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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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National University Announced The Launch Of The Cause Research Institute

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In addition to coordinating research and development activities for current NU faculty and students, the CRI will offer research, evaluation, assessment, and other professional services to peer institutions and organizations.

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University admin staff are burnt out too | Letter

The Guardian Higher Education

I know many people in professional services jobs at the university who have been off sick with stress. I have co-workers who are so snowed under with their workload that they’re afraid to strike lest they come back to an even larger mountain of work. Continue reading.

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How Northampton Community College Simplified Compliance Reporting with Automated Data Preparation

EAB

The Results With ongoing support from EAB’s professional services team, they saved hundreds of hours and expect to save even more in future cycles. Northampton’s IE staff were then able to easily run their reports, check for errors, and submit them on time. It’s a whole team.

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Toward a more inclusive peer-review process (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The incentive to review book manuscripts is near nonexistent, and not just because the payment university presses are able to provide for this service, in the form of cash or books, is inevitably quite small compared to the time and thought required to give detailed, in-depth feedback.

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Using Data to Solve K–12 Challenges

Hanover Research

When this happens, everyone — most of all, students — reap considerable benefits. —Marriam Ewaida , PhD, Managing Director, K–12 Professional Services , Hanover Research Build your district and school employees’ data literacy skills with our Data Literacy Checklist.

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Why Faculty Diversity Matters

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Here are my takeaways: Faculty diversity matters, not simply as a matter of justice or equity but as a way to enhance the three responsibilities universities value most: teaching, research, and community and professional service. Nor is something approaching faculty diversity unachievable within our lifetimes.

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