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Triumph of Emptiness: Consumption, Higher Education, and Work Organization
Paperback,
21/08/2014,
£25.49
£22.94
The book views the contemporary economy as an economy of persuasion where firms and institutions assign resources to rhetoric, image and reputation rather than production of goods and services. It examines critically phenomena such as the knowledge society, consumption, higher education, organizational change, professionalization and leadership
Great Brain Race: How Global Universities are Reshaping the World
Hardback,
05/04/2010,
£18.95
£17.06
Every year, nearly three million international students study outside of their home countries, a 40 per cent increase since 1999. This book presents an account of how international competition for the brightest minds is transforming the world of higher education - and why this revolution should be welcomed, not feared.
Academia Obscura
Hardback,
16/11/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
If you think the groves of academe are all stuffiness, elbow patches and greying old men... Take a trip through the spectrum of academic oddities and unearth the Easter eggs buried in peer reviewed papers, the weird and wonderful world of scholarly social media, and rats in underpants.
Student-Centered Learning Environments in Higher Education Classrooms
Hardback,
29/10/2016,
£79.99
£71.99
This book aims to develop a situative educational model to guide the design and implementation of powerful student-centered learning environments in higher education classrooms.
Rankings and the Reshaping of Higher Education: The Battle for World-Class Excellence
Paperback,
07/06/2016,
£54.99
£49.49
University rankings have gained popularity around the world and are now a significant factor shaping reputation. This second edition updates Ellen Hazelkorn's first comprehensive study of rankings from a global perspective, drawing in new original research and extensive analysis. It is essential reading for policymakers, managers and scholars.
Speaking of Universities
Paperback,
26/02/2018,
£18.99
£17.09
A devastating analysis of what is happening to our universities
Shaping Higher Education with Students: Ways to Connect Research and Teaching
Paperback,
06/03/2018,
£15.00
£13.50
Shut Down the Business School: What's Wrong with Management Education
Paperback,
20/05/2018,
£14.99
£13.49
A clarion call to shut down the business school!
Who are universities for?: Re-making higher education
Paperback,
01/09/2018,
£12.99
£11.69
Who are universities for? argues for a large-scale shake up of how we organise higher education. It includes radical proposals for reform of the curriculum and how we admit students to higher education. Offering concrete solutions, it provides a way forward for universities to become more responsive to challenges.
Decolonising the University
Paperback,
20/08/2018,
£16.99
£15.29
Understanding and transforming the universities' colonial foundations.
Effective Personal Tutoring in Higher Education
Paperback,
08/10/2018,
£24.99
£22.49
An essential text for all academics within higher education (HE) who have a personal tutoring role.
Supporting Student Mental Health in Higher Education
Paperback,
05/04/2019,
£15.99
£14.39
Workable evidence-informed strategies and interventions for higher education staff seeking to improve student mental health and well-being.
Transforming Higher Education Through Universal Design for Learning: An International Perspective
Paperback,
05/03/2019,
£28.99
£26.09
Inclusion and Diversity: Meeting the Needs of All Students
Paperback,
01/12/2008,
£34.99
£31.49
How should you prepare for the first day of class? How can you encourage all students to participate in discussions? How do you ensure disabled students can take part in field work? This book offers specific, practical advice on the issues that teachers encounter when teaching in a diverse classroom.
Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
Paperback,
06/06/2019,
£10.99
£9.89
Designing Effective Feedback Processes in Higher Education: A Learning-Focused Approach
Paperback,
15/07/2019,
£32.99
£29.69
University Education
Paperback,
09/05/2019,
£16.99
£15.29
Former Universities and Science Minister David Willetts combines a passionate advocacy of the value of a university education with a serious in-depth knowledge of the higher education sector to present his vision of what our universities can offer us-both now and in the future.
Making Learning Happen: A Guide for Post-Compulsory Education 3ed
Paperback,
12/05/2014,
£28.99
£26.09
'Making Learning Happen has been an essential read for new academic staff since it first appeared. The third edition is exceptionally welcome providing real insights into what the modern student expects, and reflecting changes in the delivery of higher education.' -Pauline Kneale, Pro Vice-Chancellor Teaching and Learning, Plymouth University
Academic Practice: Developing as a Professional in Higher Education
Paperback,
02/05/2019,
£30.99
£27.89
This book gives a broad overview of the issues faced by early career academics as they enter academic life and explores a variety of topics from curriculum planning to employability.
Flourishing Student: Every tutor's guide to promoting mental health, well-being and resilience in Higher Education
Paperback,
12/10/2017,
£19.99
£17.99
Every tutor's guide to promoting mental health, well-being and resilience in Higher Education
The Fourth Education Revolution Reconsidered: Will Artificial Intelligence Enrich or Diminish Humanity?
Paperback,
05/10/2020,
£16.99
£15.29
A Concise Guide to Lecturing in Higher Education and the Academic Professional Apprenticeship
Paperback,
07/09/2020,
£18.99
£17.09
Ideal for lecturers new to delivering higher education, organised to cover the teaching and research requirements of the new Academic Professional Apprenticeship.
The Disruptive Power of Online Education: Challenges, Opportunities, Responses
Paperback,
15/05/2020,
£26.99
£24.29
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.
Corona Generation, The: Coming of Age in a Crisis
Paperback,
27/11/2020,
£9.99
£8.99
How teenagers' experiences of lockdown will impact on their future.
The Governance of British Higher Education: The Impact of Governmental, Financial and Market Pressures
Paperback,
22/04/2021,
£28.99
£26.09
Student Start-ups: The New Landscape Of Academic Entrepreneurship
Paperback,
30/12/2019,
£40.00
£36.00
Leadership Transitions in Universities: Arriving, Surviving and Thriving at the Top
Paperback,
20/05/2021,
£29.99
£26.99
Microlearning in the Digital Age: The Design and Delivery of Learning in Snippets
Paperback,
10/05/2021,
£36.99
£33.29
Experiments in Decolonizing the University: Towards an Ecology of Study
Hardback,
20/05/2021,
£90.00
£81.00
Towards Decolonsing the University: A Kaleidoscope for Empowered Action
Paperback,
22/09/2020,
£15.99
£14.39
Doing Equity and Diversity for Success in Higher Education: Redressing Structural Inequalities in the Academy
Hardback,
29/06/2021,
£109.99
£98.99
This book provides a forensic and collective examination of pre-existing understandings of structural inequalities in Higher Education Institutions.
Achieving your Diploma in Education and Training
Paperback,
01/02/2018,
£24.99
£22.49
This textbook supports the Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training for those training to teach in the further education and skills sector. It covers all the mandatory units and has been carefully designed to be the essential guide to successfully achieving the qualification.
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Disciplinary Approaches to Educational Enquiry
Paperback,
06/08/2018,
£29.99
£26.99
This text explores best practice approaches to undertaking enquiry into learning and teaching in higher education for staff from all academic disciplines.
Considering Racialised Contexts in Education: Using reflective practice and peer-mentoring to support Black and Ethnic Minority educators
Hardback,
31/12/2023,
£45.00
£40.50
Dismantling Race in Higher Education: Racism, Whiteness and Decolonising the Academy
Paperback,
19/09/2018,
£39.99
£35.99
This book reveals the roots of structural racism that limit social mobility and equality within Britain for Black and ethnicised students and academics in its inherently white Higher Education institutions.
Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Institutions, academics & assessment of prior experiential learning
Paperback,
17/05/2001,
£22.99
£16.09
The Institute of learning and Teaching in Higher Education (ILT) was launched in 1999 as a result of the recommendations of the Dearing Committee. This book documents the establishment of the ILT and gives help to those engaging with it.
Humanities, Higher Education, and Academic Freedom: Three Necessary Arguments
Paperback,
29/04/2015,
£13.99
£12.59
This book is a lively, passionate defence of contemporary work in the humanities, and, beyond that, of the university system that makes such work possible. The book's stark accounts of academic labour, and its proposals for reform of the tenure system, are novel, controversial, timely, and very necessary.
Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity: Confronting the Fear of Knowledge
Paperback,
06/01/2016,
£24.99
£22.49
Universities, once at the forefront of campaigns for intellectual liberty, are now bastions of conformity. This provocative book traces the demise of academic freedom within the context of changing ideas about the purpose of the university and the nature of knowledge and is a passionate call to arms for the power of academic thought today.
Health Humanities
Paperback,
12/01/2015,
£19.99
£17.99
This is the first manifesto for Health Humanities worldwide. It sets out the context for this emergent and innovative field which extends beyond Medical Humanities to advance the inclusion and impact of the arts and humanities in healthcare, health and well-being.
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