Academics
Working paper
The assessment of students’ creative and critical thinking skills in higher education across OECD countries: a review of policies and related practices
This paper provides recommendations for policy and decision-makers in systems and institutions to further support the development and implementation of assessment strategies to measure and foster students’ creativity and critical thinking in higher education.
Report
Discovery of published information by early-career science faculty
This report is part of collaborative work done by the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Washington to understand the role of libraries in supporting research productivity in their institutions.
Working paper
Fostering creativity and critical thinking in university teaching and learning: considerations for academics and their professional learning
Developed as one of the resources within the context of an OECD/Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) ERI project, this paper focuses on ways in which students’ creativity and critical thinking can be fostered in higher education by contextualising such efforts within the broader framework of academics’ professional learning.
Conference paper
The praxis manifesto
This manifesto outlines the goals of the Alliance for Praxis Research (APR), a collective of academics from diverse cultural and scholarly backgrounds.
Report
The elephant in the room: precarious work in New Zealand universities
Precarious working arrangements, defined by temporary, casual and fixed-term employment agreements, are a complex, often hidden feature of academia in New Zealand. This report provides an insight into the reality of insecure academic work in universities from those who responded to the 2021 Precarious Academic Work Survey.