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Inclusive research agendas: what’s excluded?

SRHE

The ambition to promote access to these voices formed the basis of the rationale for my doctoral thesis research ‘Doing the heavy lifting: the experiences of working-class professional services and administrative staff in Russell Group universities’, completed in 2023.

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University admin staff are burnt out too | Letter

The Guardian Higher Education

I am a burnt-out administrator, struggling to have my issues taken seriously by my university and by the country. I know many people in professional services jobs at the university who have been off sick with stress. But the UCU is made up of more than lecturers. Continue reading.

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The importance of academic mental health

SRHE

Centralisation and reduction of academic administrative staff moves much of the work onto the academics. Therefore, I argue that whole university mental health, with academic and professional services included, should be to the fore in university policies and higher management discussions.

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Why Faculty Diversity Matters

Confessions of a Community College Dean

All of us have our price – and that price is probably lower than senior administrators think. I think Professor al-Gharbi also underestimates the potential to diversify STEM faculty by actively recruiting practicing professionals from diverse backgrounds.

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Edify Accelerators: Custom Dashboards for Your Campus

EAB

In addition to the technology, Edify partners can expand their team’s capacity using professional service hours which leverage EAB’s skills and expertise, like data science and data engineering. With Edify, institutions can bring their disparate data together and empower individuals across campus with data insights.

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Using Data to Solve K–12 Challenges

Hanover Research

So, it’s important to develop professional learning opportunities that help leaders, teachers, and staff strengthen their data literacy skills. Once district and school-based administrators are comfortable with data use, they can begin to support teachers and diffuse new skills across the rest of the organization.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

To continue to mitigate stressors unduly impacting marginalized learners, it is critical that institutions continue to work to deeply embed universal and inclusive design for learning within the curriculum, co-curriculum, and professional service environment (Meyer & Rose, 2002). student leaders, administrative leaders).

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