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Acknowledging the affective in higher education
Beard, Colin; Clegg, Sue; Smith, Karen (2007-04)This article argues that we need richer conceptions of students as affective and embodied selves and a clearer theorisation of the role of emotion in educational encounters. These areas are currently under‐researched and ... -
Action Research
Fernie, Scott; Smith, Karen (SAGE Publications, 2010) -
Aligning the times: exploring the convergence of researchers, policy makers and research evidence in higher education policy making
Smith, Karen; Fernie, Scott; Pilcher, Nick (2020-04-26)The complexity of contemporary higher education policy making and the multitude of evidences and actors in policy networks mean that relationships between higher education researchers, policy makers and research evidence ... -
Assuring quality in transnational higher education : a matter of collaboration or control?
Smith, Karen (2010)As transnational education collaborations increase so too do concerns about the quality of provision. To address these concerns, national codes of good practice have been written to guide exporting institutions on how to ... -
By any other name : a study of brand name transfer from English-language to Russian-language printed advertisements
Smith, Karen (2006)The brand name is one of the most important devices for marketing a product. Western companies spend vast sums of money devising brand names that convey the positive characteristics of products marketed on the strength of ... -
The challenges of reflection : students learning from work placements
Smith, Karen; Clegg, Sue; Lawrence, Liz; Todd, Malcolm (2007)The importance of employability in higher education and increasing numbers of students working while studying led leaders on a social science degree to introduce work experience modules. This paper reports on an in‐depth ... -
The conflicts and contradictions of working in a mass higher education system
Smith, Karen (2006) -
Contact, connection and communication: online community building on a professional doctorate
Smith, Karen (2021-10-26) -
Critical discourse analysis and higher education research
Smith, Karen (Emerald Publishing, 2013)This chapter explores the use of critical discourse analysis (CDA) within higher education research. CDA is an approach to studying language and its relation to power, ideology and inequality. Within CDA, texts are not ... -
Cultivating innovative learning and teaching cultures : a question of garden design
Smith, Karen (2011)Calls for practitioners to ‘innovate’ are common within higher education and universities, which go to some length to cultivate innovative learning and teaching cultures. The definition of innovation, however, is not clear ... -
Defining the nature of blended learning through its depiction in current research
Smith, Karen; Hill, John (2018-09-18)Blended learning has been a feature of higher education practice and research for almost two decades. This article takes stock of current blended learning research, contributing to the growing number of meta-analyses of ... -
Doing Your Undergraduate Social Sciences Dissertation
Smith, Karen; Todd, Malcolm; Waldman, Julia (Routledge, 2009) -
Engaging in Transnational Education
Smith, Karen (Critical Publishing Ltd, 2020) -
Exploring flying faculty teaching experiences : motivations, challenges and opportunities
Smith, Karen (2014-01-02)‘Flying faculty’ models of teaching represent an important aspect of the internationalisation agenda. As short-term sojourners, these overseas visits provide academics with disorientating dilemmas that can stimulate ... -
Exploring the Complex Interplay of National Learning and Teaching Policy and Academic Development Practice
Smith, Karen (2016-10-01)Academic developers are important interpreters of policy, yet little research has focussed on the interplay of policy and academic development practice. Using methods from Critical Discourse Analysis, this article analyses ... -
Exploring the reasons why people home educate in Hertfordshire
Smith, Karen; Dickerson, Claire; Smith, Jennifer (University of Hertfordshire, 2020-12-17) -
Exploring understandings of partnership in higher education using methods from corpus linguistics
Smith, Karen; Kersten, Saskia (2018-04-01) -
Exposing new academics through action research?
Smith, Karen; Fernie, Scott (2010) -
Fostering autonomy through work-based experiences : challenges for university students and educators
Smith, Karen; Clegg, Sue; Lawrence, Elizabeth; Todd, Malcolm (2004-12)Higher education is increasingly recognizing the importance of developing students’ skills for work during their university careers; however work-based placements within the social sciences, whilst growing in popularity, ... -
Great Expectations : Sixth-formers' perceptions of teaching and learning in degree-level English
Smith, Karen; Hopkins, Chris (2005-10)This article feeds into the discussion of transitional issues begun in Volume 2 of Arts and Humanities in Higher Education. It draws on research into A-level students' expectations of university English and how these compare ...