season here at RNL with clients using our ScaleFunder platform. Let us show you what we deemed “fire” this season so you can take your giving day to the next level in 2025. Team effort and organizational buy-in A major key to a successful giving day is making sure your leadership and campus understand that this is an all-hands-on-deck initiative.

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Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P

The article addresses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. It elucidates the SMC background, key assumptions, and the main pillars of the model to form a a change agent who could be helpful with institutional in-service delivery.

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What academics want from academic support

Wonkhe

Personal tutoring is an aspect of academic practice. Debbie McVitty and Rachel Maxwell asked academics how they view it The post What academics want from academic support appeared first on Wonkhe.

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A Guide for Creating an Empathetic Learning Environment

Faculty Focus

Empathy, in course development, refers to an educator’s ability to understand the problems, needs, and desires a group of learners faces through research and inquisition. An inclusive learning environment is one where all students feel academically and intellectually supported, feel a sense of belonging and respect, and do not feel closed off from the rest of their peers.

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What do we know about technicians?

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Lucy Van Essen-Fishman, Policy and Research Manager; Dr. Sara Bacon, NTDC Centre Manager; Jared Carnie, Operations Manager And Skills Audit Officer; Ollie Manton, Survey Officer; and Savannah Lawson, Marketing And Communications Officer, at the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). In autumn 2022, HEPI and Midlands Innovation released a ten-part blog series on technical talent , reflecting a growing interest in technicians in the higher education and re

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Back From the Brink, Zayed University Sustains Its Accreditation

Inside Higher Ed

Zayed University, which faced the threat of losing its accreditation last fall, has been restored to accredited status by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The U.S. accreditor said in a notification late last month that the Abu Dhabi-based university was now in compliance with the agency's standards governing governance, leadership and administration and ethics and integrity.

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Artificial Intelligence for Higher Education: What It Is and What to Look Out For

Helix Education

This blog includes contributions from my RNL colleagues David Palmer, VP of Artificial Intelligence Technology Strategy, and Solomon Grey, Director Program Management. Higher education is in the middle of an AI transformation. As advances in AI happen more rapidly, the impact of artificial intelligence on how we analyze data, recruit prospective students, serve current students, engage alumni, and work on campus advances so quickly, it can be difficult to keep up.

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Gaza protest camps at UK universities wind down amid legal action

The Guardian - Higher Education

Of 36 encampments at end of May, around a dozen are still active, as protesters fight to stay The student encampments that sprung up at UK campuses, in protest at the war in Gaza, are fading over the summer in the face of hostile university administrators and the waning of numbers and enthusiasm. Of the 36 encampments in England, Wales and Scotland at the end of May, around a dozen are still active.