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Occasional papers offer academic colleagues a way to disseminate the outcomes of research and/or academic development projects, which are considered to be of widespread interest to our University community.

Derrik Ferney

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In this occasional paper, Derrik Ferney contrasts two styles of behaviour: contemplative, free thinking, individualistic and spiritual, as opposed to doctrinaire, compliant, bureaucratic and temporal.

Leonie Ramondt

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In 1999, concerns over the increasing loss of head teachers due to isolation and dissatisfaction led the Department of Education and Skills (DfES) to commission ULTRALAB to research and develop an online learning community called Talking Heads (TH), for 1,200 new school leaders.

Graham Badley

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One major theme is emerging in discussions of pedagogy in higher education: teaching should now demonstrate its attachment to the teaching-research nexus.