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Career choice motivational profiles in first year university students: Perfiles motivacionales de electión de estudios en estudiantes universitarios de nuevo ingreso

Inés García-Ripa, María; Fe Sánchez-García, María; Risquez, Angelica (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana * Facultad de Psicologia, 2018)

This study examines the career choice motivations of first year students in the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) and describes a classification of the student characteristics that are associated with these motivations. ...
Cellular inhibitor of apoptosis (cIAP1) is down-regulated during retinal ganglion cell (RGC) maturation

Kisiswa, Lilian; Albon, Julie; Morgan, James E.; Wride, Michael A. (Elsevier, 2010)

Apoptosis, is the main type of cell death that occurs in ageing and neurodegenerative disease, such as glaucoma. This study therefore characterises the expression profile of caspases (pro-apoptosis) and inhibitors of ...
The challenges of building a national university in a Pacific Island Country: lessons from the first ten years of Fiji National University

Healey, Nigel Martin (Taylor and Francis, 2022)

Establishing a national university has been widely viewed by smaller developing countries as a means of asserting sovereignty and driving the country’s economic, social, and cultural development. This has been particularly ...
The challenges of leading an international branch campus: the “lived experience” of in-country senior managers

Healey, Nigel Martin (SAGE Publications, 2016)

In recent years, an increasing number of major universities have set up international branch campuses (IBCs). There are now more than 200 IBCs, with more under development. Little is known about the unique challenges that ...
The challenges of managing transnational education partnerships: The views of “home-based” managers vs “in-country” managers

Healey, Nigel Martin (Emerald Publishing Ltd, 2018)

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the challenges of managing transnational education (TNE) partnerships from the perspective of the home university managers. Design/methodology/approach The study ...
Cleavage of BID during cytotoxic drug and UV radiation-induced apoptosis occurs downstream of the point of Bcl-2 action and is catalysed by caspase-3: a potential feedback loop for amplification of apoptosis-associated mitochondrial cytochrome c release.

Slee, Elizabeth A.; Keogh, Sinéad A.; Martin, Seamus J. (Nature Publishing Group, 2000)

BID, a pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family member, promotes cytochrome c release during apoptosis initiated by CD95L or TNF. Activation of caspase-8 in the latter pathways results in cleavage of BID, translocation of activated ...
Creative approaches to teaching graduate research methods workshops

Reilly, Peter (Bergen Open Access Publishing, 2017)

Engagement and deeper learning were enhanced by developing several innovative teaching strategies delivered in Research Methods workshops to Graduate Business Students. Focusing primarily on students adopting a creative ...
Creative development of meaning in matter: reflections on a silent pilgrimage

Wride, Michael A.; Franses, Philip (Lifewide Education, 2015)

Former Schumacher College lecturer, developmental biologist and complexity scientist Brian Goodwin had coined the term “Maximum freedom to the parts, maximum coherence to the whole”. This was our mantra as we began our ...
Current developments around open education in Irish higher education

Risquez, Angelica (2017)

This paper explores open educational practice in the context of the recommendations by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Digital Roadmap around open education (National Forum, 2015); and a ...
Developing a regional approach to outstanding teaching and learning: a case study

Vaughan, Elaine; Fitzpatrick, Mary (EDIN Publications, 2013)

It has often been acknowledged that teaching in higher education is afforded a relatively low status when compared to its more lucrative relation, research, and this is echoed in the ...
Developing an evidence-based practice healthcare lens for the SCONUL Seven Pillars of Information Literacy model

Dalton, Michelle (CILIP Information Literacy Group, 2013)

The SCONUL Seven Pillars of Information Literacy model was revised in 2011 to reflect the interpretation of information literacy in today’s environment. Subsequently, a number of lenses have been developed to adapt the ...
Diagnosing information literacy

Dalton, Michelle (2013)

Paper presented at CONUL ACIL Annual Seminar, June 2013
Digital library : transformation of academic librarian roles

Geraghty, Aoife (Library Association of Ireland, 2011)

Higher education literature abounds with dark forebodings regarding the impact of the Digital Library on the traditional academic library. In this paper it is argued that, by playing to their strengths and maintaining their ...
Digital literacies for language learning and teaching: developing a national framework

Farr, Fiona; Murray, Liam (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016)

In an Irish national setting, the urgent need to address the national language skills' shortage has been highlighted in numerous arenas, and in the context of the need for a continued economic recovery, language skills ...
Digital literacy...........a skill for life

Dore, Liz; McSharry, Blaneth (2015)
E-mentoring: an extended practice, an emerging discipline

Risquez, Angelica (IGI Global, 2008)

This chapter integrates existing literature and developments on electronic mentoring to build a constructive view of this modality of mentoring as a qualitatively different concept from its traditional face-to-face version. ...
E-mentoría: avanzando la investigación, construyendo la disciplina

Risquez, Angelica (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2006)

Aunque la mayoría de las iniciativas de mentoría electrónica están basadas en buenas intenciones y a menudo buena financiación, su efectividad ha sido raramente investigada. Unos pocos autores han sugerido marcos teóricos ...
Editorial: The #VLE Ireland project

McAvinia, Claire; Risquez, Angelica (Irish Learning Technology Association, 2018)

A decade after Martin Weller’s proclamation that ‘The VLE/LMS Is Dead’ (2007) was met with widespread acclaim and debate, virtual learning environments (VLEs) remain pervasive in most higher education institutions (HEIs) ...
The end of transnational education? The view from the UK

Nigel Martin Healey (Taylor and Francis, 2020)

The growth of transnational education has been a major focus of attention for the UK sector since 2010. During a period when international student recruitment has stagnated, transnational education (TNE) has been widely ...
Engaging students through the VLE: comparing like with like using the #VLEIreland student survey

Raftery, Damien; Risquez, Angelica (Irish Learning Technology Association, 2018)

Virtual learning environments (VLEs) provide the core infrastructure for the digital learning experiences for many students in Irish and international higher education institutions. Hence the student experience and voice ...

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