The third way: the contribution of academic quality assurance third spacers to ‘pedagogical partnership’ by Katie Akerman, Ceri Hunter

“…We consider the evolution of ourselves as third spacers in informing and shaping the practice of academic colleagues through our third-space knowledge and experience (Whitchurch, 2012) in conjunction with the introduction of V5, ‘collaborate with others to enhance practice’, in the UK Professional Standards Framework 2023 (AdvanceHE, 2023). We explore how quality is used to leverage the advancement of positive student experiences and outcomes from a new perspective, and how we are seeking to resolve tensions between the characteristics of convention and progression (and positive disruption) to develop learning points for success. …”
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LEGO, fishbowls, and collaboration by Rebecca Edgerley, Russell Crawford

“…Now, the recent iteration of the Advance HE Professional Standards Framework (2023) cites a new dimension of practice, PSF V5, that requires fellowship claimants to explicitly evidence how they ‘collaborate with others to enhance practice’ (p. 5). …”
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The value of a collaborative community of practice to disseminate an inclusive pedagogy in a UK university by Alison Cornforth

“…The website aimed to share inclusive teaching resources, designed in previous practice, and initiatives for colleagues new to teaching, with the purpose of supporting new Professional Standards Framework (PSF) (AdvanceHE, 2023) criteria. A small-scale case study approach was taken using mixed methods of semi-structured interviews and pre and post launch website data analytics to triangulate and analyse data. …”
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High‐Entropy Metal–Organic Frameworks and Their Derivatives: Advances in Design, Synthesis, and Applications for Catalysis and Energy Storage by Jiangyuan Xing, Yan Liu, George Mathew, Qiu He, Jasmin Aghassi‐Hagmann, Simon Schweidler, Ben Breitung

“…Finally, this review identifies the prevailing challenges in current HE‐MOFs research and proposes corresponding solutions to provide valuable guidance for the future design of advanced HE‐MOFs with desired properties.…”
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