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Academic leadership at the programme level to address the BME attainment gap
Barefoot, Helen; St John, Judy; Yip, Amanda (Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, 2018-07-12)The BME attainment gap (i.e. the difference in the percentage of White students achieving a first or upper second class degree (2i) compared to the percentage of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) students achieving a first ... -
Assess Compassion in Higher Education? Why and How would we do that?
Gilbert, Theo (2016-01-08)Abstract: This article reports the effects (on students' social and learning experiences) of supporting students in the use of explicitly compassionate interactional strategies during their weekly seminar interactions. ... -
Communication Skills and 'UK Health Care English'
Gilbert, Theo; Beck, Siegrid (Taylor & Francis Group, 2007-08-02) -
Compassion on University Degree Programmes at a UK University: The Neuroscience of Effective Group work
Gilbert, Theo; Doolan, Martina; Beka, Dr Sylvia; Spencer, Neil; Crotta, Dr Matteo; Davari, Soheil (2018-06-04)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the neuroscience that underpins the psychology of compassion as a competency. We explain why this cognitive competency is now taught and assessed on modules of different ... -
Developing the Guided Learner Journey
Hudson, Paul; Barefoot, Helen (2018-06-07)The University of Hertfordshire was one of the first UK universities to embrace the use of a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and embed it as part of our learning strategy to personalise and enhance the student experience. ... -
Discounting Fiscal Privilege - A More Charitable Solution to the Public Benefit Question : Lord MacDermott's Dissent in Oppenheim v Tobacco Securities Trust Co. Ltd [1951] AC 297
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Dissenting Judgments in the Law
Geach, Neal; Monaghan, Christopher; Law; Office of the Vice-Chancellor; Centre for Future Societies Research; Centre for Learning, Access and Student Success (Wildy, Simmons and Hill, 2012)In this text an expert law team of contributors re-examine nineteen cases deriving from differing areas of law. These each potentially could have influenced how law developed, to drastically varied directions. These cases ... -
Do Corporations Have an Immortal Part? The Need to Prove Damage in Corporate Libel : Baroness Hale's Dissent in Jameel v Wall Street Journal Sprl [2006] UKHL 44
Geach, Neal (Wildy, Simmons and Hill, 2012)Argues that the opinion of Baroness Hale in the case of Jameel v Wall Street Journal Sprl [2006] UKHL 44 should have prevailed in the case so that corporations have to prove special damage, or the likelihood of it occurring, ... -
Electronic and mobile commerce law : an analysis of trade, finance, media and cybercrime in the digital age
Wild, C.; Weinstein, S.; MacEwan, N.; Geach, N. (University of Hertfordshire Press, 2011)This text is unique in bringing together the many disparate aspects of what is variously called internet law, cyber law or electronic commerce ('e-commerce') law. Included is the law relating to online contracts and payment ... -
Embedding and Assessing Compassion in the University Curriculum
Gilbert, Theo (2016-06-29)Psychology, anthropology and neuroscience are currently researching compassion - how it can be defined and understood, and how compassion can be applied into world and local social systems for building more co-operative ... -
Embedding and Assessing Compassion in the University Curriculum
Gilbert, Theo (The International Academic Forum, 2016-06-29)Scholarship in clinical psychology (Gilbert, P., Neff; 2003; Kirkpatrick et al, 2007) anthropology (Goetz et al, 2010) and neuroscience (Immordino Yang et al, 2009; Stanford University’s CCARE) agree the definition of ... -
Enhancing Inclusivity in the Higher Education Discussion Group: : Strategies for Employability, Internationalisation and Assessment in a UK University
Gilbert, Theo (Tata Institute of Social Sciences., 2012-09-01)The concept of compassion and its role in building co-operative societies is being researched across disciplines - anthropology, clinical psychology, group psychotherapy, neuroscience. Education appears to stand aloof from ... -
Enhancing the student learning experience: the perspective of academic staff
Cahill, Jo; Turner, Jan; Barefoot, Helen (2010)Background: Quality enhancement in higher education is essentially a planned process of change that leads to continuous improvement in the effectiveness of the learning experience of students and the students' experience ... -
The future of copyright in the age of convergence: is a change of approach needed?
Geach, N. (2008)In 2007 the European Commission finalised its proposals for replacing the Television without Frontiers Directive. The resultant Audiovisual Media Services Directive aims to provide a more suitable regulatory framework for ... -
How UK HE STEM Students Were Motivated to Switch Their Cameras on: A Study of the Development of Compassionate Communications in Task-focused Online Group Meetings
Jayasundara, J. M. P. V. K.; Gilbert, Theo; Kersten, Saskia; Meng, Li (2022-04-30)HE’s pandemic-driven shift to online platforms has increased social and learning disconnection amongst students. In online group work/teamwork, many are reluctant to switch on their cameras to be more present to others. ... -
Improving well-being in Higher Education: Adopting a compassionate approach
Maratos, Frances A.; Gilbert, Paul; Gilbert, Theo (Springer Nature, 2019-07-29) -
Law Express Question and Answer: Tort Law
Geach, Neal (Pearson Education, 2011-08)Designed to help you get the most out of every answer you write by improving your understanding of what examiners are looking for, helping you to focus in on the question being asked and showing you how even a good answer ... -
The Nuisance of the Proprietary Interest : Lord Cooke's Dissent in Hunter v Canary Wharf Ltd [1997] AC 655
Geach, Neal (Wildy, Simmons and Hill, 2012)Argues why the dissenting opinion on Lord Cooke in the case of Hunter was preferable to the majority's decision. The chapter also argues how the tort of nuisance could develop in order to take full account of the impact ...