This paper considers the use of the United Nations global goals to provide a framework for the teaching of professional and related skills. The main example and case study considered in this paper is from computing; however, much of the approach and many of the issues are applicable to a wide range of subjects, especially in science. Alongside the…

This article focuses on lectures' accounts of their curriculum practices at a University of Technology (UoT). Based on semi-structured interviews with lecturers, it examines their engagement with the curriculum and the practices they adopt to ensure student learning. I draw on Bourdieu's (1990) concepts of field, reflexivity, illusio and doxa to…

Undergraduate art therapy programs outnumber graduate programs in the United States, yet they lack a parallel set of educational standards. An online survey collected data from 38 out of 54 undergraduate art therapy programs. Similarities among programs included: curricular requirements, credential-holder provided advising and fieldwork…

Purpose: Literature limited in scope regarding the incorporation of sustainability into engineering curriculum encouraged authors to look at the current approaches of universities to the integration of sustainability into university curricula. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the literature published and analyse the university secondary…

Campus communities continue to become increasingly diverse as the U.S. grows more sensitized to, yet polarized over, issues of social justice. In response, many institutions of higher learning are placing greater emphasis on students' experiential learning about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in co-curricular experiences such as new…

In response to the ongoing calls for excellence across all sectors in Saudi Arabia, higher education institutions are pressured to rethink their practices. However, with all the governmental strategic, focused planning in Saudi higher education to achieve excellence and compete globally, there is a gap between what is expected and what is…

The driver of this research arose from the findings from our earlier TLRI-funded research on academic literacy: that there was a significant disconnect between literacy expectations in the tertiary and secondary sectors, and that "information literacy" (IL) was a key to that transition. The research questions that directed this study…

The aim of the present study was to analyze entrepreneurial competency training in the curriculum of the bachelor of physical education (BPEd) in universities in Iran. The statistical society consisted of all bachelor's degree programs in the field of physical education in Iran from 2017-2018 including humanities, biology, and sports sciences…

When the author looked back at her first two years at Spelman, a historically Black liberal arts college for women, she can see that the African Diaspora and the World (ADW) program had been paramount to her development as a culturally competent scholar with a nuanced understanding of systemic racism. In the majority-White schools she attended for…

This paper looks at a pilot of a strategy designed to help academic staff better respond to the inclusive teaching needs of its international students. The strategy was implemented by a School in a Western Australian University and offered academic staff evidence-based information on specific techniques for internationalising curriculum content…

Digital Systems is one of the basic foundational courses in Electrical and Computer Engineering. The job market is increasingly in need of Electrical Engineers with knowledge of Hardware Description Languages (HDL). Yet most digital systems design curriculum, largely remains based on design using Transistor-Transistor-Logic (TTL) devices or…

Digitalization in combination with the shortage of skilled workers is a significant challenge that has to be faced. Especially the IT sector is characterized by agile and complex developments. In this context, academic further training of IT specialists is crucial to meet the requirements of the IT labor market. The University of Applied Science…

A large-scale investigation was conducted at an Australian University to document and analyze authentic work-related assessment types for a university-wide major course review (Kaider, F., and R. Hains-Wesson. 2016. "Enhancing Courses for Employability." Melbourne: Australian Collaborative Education Network. Report.). This study provides…

This article sets out to explore and analyse the repositioning of the scholarship of teaching and learning in the study of governance. The proponent of this study argues that the scholarship of teaching and learning in public administration and management must respond to decolonisation within the context of its disciplinary culture and practices.…

The development of employability skills is an important graduate outcome of most contemporary university degrees. Given the critical role of academics in teaching and assessing curriculum, they are held responsible for furthering the employability skills development of university graduates; yet little is known about the factors that hinder…