The higher education landscape is shifting under neo-liberal forces that are increasingly aligning the goals of business, government and education. This shift engendering debate around world about role institutions in producing employable graduates to feed national prosperity emerging knowledge economy. As this evolution continues, we need consider how enhance generic graduate capabilities as well disciplinary expertise our undergraduate students. Our should possess knowledge, skills values...

This article considers the rationale for embedding research and enquiry skills early in undergraduate geography curriculum making these explicit to students. A survey of 52 international faculty identified critical thinking, framing questions, reflectivity creativity as most challenging teach curriculum. provides a range practical examples illustrating skill teaching from courses internationally. The case studies demonstrate that by development early, scaffolding provided throughout degree...

Graduate attributes are a framework of skills, attitudes, values and knowledge that graduates should develop by the end their degree programmes. Adopting largely qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews, this paper outlines students' experiences at national undergraduate research conference over three years evidences graduate developed. The students demonstrated intellectual autonomy, repurposing work for presentation to multidisciplinary audience through conversation with...

A geographical education offers more than skills, subject knowledge and generic attributes. It also develops a set of discipline-specific capabilities that contribute to graduate's future learning experience, granting them special ways thinking for lifelong development contributing the welfare themselves, their community world. This paper considers broader purposes values disciplinary teaching in individual human development. Set context recent debates concerning role university...

This study examines how Undergraduate Research (UR) mentoring fits into the career profile of award-winning UR mentors and factors that motivate engagement as mentors. Twenty-four in four countries were interviewed about their practices. Six themes emerged: (1) Academic Identity Motivations; (2) Challenges to Career Development; (3) Enhanced Productivity; (4) Recognition Reward; (5) Institution Values Commitment (6) Developing Other Mentors. The authors discuss these findings can be utilized...

There is no previous study of the benefits attending a national multidisciplinary conference dedicated to undergraduate researchers, despite growing number such conferences internationally. This paper addresses gap in knowledge learning gains from these conferences, and reveals student driven process, signature pedagogy. It presents results 90 in-depth interviews with participants conducted over three consecutive years National Conference Undergraduate Research (2012–2014). uniquely captures...

Purpose This paper aims to focus on the undergraduate research conference as its sphere of study and investigate impact significance participation socialisation in such activities student attitudes professional development. Using situated learning theoretically position an authentic context, connection is also made with concept graduate attributes. Design/methodology/approach The Vitae (2014) Researcher Development Framework (RDF) used provide a template for charting experiences development...

With the rise of undergraduate research and inquiry (UGRI) in higher education, it is important to provide students with opportunities disseminate their research. This completes cycle builds key communication skills. In this article we develop a framework for dissemination UGRI, linking exposure development student autonomy. We illustrate case studies ranging from activities within curriculum, such as poster presentations journal clubs, through UGRI journals, conferences product launches....

Helen Walkingtona* , Kearsley A. Stewartb Eric E. Hallc Elizabeth Ackleyd & Jenny Olin Shanahanea Department of Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UKb Global Health and Cultural Anthropology, Duke Durham, NC, USAc Exercise Science, Elon Elon, USAd Human Performance, Roanoke College, Salem, VA, USAe Academic Affairs, Bridgewater State Bridgewater, MA, USA

ABSTRACT This study investigates hydrological responses to climatic shifts using sediment flux data derived from two dated palaeolake records in south‐east Arabia. Flux values are generally low during the early Holocene humid period (EHHP) (∼9.0–6.4k cal a BP) although several short‐lived pulses of increased detrital input recorded, most prominent which is between ∼8.3 and 7.9k BP. The EHHP separated mid‐Holocene (MHHP) (∼5.0–4.3k by phase aridity, began ∼6.4 5.9k BP peaked ∼5.2 5.0k...

This paper explores the learning spaces associated with two geography undergraduate research journals. Wikis provide dedicated for postgraduate reviewers to collaboratively develop constructive feedback authors creating a supportive online environment. In becoming published authors, undergraduates reported that they gained not only academic recognition and curriculum vitae (CV) material but an ability apply criticism, desire more dialogue about their motivation publish further work in...

With the rise of undergraduate research and inquiry (UGRI) in higher education, it is important to provide students with opportunities disseminate their research. This completes cycle builds key communication skills. In this article we develop a framework for dissemination UGRI, linking exposure development student autonomy. We illustrate case studies ranging from activities within curriculum, such as poster presentations journal clubs, through UGRI journals, conferences product launches....

This article argues that there is a gap in the research cycle / process as experienced by undergraduate geography students. In response to this, national e-Journal of called Geoverse has been established and piloted initially across four universities. outlines justification for journal briefly describes how it functions diverse institutions. Early findings are reported from two student groups. The motivations postgraduate reviewers (the Editorial Advisory Board) involvement project include...

In this paper we draw attention to the attributes and values which equip geographers engage in scholarship of teaching learning. We begin by summarising key characteristics higher education, synthesized from academic literature. support our summary with comments past editors Journal Geography Higher Education offered answer question: "What is it about geographer's identity or modes styles research that helps you undertake productive enquiry into learning?" purposely select three papers...

In the context of rapidly growing numbers university students reporting that they have experienced mental health problems, this paper argues doing research as an undergraduate can contribute to student well-being. Although benefits are well documented, underlying reasons for its efficacy on positive outcomes require investigation. This uses Self-Determination theory, which has empirically shown fulfilling one’s need autonomy, competence, and relatedness fosters Using authenticity a...

The authors embarked on a study to determine what is the horizon for undergraduate research (UR) future.They reviewed literature identify current trends and asked 33 faculty recipients of awards UR commitment expertise about their perceptions in next five ten years.Results suggest that decade may bring more democratization such as greater access opportunities undergraduates from historically underserved groups, those nontraditional populations, with below-average or average academic...

Geomorphological and geoarchaeological studies from the lower Gulf region of southeastern Arabia are increasing our knowledge hydrological, ecological, aeolian changes during Holocene. Preliminary analyses sediment records two palaeolakes in United Arab Emirates presented, highlighting potential these sources for providing high‐resolution decadal climate change landscape evolution over past 10,000 years. In order to study society‐environment relationship this marginal region, a framework...