Preparing practitioner research students in accredited health disciplines for careers in academia

Extracurricular Design-Based Learning: Preparing Students for Careers in Innovation*

Government and industry depend on educational institutions to play a pivotal role in preparing the future workforce for careers in innovation. Yet students learn how to innovate through practice, and opportunities for practice are limited in higher education. This paper addresses this challenge by presenting a new student-led approach to innovation education called Extracurricular Design-Based ...

Promoting health careers to rural students

Dr Carol McKinstry coordinates the La Trobe Rural Health School (LRHS) Occupational Therapy Program, which is based at the Bendigo campus in Victoria. Carol completed her PhD in 2007 and has been at La Trobe University since 2005 teaching into the graduate entry masters OT program at the Melbourne campus before establishing the program at Bendigo. As part of setting up the La Trobe Rural Health...

Translational research in early neuroscience careers of high school students

study of cohesive devices in the textbook of english for the students of apsychology by rastegarpour

this study investigates the cohesive devices used in the textbook of english for the students of psychology. the research questions and hypotheses in the present study are based on what frequency and distribution of grammatical and lexical cohesive devices are. then, to answer the questions all grammatical and lexical cohesive devices in reading comprehension passages from 6 units of 21units th...

The challenges faced by academia preparing students for industry: what we teach and what we do

This workshop re-opens the discussion of the challenges faced by academia when preparing students to take jobs in industry. The workshop’s goal is to develop a framework by which academia and industry can better communicate and resolve their differing needs and goals. The workshop will provide practical guidance for academia and industry to take forward and continue the dialogue.