- Career Development | University and society
- How to talk to the media
Practical advice from the co-author of a new book.
- November 25, 2008
- Research and innovation | Teaching and learning | University and society
- The Indie scene
The life of an independent scholar, without the safety net of a university, brings with it trepidation, financial challenges and, for some, exhilarating freedom. Meet four who’ve taken the ride.
- November 25, 2008
- Faculty | Teaching and learning
- For teaching-only faculty, a controversial role
Non tenured “teaching only” faculty play a useful role by shouldering heavier teaching loads than tenured professors who do research. Even so, these positions remain controversial
- October 28, 2008
- Teaching and learning | Technology
- How technology is transforming the lecture
Professors are gaining valuable insights into their teaching methods by looking at their own video-recorded lectures and examining how students are using them.
- October 28, 2008
- Career Development | University and society | Humanities and social sciences | Programs and curriculum
- Philosophy’s makeover
Think philosopher, and other-worldly may come to mind. But if you need someone who can think, argue and work through complex problems, you want a philosopher. No wonder the worlds of business and law are eager to snap them up
- October 28, 2008
- Managing the university
- A five-step program for change
University presidents must push their institiutions into the 21st century, argues former University of British Columbia president Martha Piper, in this excerpt from a keynote speech delivered to university presidents at the annual meeting of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada this past April.
- September 30, 2008
- The poppy man: Peter Facchini explores the benefits of the opium poppy
University of Calgary’s Peter Facchini seeks to unlock the secrets of one of mankind’s oldest, most valuable and most controversial domesticated plants – the “sleep-giving” opium poppy.
- September 30, 2008
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