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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Higher education institution (HEI)"”.
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A phenomenological insight into the motivations, approaches, and knowledge of final year pre-registration nursing students
… final year student nurses’ perceptions of their nurse education, and contributes both to the nursing and Higher Education (HE) literature. This thesis highlights both the approaches and motivations to learning student nurses take, the implications of this for wider public protection, and the …
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The identities and practices of faculty managers in a higher education institution in South Africa
… and practices of faculty managers (FM) in a higher education institution (HEI) in South Africa. There is limited research on faculty managers in South African HEIs, specifically in relation to their self-formed ethically related identities and practices. My aim in this study was to fill this …
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Measuring the service quality factors of perspective international students to improve their satisfaction and loyalty towards University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
Student satisfaction and quality of education are of compelling interest to students, academic staff, policymakers and higher education researchers internationally. Students’ expectations can influence levels of student satisfaction before their study and their pre-conceived beliefs regarding the …
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The learning experience on an undergraduate blended learning healthcare management programme: an examination of knowledge and skills transfer to practice
Background: Knowledge and skill transfer from higher education settings to the workplace is essential in supporting employment-ready graduates and the knowledge economy. The yearning for employability has significantly intensified post-COVID-19 as the UK government and universities examine further …
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University students' perceptions of neurology and experiences of learning neurological physiotherapy.
The education of healthcare professions students in the effective management of people experiencing neurological conditions is essential. If physiotherapy students’ are experiencing neurophobia, the fear of neurology (Jozefowicz 1994: 328) it is important to understand the underlying reasons, to …
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Integrity, Researcher Identity, and Islands: An interpretive approach to exploring individual and disciplinary values through creative metaphors
… Integrity (RI) values in the context of their disciplines at a South African higher education institution (HEI). RI is a growing field of study, to which scholars are drawn from a wide range of disciplines, from administrative or management offices in HEIs and even journal editors and …
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Early career teachers’ preparedness to teach: from initial teacher training through early career induction in England – an educational professional perspective
… the study explored the perspectives of seven educational professionals working at a Higher Education Institution (HEI) in the West Midlands. Since the research area had limited literature, the aim was to address this gap by developing a theory through exploring: 1) How the ITT curriculum, …
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Academic perceptions of educational technology: towards communicative rationality in the higher education institution
This thesis explores the management of change in higher education by applying a Habermasian conceptual framework to understand, explore and operationalise academic perceptions of Educational Technology. It questions the uncritical acceptance of techgerialism (i.e. managerialism through technology) …
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An investigation into the social integration of Young Adult Carers who are undergraduate students into Higher Education Institutions in England
… adult carers (YACs) who are undergraduates in a higher education institution (HEI) in England. This study recognises the increasingly neoliberal nature of higher education (HE) and that it was carried out during a pandemic. YACs are defined as ‘young people aged 16–25 who care, unpaid, for a …
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Becoming Transfer Friendly: Evaluating Four-Year Higher Education Institution Strategies to Support Community College Transfer Student Success
<p> Four-year higher education institutions (HEIs) nationwide must become more transfer friendly so that more community college transfer (CCT) students persist and complete their bachelor’s degrees, as a path to more students’ economic mobility and to equity across communities. This study aims to …
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Transformational classroom leadership and workplace engagement: exploring the relationship
In the global higher education (HE) environment characterised by rising accountability, fiscal pressures, fierce competition for student placements and increasing expectations for successful graduate employment, academic teaching proficiency continues to generate increasing amounts of attention …
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A study of the national curriculum for physical education (2005-2013): socialisation and the value orientations of male and female students and teachers, and male physical education teachers’ curricular interpretation and lesson delivery
This study considered how physical education teachers’ different value orientations (Ennis and Chen, 1993) may result in different interpretations of statutory guidance provided by National Curriculum for Physical Education (NCPE) statutory guidance. The value orientations, proposed by Ennis and …
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The Impact of the Public Sector Equality Duties on higher education: a case study
… authorities to be proactive in order to address institutional discrimination. They require public authorities to take a substantive approach to equality by removing institutional barriers and focussing on equality outcomes. The aim of this thesis is to consider the implementation and impact of …
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Influences on conceptions, perceptions and experiences of employability
… agenda of staff working within a post-1992 Higher Education Institution (HEI). Recent policy and discourse has served to drive this issue to the top of many HEI agendas. HEIs are required to provide data about the employment rates of their students at course level (Office for Students, …
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Internationalisation and the pursuit of a developmental settlement : the case of a South African university
This study analyses the manner in which a higher education institution (HEI) – namely, the University of Pretoria – is internationalising, while taking into account the dual imperatives of national development needs and of competing and integrating with an increasingly interdependent and globalised …
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A study of the experiences of migrant student mothers in a context of corporate social responsibility in higher education
… a particular stakeholder group in an inner city Higher Education Institution (HEI) within a context of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Widening Participation (WP) and the Employability agenda of the contemporary Higher Education (HE) environment are given a particular focus as relevant …
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Nurse academics identities and contributions to the clinical practice environment: An appreciative inquiry
… (CPE) where student nurses undertake 50% of their course. Much of the previous literature regarding nurse academics contributions to the CPE has appeared to be quite negative and they have appeared stuck in a no-man’s-land between the HEI and the CPE. Alongside this, the literature indicates …
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Information communication technology and the management of change in two educational institutions
… for decades have extolled the power of education in providing the answer to national problems. Recently published government reports (DfEE, 1998; DfEE, 1999a; DfEE, 2000a) suggest that through Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE), educational success for more and different …
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How do I remain caring?: a reflective inquiry by an initial teacher educator in Irish higher education
… Council 2017, 2016a) is asked of educators in higher education (HE) in Ireland, in an era when market values, performativity, and accountability structures in the system (Ball 2016, 2012; Lynch et al. 2012) also co-occur under neoliberalism (Lolich 2011). Accordingly, this places a series of …
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Decision-Making: understanding undergraduate fitness to practise panels using a simulated case study approach
… on leading to registration is the role of the Higher Education Institution (HEI) and is less uniform in its approach. This may lead to disparity and the potential risk of inconsistency, unfair and unjust decisions for students. Aim: In order to gain a greater understanding FtP and professional …
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