Learned Words: A Poetic Content Analysis of 'Belonging' in Higher Education
Presentation / Conference
Illingworth, S., & Grimwood, M. (2023, December)
Learned Words: A Poetic Content Analysis of 'Belonging' in Higher Education. Paper presented at SRHE Conference 2023 Higher Education Research, Practice, and Policy: Connections & Complexities, Online & Conference Aston, Birmingham, UK
Addressing gender imbalance in STEM graduate apprenticeships
Presentation / Conference
Cecil, M., & Taylor Smith, E. (2023, December)
Addressing gender imbalance in STEM graduate apprenticeships. Paper presented at Society for Research in Higher Education Conference 2023, Birmingham
There is currently significant gender imbalance within Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) graduate apprenticeship (GA) programmes in Scotland. This is a c...
Discursive constructions of student midwives’ professional identities: A discourse analysis
Journal Article
Mcluckie, C., & Kuipers, Y. (2024)
Discursive constructions of student midwives’ professional identities: A discourse analysis. Nurse Education in Practice, 74, Article 103847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103847
Background
The construction and performance of professional identity is significant to broader socio-cultural understandings of who ‘professionals’ are and what they do. Impor...
Teachers' Perceptions of online chemistry-specific CPD
Journal Article
McGill, C., Buchanan, D., Easson, M., Hendry, S., Macdonald, F., Murray, P., & Stewart, I. (2023)
Teachers' Perceptions of online chemistry-specific CPD. Science Teacher Education, 94, 18-25
A collaboration between chemistry educators, Edinburgh Napier University and the Royal Society of Chemistry presented a series of seven online professional learning sessions f...
Group Career Coaching
Presentation / Conference
Meldrum, S. (2023, November)
Group Career Coaching. Presented at CDI Scotland Members Meeting, Online
This short taster session will explore group career coaching as an approach to practice delivery. It will define what it involves, consider its benefits (such as peer learning...
Building Communities and Enhancing Belonging: A Route Map for Assessment Design
Other
Haddow, C., & Brodie, J. (2023)
Building Communities and Enhancing Belonging: A Route Map for Assessment Design. [Assessment guide]
A sense of belonging to a community in HE has been linked to positive outcomes for students such as increased engagement, identity development and retention (Masika & Jones, 2...
Apprentices’ perspectives of the tripartite collaboration at the heart of degree apprenticeships: a longitudinal study
Journal Article
Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, S., Fabian, K., & Bratton, A. (2023)
Apprentices’ perspectives of the tripartite collaboration at the heart of degree apprenticeships: a longitudinal study. Journal of Workplace Learning, 35(8), 779-795. https://doi.org/10.1108/JWL-01-2023-0007
Purpose: The partnership which underpins degree apprenticeships is a tripartite collaboration between apprentices, employers, and universities. This study investigated the li...
Gendered information landscapes and their impact on routes into and through apprenticeships
Presentation / Conference
Cecil, M. (2023, June)
Gendered information landscapes and their impact on routes into and through apprenticeships. Poster presented at Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference, Swansea
This poster outlines a recent research study which examined the information landscapes of young people (age 15 – 24) in Scotland in the context of gender, vocational choice, a...
Mindset Teams in the Scottish Education System
Report
(2023)
Mindset Teams in the Scottish Education System. National Institute for Health Research
Since 2018, a charity, Winning Scotland, have delivered the Mindset Teams programme within schools across Scotland. Many participating schools are located in the most deprived...
Summary report of initial interim recommendations and position co-developed through NRIM Short Life Working Groups. February 2023
Report
(2023)
Summary report of initial interim recommendations and position co-developed through NRIM Short Life Working Groups. February 2023. Education Scotland
The NRIM Partnership Board was established in spring 2021. As stated within the NRIM Terms of Reference, the aspirational aims of the NRIM Partnership Board are as follows:
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