Dr Simon Paul Atkinson (PFHEA)
Enhancing Institutional Outcomes
(Extracted for a draft Working paper) In the previous four posts I have outlined the changing nature of student support demands, the existing basis for current support, the need to embrace epistemological orientation as a necessary function of higher education institutions and suggested one project that attempts to resources such an effort. I should also …
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The Higher Education Academy is currently running a Teaching International Students project which aims to support teaching staff in the classroom (either at ‘home’, online or overseas) rather than issues of pre-arrival support. However, the project team advocates a coordinated approach to supporting international students and believes in a ‘life-wide’ approach. To this end they …
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It was a great please to share the new POISE resource with colleagues at The University of Gloucestershire on Friday 13th September. A busy workshop attended by staff on the PGCert, and colleagues from the Royal Agricultural University, as well as interested others across the University explored faculty responses to dealing with fundamentally different approaches …
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The UK Council for International Student Affairs has a website crammed with useful information for students planning to come to the UK to study. It deals mostly with the official and procedural information, but there is also advice on choosing courses and some information about the cultural adjustments that may be necessary for many as …
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An excellent resource for those wishing to explore their own preparedness to study, particularly overseas students looking to come and study in the UK, is ‘Prepare for Success’. The comprehensive website, which needs a reasonable level of English to navigate, has resources that explore the different types of Universities, courses, and patterns of study that …
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