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Pilcher, Nick; Galbrun, Laurent; Craig, Nigel; Murray, Mike; Forster, Alan M.; Tennant, Stuart – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2021
Two ongoing and recurrent debates in the employment of academic staff are (1) how much industry experience should faculty staff have? and (2) what priority is given to research, teaching or both? Such debates take place worldwide and are particularly relevant to vocational subject areas. Through a statistical analysis of circa 200 job adverts for…
Descriptors: Employment Experience, Employment Qualifications, Construction Industry, Engineering Education
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Pilcher, Nick; Fernie, Scott; Smith, Karen – Journal of Education and Work, 2017
National Qualifications Frameworks (NQFs) are a global phenomenon. This is evidenced by their scale, coverage and intrinsic link with education policy across Europe and beyond. Research into their impact has encompassed a number of perspectives; theoretical, practical and evaluative. Yet, despite the existence of critical literature related to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualifications, National Standards, Program Implementation
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Pilcher, Nick – Teaching in Higher Education, 2011
Many studies into the process of producing and supervising dissertations exist, yet little research into the "product" of the Masters dissertation, or into how Masters supervision changes over time exist. Drawing on 62 semi-structured interviews with 31 Maths and Computer Science supervisors over a two-year period, this paper explores…
Descriptors: Supervision, Interviews, Supervisory Methods, Computer Science Education