Academic coaching as a pedagogy to facilitate the navigation of complexity across the health professions education continuum See

Maintaining currency and managing complexity in a rapidly evolving healthcare environment requires health professionals to be competent in monitoring and regulating their own learning. While health professional educators can scaffold learners to develop this competency, maintaining these skills in the...

The Hegemony of Free Speech See

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Something in the way they move: characteristics of identity present in faces, voices, body movements, and actions See

The recognition of familiar individuals relies not only on static features of the person but also on dynamic characteristics unique to each person’s movements. This mini review synthesizes current research on the role of motion in identity recognition, examining how characteristic dynamic&#x...

Membrane transporter progressive ankylosis protein homologue (ANKH/Ank) partially mediates senescence-derived extracellular citrate and is regulated by DNA damage, inflammation, and ageing See

Introduction: A considerable body of recent evidence supports citrate transport as a major regulator of organismal lifespan and healthspan. Citrate accumulates outside senescent cells in vitro and in vivo. However, the detailed mechanism of senescent cell extracellular citrate (EC) accumulation i...

Tackling difficult changes in digital education through playful learning and gamification: the case of generative AI See

We have been using approaches drawn from gamification and playful learning theories to create spaces for colleagues to explore generative AI (GenAI) in a way which is naturally fun. We have developed several games and activities to stimulate the sense of experimentation and creativ...

Dissertation Question Time: Supporting the Dissertation Project through Peer Advice See

Dissertation question time is a model for a workshop provided by the central academic skills department at Brunel and used to support dissertation writing. The analysis of the use of the model with students and their feedback raises interesting questions about peer learning and...

Making the transition to master’s dissertation writing: evaluating the impact of a dissertation writing course on PGT students’ confidence See

The transition from undergraduate to postgraduate taught (PGT) studies has received increasing focus over the past decade as universities and educators have recognised that master’s students do not necessarily begin their studies equipped with the academic skills necessary to succeed (O’Donnell&#...

A qualitative exploration of the barriers asylum-seeking students face when accessing higher education in the UK See

Since 2015, there has been a sharp upward trajectory in the number of applications for refugee status. This raises many questions for how education will assist refugee inclusion. However, accessing education after the age of 18 has been under-researched. This project looks to add&#...

The dynamics of student assessment: how academic motivation, student satisfaction, procrastination and academic resilience shape perceptions of authentic assessments See

Authentic assessments provide an important avenue for preparing students with the comprehensive transferrable skills set they will need in pursuit of their future aspirations. This study explored the relationship between academic motivation, student satisfaction, procrastination, academic resilience and st...