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Open knowledge institutions: reinventing universities
In this book, a diverse group of authors—including open access pioneers, science communicators, scholars, researchers, and university administrators—offer a bold proposition: universities should become open knowledge institutions, acting with principles of openness at their center and working across boundaries and with broad communities to generate shared knowledge resources for the benefit…
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- 9780262365154
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- xi, 177 p. : ill
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- 378.101 MON o
Alexander Williamson : a victorian chemist and the making of modern Japan
Alexander Williamson was professor of chemistry at UCL (1849–87) and a leading scientist of his time. He taught and cared for visiting Japanese students, thereby assisting them with their goal of modernising Japan. This short, accessible biography explores his contribution to nineteenth-century science as well as his lasting impact on Japanese society. In 1863 five students from the Chōsh…
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- 9781787359314
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- xiii, 133 p. ill;
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- 540.92 ALE H
The infrastructure finance challenge : a report by the Working Group on Infra…
Infrastructure and its effects on economic growth, social welfare, and sustainability receive a great deal of attention today. There is widespread agreement that infrastructure is a key dimension of global development and that its impact reaches deep into the broader economy with important and complex implications for social progress. At the same time, infrastructure finance is among the most c…
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- 9781783742950
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- 126p. : ill.
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- 363 WAL t
Mindfulness and meditation at university : 10 years of the Munich model
Why should the concepts of mindfulness and meditation be taught in universities? What are the potential impacts of such an undertaking on the education system and its students? Andreas de Bruin showcases the outcomes of the Munich model, »Mindfulness and Meditation in a University Context«, implemented from 2010 to 2020, in which 2000 students participated. In addition to an overview of curre…
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- 9783839456965
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- 211 p.
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- Achtsamkeit - Bildung - Medien, 5
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- 100 DEB m
Handbook of education policy studies : school/university, curriculum, and ass…
This open access handbook brings together the latest research from a wide range of internationally influential scholars to analyze educational policy research from international, historical and interdisciplinary perspectives. By effectively breaking through the boundaries between countries and disciplines, it presents new theories, techniques and methods for contemporary education policy, and i…
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- 9789811383434
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- XXIX, 383 p.
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- 370.1 HAN h
HIgher education in globalized world: governance, competition and performance
This book offers an improved understanding of European higher education, both from a scientific and a policy point of view.
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- 9782800414225
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- 300p.: ill
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- 378.4 LUC h
Successful global collaborations in higher education institutions
This open access book presents deep investigation to the manifold topics pertaining to global university collaboration. It outlines the strategies King Abdulaziz University has employed to rise in global rankings, and the reasons chosen to collaborate with other academic and research institutes. The environment in which universities currently exist is considered, and subsequently how an innovat…
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- 9783030255251
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- xvii, 93p. : ill.
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- 378 SUC s
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