New Academic Issue 2.1

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This issue contains articles on:         Need More Mean
Worse?Starting from the pessimistic view of ‘more means worse’,
Phil Race (University of Glamorgan) explores ways that the challenge of more
students can be turned to all our advantages.Is There More to Group Work
than Meets the Academic Eye?Jo Malseed (Lancaster University)
shares her experiences of a new group-based student- centred course in
Independent Studies at her institution.Why is Planning So
Boring?Bob Jarvis (South Bank University) argues that achieving
professional competence should not mean a dull diet of slavish imitation of
current professional
practice.Gender and Surveying
EducationClara Greed (University of the West of England) asks if
the answer to why so few women are employed in the construction industry lies in
the way surveyors are educated.The Europeanisation of
Planning Education: a lost opportunity?How should the curriculum of
UK planning schools respond to what is happening in Europe? contemplates Glen
McDougall (Oxford Brookes University).English Language Support for
Overseas StudentsVicky Schofield (University of Central England)
looks at the arrangements in her institution.Changing Strategies in
Educational DevelopmentDouglas Edgar (Glasgow Caledonian
University) outlines the characteristics of the delivery of educational
development at five former English polytechnics and attempts to identify some
general principles for successful educational development.The Use of Group Work in the
Teaching of LawBrian Mitchell (University of Wolverhampton)
describes the use of group work in a level one business law module, the delivery
of which was influenced by the Enterprise in Higher Education
Initiative.