Athena SWAN and the Technician Commitment

Published on June 18, 2018

Technicians are a body of staff often referred to as an ‘invisible workforce’. They are essential to research and teaching and yet represent a relatively understudied occupational group in higher education.

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Doctoral education in the spotlight

June 14, 2018
In early June, I set off for Slovenia with a degree of trepidation. I may be married to an academic but I most certainly am not one myself. So you can understand why I felt somewhat nervous on my flight to Slovenia where I had been invited to present at the European University Association Council of Doctoral Education (EUACDE) annual meeting.

Growing Global Graduates: Teaching for a Better World

June 18, 2018
Professor Christine Jarvis is our keynote speaker for Day One of the Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference, 3-5 July at Aston University, Birmingham. Christine took up the post of PVC Teaching and Learning at University of Huddersfield in 2015, and in 2010, she was awarded a HEA National Teaching Fellowship for her contribution to teaching and learning.