Smith, Catherine and Roberts-Bowman, Sarah (2019) The death of a course: a case study of degree closure. Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 23 (1). pp. 1-7. ISSN 1360-3108
Type of Research: | Article |
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Creators: | Smith, Catherine and Roberts-Bowman, Sarah |
Description: | As marketisation, stratification and performance measurement besiege Higher Education, managing change becomes a critical leadership and administrative skill. Managing the student experience and organisational reputation take on renewed significance. Yet whilst much attention is paid to quality assurance and validation processes as Higher Education seeks to develop programmes that address stakeholder demands, little work has been done that looks at course closure. It is suggested that fresh perspectives drawn from change communications scholarship, can provide practical value to university leadership teams. In particular, by recognising course closure as a form of trauma, then universities might be better placed to communicate with and support students on closing courses. |
Official Website: | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tpsp20/current |
Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed: | course closure, grief, change communication, trauma, student experience |
Publisher/Broadcaster/Company: | Taylor and Francis |
Your affiliations with UAL: | Other Affiliations > The Teaching and Learning Exchange |
Date: | 19 February 2019 |
Digital Object Identifier: | 10.1080/13603108.2019.1579764 |
Date Deposited: | 25 Mar 2019 15:25 |
Last Modified: | 04 Jul 2020 00:38 |
Item ID: | 13974 |
URI: | https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/13974 |
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