Universities

This book contains the contributions presented at the 10th international KES conference on Smart Education and e-Learning (SEEL-2023) with the Smar...

This volume examines the diverse ways in which universities and colleges around the world are partnering and collaborating with other institutions ...

Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) is a cutting-edge educational approach that integrates traditional learning modules (theory and practice) with real-...

The COVID-19 global pandemic triggered the need to reconceptualize provisions to run an agile university at all levels. New Student Literacies amid...

The COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly tested the resilience of academics in higher education. Many universities were severely affected by reduced stude...

Increasingly, the purpose and function of Western universities is being challenged and put under pressure to demonstrate value for students, policy...

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been agreed globally as an unprecedented, ambitious and innovative agenda for prosperity and peace...

Winner of the 2017 Award for Significant Research on International Higher Education (CIHE/ASHE) Winner of the 2018 American Publishers Awards for...

The first decade of the twenty-first century saw a radical new approach to higher education in Cuba, as the country began slowly to recover from th...

American universities today serve as economic engines, performing the scientific research that will create new industries, drive economic growth, a...

How design students learn sustainably How do I teach design? Why is listening so important? What can we learn from other disciplines and cultures ...

Every year, thousands of students go to university to study mathematics (single honours or combined with another subject). Many of these students a...

Global and World Art in the Practice of the University Museum provides new thinking on exhibitions of global art and world art in relation to unive...

Growing student numbers, increased student expectations, new approaches to learning, and fast-paced technological advances all contribute to the ne...

What is this idea of the university? Why does it need to be defended? Does the work of defense preclude the task of rearranging the idea itself?Dra...

Beginning with his installation as chancellor on University Day, 2000, James Moeser started each academic year with a major address in which he out...

Traditionally academia has been seen as an elite profession, for those with an academic background and from the middle/upper classes. This is what ...

An Edinburgh Classic edition of the cornerstone work on Scotland's intellectual identity First published in 1961, The Democratic Intellect provoke...

Of all the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, SDG4 is especially and directly relevant to the work of Higher Education (HE) instituti...

Increasing numbers of young adults go to university. This book explores contemporary understandings of what universities are for, what impact they ...

Despite Mexicos implementation of a bilingual model in its tertiary education programmes, this book is the first contribution to knowledge regardin...

This volume provides a state of the art overview of Online Intercultural Exchange (OIE) in university education and demonstrates how educators can ...

First published in 1999, this volume centres on a case study which looks at the experiences of non-traditional adult women students in universities...

An evidence-based approach to improving the practice of graduate management education Compiled by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) ...

The law is heavily implicated in creating, maintaining, and reproducing racialised hierarchies which bring about and preserve acute global disparit...

The law is heavily implicated in creating, maintaining, and reproducing racialised hierarchies which bring about and preserve acute global disparit...

Behaviour in the Classroom, The Practical Guide is for any teacher who wants to make their classroom environment a better one for children to learn...

The undergraduate years are a turning point in producing scientifically literate citizens and future scientists and engineers. Evidence from resear...

Universities are grappling with the issue of broadening the knowledgebases of their students to achieve excellence in education through the develop...

In 2021, as part of a programme called Shaping for Excellence, bosses at the University of Leicester made redundant numerous scholars in what was s...

Many enquiries into the state of accounting education/training, undertaken in several countries over the past 40 years, have warned that it must ch...

The first history of the ascent of American higher education told through the lens of German-American exchange. During the nineteenth century, near...

According to the research underpinning this book, 85% of trans students and staff faced barriers. This practical guide enables post-secondary educa...

There is rising interest paid to how higher education is developing across Asia. This timely volume provides readers with a comprehensive account o...

The most comprehensive guide on postgraduate grants and professional funding globally. For thirty-five years it has been the leading source for up-...

There are so many different graduate creative writing programs out there! How do I find the right one for me? Bringing together data from both M...

In recent decades there has been an immense global surge in the numbers both of universities and of students. In the UK alone there are now over 14...

Every year, thousands of British students enter higher education via a foundation year. Despite their growing popularity, the place of foundation y...

Many books have been written about the University of Chicago over its 120-year history, but most of them focus on the intellectual environment, fav...

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