This book brings together a range of research findings and professional experience about the effects of teaching on the quality of learning at university, encouraging university teachers to think broadly and imaginatively about approaches to teaching in their own area to help students develop deep, personal understandings of the subject.

An accessible guide for all teachers and trainee teachers in FE. It considers what is means to teach Higher Education courses in Further Education and how an HE environment can be created in an FE setting.

Norman Lucas contends that FE is fundamentally divided and that the practices of FE teachers are best understood by appreciating the diversity of needs of FE students. He shows that the tensions between the divisions, diversity and growing regulation are at the hub of the many challenges facing policy makers and FE teachers.

This is a practical 'how-to' guide, exploring how teaching can support your research. Written by lecturers who have taught for many years, the 'voice of experience' sections support and encourage you in your move towards becoming a successful and confident educator.

Written in a straightforward style, this book is both readable and scholarly in its discussion of issues, challenges and opportunities. It is important reading for teachers, trainee teachers and others working in the lifelong learning sector, including WBL.

Provides a skilfully balanced mix of essential theory and practical guidance to support you if you are studying an 'education and training' qualification. This book covers fundamental background information such as key philosophies and concepts, current policy and practice, key thinkers and ideas, and includes a useful chronology.

An essential book linked to the LLUK Standards for teachers, trainers & tutors: a practical introduction to teaching & learning.

This edition has been fully revised and updated, and now meets the criteria for the new City & Guilds 7302 award and stages 1 and 2 of the 7407 award.

Featuring lots of jargon-free activities, checklists and points for deeper reflection, the guidance in this book will help teachers encourage their learners to become more engaged, creative and motivated through the use of emotional intelligence.

For teachers, aspiring teachers and other professionals in upper secondary schools, further education colleges and universities who wish to increase learner motivation and to create opportunities for greater learner autonomy.

Helping to enhance the practice of teaching, learning, and research in higher education, this text offers a combination of critical perspective and practical advice. Suitable for individuals who are interested in learning how to enhance their practice through the analysis of critique, it promotes an understanding of one's own developing practices.

This book explores how higher education institutions across the globe respond to the disruptive changes triggered by online technologies. Contributions address transformations regarding program design, business models and pedagogical interventions in a digital teaching environment.

This text is a fully empirical account of a genuinely global movement of higher education institutions to increase university civic engagement. The volume offers three special contributions to the literature on higher education policy and practice.

Drawing on professional experience from university innovators and a wealth of international case studies, The Higher Education Manager's Handbook offers practical advice and guidance on all aspects of university management. Now in a thoroughly updated third edition, the books offers advice that can be implemented by leaders at all levels.

For many academics, impact poses a worrisome proposition. Impact has not generally been integrated into PhD training and many universities have been slow to respond to the emerging impact agenda. Wade Kelly offers a holistic, all-of-career approach to impact aimed at active researchers and those who support research impact.

The New Power University puts forward a philosophy for the future of higher education and the shift in how universities must respond to societal trends through an active evolution and commitment to social responsibility, or lose their relevance to the students and communities they serve.

While preserving the elements that have made the previous two editions so successful-such as chapters on sleep, exercise, memory and mindset-this third edition introduces students to wholly new aspects of brain function and how they impact learning; and furthermore, addresses the challenges of learning online.

Providing a comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of higher education, through the lens of ecological realism, this text presents an imaginative way through the field and leads it into new areas.

How can we re-establish universities' social purpose? The solution lies with asking not only 'what are we good at?', but also 'what are we good for?'. Chris Brink shows how universities can - and should - promote positive social change.

Essential guide to British universities that gives you all the information you need to make the crucial decisions on what to study, where to study, and how much it might cost. Objective and authoritative, it is the best-selling guide to making the right university choice for you.