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A PASSION for helping children with special educational needs and disabilities has driven a student at the University of Chester to achieve outstanding academic success while undergoing and recovering from complex surgery herself. Llinos Edwards, 24, from Wrexham, is currently studying for a master’s in Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) after achieving a first class early childhood studies degree and a postgraduate certificate in autism, all at the University of Chester. L...

A STUDENT from Wrexham has achieved outstanding academic success while undergoing and recovering from complex surgery. Llinos Edwards, 24, is currently studying for a Master’s in Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) after achieving a First Class Early Childhood Studies degree and a Postgraduate Certificate in Autism, all at the University of Chester. Llinos started her university journey while undergoing complex surgery related to Achondroplasia, a common form of dwarfism. Du...

AMY Lund, a senior teaching fellow at Leeds Trinity University, has published a book dedicated to the life and work of former colleague Professor Ruth Helyer. Professor Helyer, who died in August 2019, was Professor of Work-Based Learning at Leeds Trinity University and a National Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. After developing the work-based learning (WBL) agenda during the early 2000s, she became an internationally acclaimed expert in the field, contributing to many publ...

AMY Lund, a senior teaching fellow at Leeds Trinity University, has published a book dedicated to the life and work of former colleague Professor Ruth Helyer. Professor Helyer, who died in August 2019, was Professor of Work-Based Learning at Leeds Trinity University and a National Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. After developing the work-based learning (WBL) agenda during the early 2000s, she became an internationally acclaimed expert in the field, contributing to many publ...

Abstract This article presents a work-based learning and research approach to professional postgraduate education specifically in the case of Higher Degree by Research (HDR) programs. It highlights a prototype of the Cohort-based Advisory Team (CAT) model as a useful strategy. The authors propose that a design thinking approach that empathises with the student experience as the “Master” of the design reveals insights that may inform future formal higher education in the professions. An over...

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