From Dunedin to Dunedin: Supporting students in the changing world of higher education
Conference Proceeding
Godfrey, H., & Richards, K. (2006)
From Dunedin to Dunedin: Supporting students in the changing world of higher education. In C. Bond, & G. Grigg (Eds.), Supporting learning in the 21st century: Refereed proceedings of the 2005 Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors of Aotearoa New Zealand Conference
Against the background of the widening access agenda in higher education in Scotland, this article describes the initiatives taken by Napier University to address the issues. ...
Statistical Assessment of Peer Opinions in Higher Education Rankings: The Case of U.S. Engineering Graduate Programs
Journal Article
Ghaisi, A., Fountas, G., Anastasopoulos, P., & Mannering, F. (2019)
Statistical Assessment of Peer Opinions in Higher Education Rankings: The Case of U.S. Engineering Graduate Programs. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 11(3), 481-492. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-09-2018-0196
Unlike many other quantitative characteristics used to determine higher education rankings, opinion-based peer assessment scores, and the factors that may influence them, are ...
A critical evaluation of the methodology and effectiveness of self directed study within the veterinary nursing programme
Presentation / Conference
Fraser, M. (2007, December)
A critical evaluation of the methodology and effectiveness of self directed study within the veterinary nursing programme. Poster presented at Edinburgh Napier University Teaching Fellows Conference
One of the main features of higher education is the ability of students to undertake self directed study. However, the level of self directed study and the preparation which s...
Choices of approaches in e-moderation: conclusions from a grounded theory study
Journal Article
Vlachopoulos, P., & Cowan, J. (2010)
Choices of approaches in e-moderation: conclusions from a grounded theory study. Active learning in higher education, 11, 213-224. https://doi.org/10.1177/1469787410379684
Much has been published in recent years about the desirable nature of facilitated interactions in on-line discussions with educational purposes. However little has been report...
Enhancing learning confidence for direct entry computing students
Presentation / Conference
Fabian, K., Taylor-Smith, E., Meharg, D., & Varey, A. (2018, December)
Enhancing learning confidence for direct entry computing students. Paper presented at The Changing Shape of Higher Education: Can excellence and inclusion cohabit?, Newport, UK
Previous studies have shown that students who transfer into university from college (direct entrants) face several challenges when they enter university. In response, the Asso...
International student transitions in Higher Education: Chinese students studying on a professionally accredited undergraduate accounting degree programme at a Scottish university
Thesis
Findlay, R. S. M. International student transitions in Higher Education: Chinese students studying on a professionally accredited undergraduate accounting degree programme at a Scottish university. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1037580
The UK Higher Education (UKHE) sector has expanded overseas student numbers in recent years bringing significant economic and financial benefits to the sector and the economy....
Using an Outdoor Learning Space to Teach Sustainability and Material Processes in HE Product Design
Journal Article
Firth, R., Stoltenberg, E., & Jennings, T. (2016)
Using an Outdoor Learning Space to Teach Sustainability and Material Processes in HE Product Design. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 35(3), 327-336. https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12109
The world is facing environmental changes that are increasingly affecting how we think about manufacturing, the consumption of products and use of resources. Within the HE pro...
Evaluation of Assessment Method to Incorporate Graduate Attributes in Building Surveying Module
Journal Article
Chowdhry, S., & Garnier, C. (2016)
Evaluation of Assessment Method to Incorporate Graduate Attributes in Building Surveying Module. Journal of Today's Ideas - Tomorrow's Technologies, 4(2), 118-171. https://doi.org/10.15415/jotitt.2016.42008
This study aims at finding out whether an alternate assessment strategy in Sustainable Developments module to improve the student's employability skills and qualities. The exp...
Higher Education Institution branding as a component of country branding in Ghana: Renaming Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Journal Article
Williams Jr, R., Osei, C., & Omar, M. (2012)
Higher Education Institution branding as a component of country branding in Ghana: Renaming Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 22(1), 71-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/08841241.2012.705795
As Higher Education Institutions (HEI) become more marketized and increasingly promotionalized, brand building gains in intensity and names become increasingly important. Thi...
Tagore's School and Methodology: Classrooms Without Walls
Journal Article
Kane, T. (2016)
Tagore's School and Methodology: Classrooms Without Walls. Gitanjali and Beyond, 1(1), 83. https://doi.org/10.14297/gnb.1.1.83-101
This paper argues that Rabindranath Tagore, a very practical man, developed a distinctive and successful educational methodology over the course of his work in educational sys...