Facing the future: the changing shape of academic skills support at Bournemouth University

Authors

  • Neil Ford Bournemouth University
  • Melissa Bowden Bournemouth University, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.v0i5.168

Keywords:

Academic Skills, Digital Literacy, Higher Education

Abstract

This paper explores the potential impact of changes to higher education in the United Kingdom on student expectations, engagement, lifestyles and diversity, and outlines implications for the development of digital literacy within academic skills support at Bournemouth university.

Weââ¬â¢ll investigate how tackling resource constraints with organisational change can also enable efficient, centralised provision of support materials that utilise networks to overcome the risk of fragmented support for digital literacy. Weââ¬â¢ll also look at how changing delivery modes for support can accommodate changing student lifestyles whilst tackling a weakness of centralised support for digital literacy: that it can become detached from the studentââ¬â¢s subject-focused academic practice. Finally weââ¬â¢ll look at how involving students in developing support can help us to face changes to student expectations and engagement whilst ensuring that materials are authentic and speak to learners in their own voice.

Author Biographies

Neil Ford, Bournemouth University

Neil Ford is Academic Liaison Development Manager at Bournemouth University.

Melissa Bowden, Bournemouth University, UK

Melissa Bowden is Academic Support Librarian (Law) at Bournemouth University.

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Published

18-03-2013

How to Cite

Ford, N. and Bowden, M. (2013) “Facing the future: the changing shape of academic skills support at Bournemouth University”, Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, (5). doi: 10.47408/jldhe.v0i5.168.

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