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Does It Really Matter? Assessing the Performance Effects of Changes in Leadership and Management Structures in Nordic Higher Education

2019

AbstractUniversities are public organisations, which operate in a highly institutionalised environment. They are heavily dependent on public resources. As such, universities are susceptible to shifts in governance arrangements but are also far from being passive recipients of reform agendas. They face demands from multiple internal constituencies (academics, administrators, students, managers) and from a variety of external stakeholders. This chapter explores the interplay between governance arrangements resulting from policy shifts and university dynamics. It sets the stage for the book, asking the following research questions: (1) what characterises changes in governance regimes in Nordic…

Higher education teachers' descriptions of their own learning : large scale study of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences

2016

In this large-scale study, higher education teachers’ descriptions of their own learning were examined with qualitative analysis involving application of principles of phenomenographic research. This study is unique: it is unusual to use large-scale data in qualitative studies. The data were collected through an e-mail survey sent to 5960 teachers at universities of applied sciences in Finland. The number of respondents was 1622. Four hierarchically structured categories of learning were found: individual learning, collegial learning, team learning and innovative partnership learning. The role of teachers in higher education demands innovative partnership learning: being active at the socie…

The Historical Collection of Physics Instruments and the Museum System of the University of Palermo

2017

In 2011, the University of Palermo instituted the University Museum System (Sistema Museale di Ateneo, SiMuA), in order to coordinate all the museum activities with the aim to pursue common goals, to foster the development of their activities and making them accessible to the public at large. The SiMuA coordinates 6 Museums and 13 Collections. The Botanical Garden, founded in 1789, with its richness of cultivated flora, is the “flagship” of European living museums and the cradle of botany in Sicily; the Museum of Zoology “P. Doderlein”; the Museum of Geology “G. G. Gemmellaro” and the “Specola”, the latter housed in the Astronomical Observatory founded in 1790; the Museum of Radiology and t…

LU darbinieku 1934. gada Ziemassvētku fotogrāfija

1934

A group picture of the University of Latvia staff taken at the 1934 Christmas celebrations. Belonged to Pēteris Ķiķauka (1886-1967), professor of classical philology. Second row from the left: 2nd is prof. Pēteris Ķiķauka, 4th is physics doc. Fricis Gulbis, 5th is Rector of the University of Latvia, chemistry prof. Jūlijs Auškāps, 6th is engineering prof. Mārtiņš Bīmanis. Fourth row from the left: 1st is history prof. Augusts Tentelis.

Arheologs Ēvalds Mugurēvičs un Latvijas Universitāte

2023

Raksts veltīts izcilam latviešu arheologam, emeritētajam profesoram Ēvaldam Mugurēvičam, kuram ir lieli nopelni Latvijas arheoloģijā. Lai gan E. Mugurēvičs par sevi ir uzrakstījis detalizētu autobiogrāfiju, rakstā tiek ieskicēta Ē. Mugurēviča saistība ar Latvijas Universitāti un viņa spēja pielāgoties pastiprinātai zinātnes ideoloģizācijai PSRS okupācijas laikā.

Notes on Elia Ovazza, professor of TMM in Palermo since the end of 19-th century

2013

In this lecture the figure of Elia Ovazza, professor of TMM in Palermo since the end of 19-th century, is presented with a valuable legacy as referring to his activity in teaching, research, design and technology transfer with short biographical notes

Vēsturisks pārskats par Latvijas augstskolas nodibināšanu un viņas darbību pirmā (1919./20.) mācības gadā

1921

Saturs: I. Latvijas Augstskolas dibināšanas priekšvēsture. II. Latvijas Augstskolas organizēšana — no jūlija 1919. g. līdz viņas atklāšanai 28. sept. 1919, g. III. Latvijas Augstskola pēc darbības atklāšanas līdz 1. jūlijam 1920. g. IV Personāls. Studējošo statistika. Budžeta pārskats.

Latvijas Universitāte, 1919-1929

1929

Ģeometrijas jautājumi

1932

Izdevumam nav titullapas. Lekciju nosaukuma varianti un gads norādīti sējuma sākumā, ierakstīti ar zīmuli.

La collezione di Anatomia Patologica dell'Università di Palermo: storia e consistenza al 1859.

2012

This paper outlines the history of the Cabinet of Pathological Anathomy at the University of Palermo, describes rapidly its current status and analyzes the composition of its displays in 1859. It aims to highlight the analogies with other collections of a similar kind and to pinpoint potential actions to endorse and develop this important scientific asset.