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Papers by John Buglear
In the UK employability is a key university performance measure. This reflects both the tightenin... more In the UK employability is a key university performance measure. This reflects both the tightening graduate employment market and the demands on the sector for greater accountability. The literature on employability considers the implications agenda for institutions and the student motivation literature examines students' intrinsic and extrinsic goal orientations. This exploratory study complements both areas of work by considering employability, currently deemed an all-pervasive extrinsic goal, as far as students' motivation is concerned relative to the more conventional drivers of decisions to enter higher education; achieving academic success and social fulfilment. It is aims to establish both the significance of employability as a motivating factor and ascertaining the degree of association with the academic and social factors as well as profile variables. The research design applies Thurstone attitude scaling. Several hundred business undergraduates were asked to encapsulate why they were on their course. The responses were collated and scored by a set of judges against scales of academic, employability and social motivation. The judges' scores were used to determine the most appropriate statements to use in the research instrument, which was then used to survey the attitudes of 75 students. The results suggest that employability is a significant aspect of students' motivation and is associated with the academic and social aspects of motivation. This significance of employability suggests effective learning support strategies are likely to be those that are based on experiential and skill-driven learning alongside more tightly drawn cognitive approaches. The balance of motivational aspects can also inform institutions' student recruitment.
Quality in Higher Education, 2011
Following the dismissal of a Canadian professor over disputed grading practices, Hill produced hi... more Following the dismissal of a Canadian professor over disputed grading practices, Hill produced his triangle model of competing interests of academics, administrators and students. In the UK, academic freedom in relation to grading is increasingly constrained reflecting more assertive institutional management supervising over‐burdened academic staff teaching more students.
Journal of The Operational Research Society, 1982
Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 30 Corporate Drive, Bur... more Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 30 Corporate Drive, Burlington, MA 01803 First published 2005 Copyright © 2005, John Buglear. All rights reserved The right of John Buglear to be identified as the author of this work has been ...
SIDALC - Servicio de Informacion y Documentacion Agropecuaria de las Americas.
Contents 6 Putting probability to work 172 6.1 Simple probability distributions 173 6.2 The binom... more Contents 6 Putting probability to work 172 6.1 Simple probability distributions 173 6.2 The binomial distribution 178 6.3 The Poisson distribution 183 6.4 Expectation 186 6.5 Decision trees 188 Review questions 191 7 Modelling populations 197 7.1 The Normal distribution 198 7.2 ...
Du web 2.0 à l'entreprise : usages, applications et outils (Collection Management et inf... more Du web 2.0 à l'entreprise : usages, applications et outils (Collection Management et informatique) Si le web 2.0 est en pleine expansion, son usage ne s'est pas encore généralisé dans le monde professionnel. Ses applications pourraient cependant apporter aux ...
Journal of the Operational Research Society, Jan 1, 1983
... Viewpoint. Journal of the Operational Research Society (1983) 34, 549549. doi:10.1057/jors.1... more ... Viewpoint. Journal of the Operational Research Society (1983) 34, 549549. doi:10.1057/jors.1983.124. Comment on "Energy Measurement and Control in Paper-Making". John Buglear. Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham. Main navigation. ...
Journal of Further and Higher Education, Jan 1, 2009
Student retention in higher education might be prioritised by funding authorities and universitie... more Student retention in higher education might be prioritised by funding authorities and universities but robust measurement of non-completion is elusive. This investigation explores untapped data sources to enrich understanding of non-completion. The analysis features the main undergraduate course in a part of a large UK university with retention concerns. Three data sources were explored; Registry, course administration and electronic information systems. Discrepancies emerged in data from them, with students' electronic engagement data revealing withdrawal patterns not evident in the other sources. The departures profile revealed by the information systems data is used to conjecture association between type of departure and stage of departure drawing on time-based retention models. The analysis also draws on material from focus groups of course administrators and tutors. The results demonstrate a new way of pinpointing and quantifying non-completion over time, electronic footprint analysis, which provides an additional basis for formulating and monitoring retention strategies. While not explaining why individuals withdraw, they reveal more about when they appear more likely to do so. Using data already captured they constitute feasible means of improving retention.
'Stats Means Business' enables readers to:* appreciate the importance of statis... more 'Stats Means Business' enables readers to:* appreciate the importance of statistical analysis in business* understand statistical techniques* develop judgement in the selection of appropriate statistical techniques* interpret the results of statistical analysisThere is an overwhelming ...
In the UK employability is a key university performance measure. This reflects both the tightenin... more In the UK employability is a key university performance measure. This reflects both the tightening graduate employment market and the demands on the sector for greater accountability. The literature on employability considers the implications agenda for institutions and the student motivation literature examines students' intrinsic and extrinsic goal orientations. This exploratory study complements both areas of work by considering employability, currently deemed an all-pervasive extrinsic goal, as far as students' motivation is concerned relative to the more conventional drivers of decisions to enter higher education; achieving academic success and social fulfilment. It is aims to establish both the significance of employability as a motivating factor and ascertaining the degree of association with the academic and social factors as well as profile variables. The research design applies Thurstone attitude scaling. Several hundred business undergraduates were asked to encapsulate why they were on their course. The responses were collated and scored by a set of judges against scales of academic, employability and social motivation. The judges' scores were used to determine the most appropriate statements to use in the research instrument, which was then used to survey the attitudes of 75 students. The results suggest that employability is a significant aspect of students' motivation and is associated with the academic and social aspects of motivation. This significance of employability suggests effective learning support strategies are likely to be those that are based on experiential and skill-driven learning alongside more tightly drawn cognitive approaches. The balance of motivational aspects can also inform institutions' student recruitment.
Quality in Higher Education, 2011
Following the dismissal of a Canadian professor over disputed grading practices, Hill produced hi... more Following the dismissal of a Canadian professor over disputed grading practices, Hill produced his triangle model of competing interests of academics, administrators and students. In the UK, academic freedom in relation to grading is increasingly constrained reflecting more assertive institutional management supervising over‐burdened academic staff teaching more students.
Journal of The Operational Research Society, 1982
Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 30 Corporate Drive, Bur... more Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 30 Corporate Drive, Burlington, MA 01803 First published 2005 Copyright © 2005, John Buglear. All rights reserved The right of John Buglear to be identified as the author of this work has been ...
SIDALC - Servicio de Informacion y Documentacion Agropecuaria de las Americas.
Contents 6 Putting probability to work 172 6.1 Simple probability distributions 173 6.2 The binom... more Contents 6 Putting probability to work 172 6.1 Simple probability distributions 173 6.2 The binomial distribution 178 6.3 The Poisson distribution 183 6.4 Expectation 186 6.5 Decision trees 188 Review questions 191 7 Modelling populations 197 7.1 The Normal distribution 198 7.2 ...
Du web 2.0 à l'entreprise : usages, applications et outils (Collection Management et inf... more Du web 2.0 à l'entreprise : usages, applications et outils (Collection Management et informatique) Si le web 2.0 est en pleine expansion, son usage ne s'est pas encore généralisé dans le monde professionnel. Ses applications pourraient cependant apporter aux ...
Journal of the Operational Research Society, Jan 1, 1983
... Viewpoint. Journal of the Operational Research Society (1983) 34, 549549. doi:10.1057/jors.1... more ... Viewpoint. Journal of the Operational Research Society (1983) 34, 549549. doi:10.1057/jors.1983.124. Comment on "Energy Measurement and Control in Paper-Making". John Buglear. Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham. Main navigation. ...
Journal of Further and Higher Education, Jan 1, 2009
Student retention in higher education might be prioritised by funding authorities and universitie... more Student retention in higher education might be prioritised by funding authorities and universities but robust measurement of non-completion is elusive. This investigation explores untapped data sources to enrich understanding of non-completion. The analysis features the main undergraduate course in a part of a large UK university with retention concerns. Three data sources were explored; Registry, course administration and electronic information systems. Discrepancies emerged in data from them, with students' electronic engagement data revealing withdrawal patterns not evident in the other sources. The departures profile revealed by the information systems data is used to conjecture association between type of departure and stage of departure drawing on time-based retention models. The analysis also draws on material from focus groups of course administrators and tutors. The results demonstrate a new way of pinpointing and quantifying non-completion over time, electronic footprint analysis, which provides an additional basis for formulating and monitoring retention strategies. While not explaining why individuals withdraw, they reveal more about when they appear more likely to do so. Using data already captured they constitute feasible means of improving retention.
'Stats Means Business' enables readers to:* appreciate the importance of statis... more 'Stats Means Business' enables readers to:* appreciate the importance of statistical analysis in business* understand statistical techniques* develop judgement in the selection of appropriate statistical techniques* interpret the results of statistical analysisThere is an overwhelming ...