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\"MiriamDr Miriam Firth is a Senior Lecturer, Director of Teaching and Learning (Strategy) for the <\/b>Manchester Institute of Education<\/b><\/a> in the Faculty of Humanities\u2019 School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED), and Chairs the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) <\/b>Creative Industries Task Group<\/b><\/a>.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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Why higher education needs graduate workers\u2019 perspectives<\/b><\/h6>\n

Last month Miriam Firth (Senior Lecturer in SEED) authored a comment piece for WonkHE, the organisation dedicated to briefing about, analysing and debating UK HE policy, on Why higher education needs graduate workers\u2019 perspectives<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Back in November we interviewed Miri for TEA: Teach, Explore, Apply<\/a> about her experiences as an early adopter of Dual Delivery, ready for the 2022\/23 academic year. So it is great to see Miri, as a member of UoM staff, sharing her views on education on a national platform. Using Wonkhe as a call to action to incorporate graduate perspectives into teaching, the piece draws on all aspects of Miri\u2019s academic life: her experience of teaching on the BA Management, Leadership and Leisure<\/a>, which offers specialisms in sport, tourism and events management; her research (published as a monograph in 2020); her insight as DoTL (Strategy) in SEED; and perspective as her Chair of the AGCAS Creative Industries Task Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Wonkhe: the home of higher education policy<\/p><\/div>\n

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Wonkhe<\/a> offers articles, a weekly podcast, and monthly online briefing events, as well as data and research and a range of email briefings to which you can subscribe.<\/p>\n

It welcomes personal contributions from any HE professional with a close up view of UK policy and practice to move the debate forward. This could be by adding a new perspective, by providing informed analysis, by drawing on history, or by predicting future developments. They currently state that they are particularly keen to see pitches from diverse, female, and non-binary authors.\u202fWe would encourage any reader of TEA: Teach, Explore, Apply to consider writing a piece for Wonkhe<\/a> and getting involved in the national conversation.<\/p>\n

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