Knowledge, distributed leadership and (structured) agency: a view on academic policy curation by Françoise McKay

“…This opinion piece explores some of the experiences encountered by the non-teaching staff responsible for curating academic policy in institutions. …”
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Navigating Researcher Developer career trajectories: a perspective from beyond Higher Education by John Miles

“… This opinion piece explores the evolving professional landscape for Researcher Developers within and beyond the confines of academia, reflecting on the author's experiences as a former researcher and Researcher Developer. …”
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Editorial by Michael Rose, Jonathan M. Hoffmann

“…The issue begins with six opinion pieces on the C-NIP, followed by two research articles by Thomas Bontly and Jasmina Nedevska, respectively, and two book reviews. …”
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Pedagogical content knowledge as a model for academic development practice in the third space by Erik Brogt

“… In this opinion piece, I make the case for the use of Shulman’s concept of Pedagogical Content Knowledge as both a practical and philosophical approach to academic development work in the third space. …”
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Finding quality in quality improvement: creativity and credibility in higher education by Nevena Martinović, Emma McCallum

“…This opinion piece explores the importance of credibility, reciprocity, and creativity in the quality assurance work of boundary-crossing third space professionals. …”
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Working thematically: changing the path to leadership for the third space by Fiona Denney, Emily McIntosh

“…What does leadership mean in the third space, and how is it changing?  This opinion piece offers a perspective on third space leadership, through embracing thematic working and drawing together often disparate elements of the academy.  …”
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Existing in hyperliminality: supporting educational developers with complex cross-disciplinary portfolios by Ann Gagne

“… This opinion piece discusses educational developer portfolios that have cross-disciplinary or cross-service area reporting structure and responsibilities within an institution. …”
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Harnessing the power of professional associations to unite the third-space community by Craig Morley, Nicola Grayson

“… In this opinion piece, we discuss career pathways and trajectories for third space professionals. …”
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Learning developers as third space academics: a personal view by Peter C Samuels

“…Having previously written in the journal about promoting learning development as an academic discipline, the purpose of this opinion piece is to reflect on how my personal experiences have reshaped my views since this article was published. …”
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Redefining the role of Learning Development practitioners by Steve Briggs

“…Use of non-distinct titles such as ‘third space practitioner’ or even ‘LD practitioner’, whilst interesting philosophically, hide the powerful ontological roots and epistemic practices of LD and may suggest duplication of role functions and incorrectly the potential to merge roles or teams together. In this opinion piece, I propose there is now a need to adopt greater specificity in how the role of LD practitioners is defined. …”
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Presentism, Empire, and Nineteenth-Century Music by Brian C. Thompson

“…Following a hostile reaction to his August 2022 opinion piece “Is History History?”, University of Wisconsin professor and American Historical Association president James H. …”
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The third space professional: cultivating authentic learning experiences through collaborative practice by Kate Murray

“…This collective approach to teaching and learning not only provides students with real-world experiences but also facilitates the development of student achievement across the designated learning outcomes as defined by Higher Education Institutions (HEI). In this opinion piece, I share my experience as a liaison librarian who is actively working as a third space professional across the subjects of Law, Sociology, Social Policy, and Criminology. …”
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From ‘no space’ to ‘scholarly space’: a reflection on the place of scholarship in the third space by Silvina Bishopp-Martin, Ian Johnson

“… This opinion piece utilises our own scholarship journeys and collaborative work as an example to inspire others in the third space to join our commitment to share experiences, values, and theoretical underpinnings of our work beyond the confines of our immediate contexts. …”
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Le rôle des milieux de presse dans la fondation de l’Etat belge et la création d’une « opinion publique » nationale (1830-1860) by Pierre Van den Dungen

“…From the 1820s on, French-speaking men of letters were writing opposition press in the kingdom of the Netherlands of William of Orange. These opinion-piece writers established themselves as ‘patriots’ and Belgians fighting against the Dutch government press and its wage-earning publicists publicists. …”
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Stuck in the middle with you: the role of senior leaders as third space professionals by Alison Purvis, Beth Fielding-Lloyd, Melissa Jacobi, Dave Thornley, Nick Woolley

“… This collaborative opinion piece offers the perspective that senior leaders must move beyond their traditional places within the academic or professional services spaces to act as hybrid professionals or translators. …”
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An overlooked EDI issue… can valuing the diversity of third space professionals support a more sustainable future in higher education? by Emmajane Milton, Emma Yhnell, Kathryn Jones

“…Or do they often feel like misfits who challenge the status quo by not conforming to traditional academic stereotypes? In this short opinion piece, we explore the complexity and diversity of roles held by third space professionals in teaching-focused roles and the impact this has on their sense of identity, belonging, and value. …”
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Bridging the gap: inclusive practitioners in the third space and the embedding of universal design by Thomas O Shaughnessy, Tracy McAvinue

“… This opinion piece considers the third space from an inclusive practice, disability, and accessibility services perspective, an area largely unexplored thus far in third space studies. …”
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Revisiting principles of partnership working in the third space by Julie Blackwell Young, Sarah Parkes

“…Initially discussed by Parkes, Blackwell Young, and Cleaver (2016), this opinion piece revisits five principles of partnership working in the context of third-space working. …”
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Trajectory to professorship for third space practitioners: a learning developer perspective by Steve Briggs

“…However, up until around 12 months ago, I had never thought that I could realistically pursue a professorship. In this opinion piece, I explore the reasons for my preconceptions around professorship and the emergence of new professorship pathways. …”
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African Activism Through Pugwash by Nola Dippenaar, Joelien Pretorius

“…National chapters were established in several African countries and over the course of two decades, a Pan-African Pugwash group held at least six meetings and published some of these meetings’ proceedings. This opinion piece is based on a preliminary exploratory effort to highlight how Africans engaged the Pugwash movement, to know more about the impact that Africans had in Pugwash and Pugwash had in Africa, and to look to the future—to encourage science activism and youth participation in peace and anti-nuclearism on the continent. …”
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