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Showcasing multi-institutional research related to global learning, the studies highlighted in Mind the Gap investigate not just student learning, but also faculty experiences, program structures, and pathways that impact global learning. https://buff.ly/36Cf2Ii

Higher education is grappling with a dropout crisis! 🚀 Find out how train-the-tr are making a difference in helping universities address this challenge. Discover more in this eye-opening survey: https://okt.to/VaWl1S

Only two days left to complete the #GraduateOutcomes survey! If you completed your course between 1 November 2022 and 31 January 2023, tell us what you've been up to since graduation. By taking the survey, your voice will have a meaningful impact on students for years to come. Check your inbox and take part today! Find out more » graduateoutcomes.ac.uk

Sense about Science will be running a FREE, practical, and interactive online Standing up for Science workshop for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) on Friday 12th July. The workshop aims to build the confidence and skills of ECRs to engage in the public discourse around science, research, and the research process. Hear from researchers further along in their careers about their experiences, good and bad, of working with the media and policy worlds, from experienced media and policy professionals about how their worlds work and what they need from scientists to operate effectively, and receive tools and insights on how best to communicate some of the most complex issues of science and evidence. Register here: https://lnkd.in/e434MuKd

Theory vs Practical knowledge Knowledge, often categorized as theoretical or practical, is a topic of passionate debate, especially among scientists. Last week, my team and I visited a village school for a #KPIT-organized CSR activity. We trained 8th and 9th graders on one of the science topics in the curriculum “Air Pressure” with about 5-6 daily routine activities. Managing teens is a tough job, especially when they are in a judgmental mood, but the whole experience was really helpful for us and the teens to understand their psychology and keep them engaged throughout the hour-long session. Topics covered ✍️ Air Existence ✍️Air resistence ✍️Air flow from high pressure to low pressure ✍️Air occupies space and has expansion property ✍️Air exerts pressure ✍️Why Dams are narrow bulit wider at lower part then upper part .. and many more Kids found hands-on activities more satisfying than theory classes, as it encouraged them to think creatively and gain practical knowledge through experimentation. Can we justify theoretical knowledge? Ideally, no. Without theory, kids wouldn't connect the concept to activities. "Where theory is often taught in the ideal of a vaccum, the practical is learned through the reality of life" ❗️❗️Analogous to this my experience in #LPCC was, practical concepts include handling rejections, ice-breaking thru' anonymous interviews, active listening in Netflix sessions, setting small measurable goals, and self-reprimanding for breaking discipline. and others.❗️❗️

🚨 Update! The Master Plan for Career Education is making strides! The initiative aims to boost equitable access to high-paying jobs by addressing structural barriers and enhancing education/training pathways. Public input has shaped key priorities, and a July 2024 report outlines major themes & recommendations. Learn more about the latest developments and upcoming webinars as the Master Plan advances! https://lnkd.in/gSswCjcs

National Education Policy 2020 is transformative in vision . Realising the vision requires discussions, critical analysis and putting forth creative ideas in convergence with changing knowledge landscape and scientific, technological advancements. Join us on April 27 to brainstorm about creating meaningful academic partnership between schools and Higher Education Institutions by exploring future direction of education .

Universities must continually evolve to meet the changing needs of society. In this week's 3-Minute Read, we explore the model of the fourth-generation university, how they contribute to global and local ecosystems, and the metrics that make them successful. See the full 3-Minute Read: https://lnkd.in/gY8VQG3e

Very gratified as an ICDE member to see this event, demonstrating to an old-time (2005-15) benchmarker like myself that, despite his occasional "Gandalf Stormcrow" pessimism on the issue, benchmarking online learning in higher education is alive and well - and not yet dominated by commercial interests. More generally, it has increasingly struck me as odd in the last two years of increasing financial pressure on universities in several countries (UK and US but not only them) that standard change management approaches such as ABC, BPR and MIT90s (dating from the early1990s) and used by many early adopters are now used so little, being it seems replaced not by new-generation successors or reasoned process transformation in undergraduate teaching (the core mission) but by nothing much more than special pleading to government (plus funders, alumni, etc) and staff cuts. Of course competitor analysis is particularly frowned upon as each institution is "unique" (despite being increasingly similar). Benchmarking can provide a cooperative framework where some level of analysis of others is permissible.

Next #AAIR Event July 11 🗓 Sharing our Experiences in how to Conduct Institutional Research in Academic Research 1/2024 Thu 11th Jul 2024, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm AEST Facilitated by Eva Seidel, Associate Director, Research Engagement and Success at Flinders University Details: https://lnkd.in/gsRKHXTG How do we go about building useful insights to help universities understand how successful we are at our research endeavours? Planning, data, and analytics teams traditionally support educational institutional analytics, but the era of supporting academic research institutional analytics is here!