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Strength in diversity: Enhancing learning in vocationally-orientated, master's level courses (2008)
Journal Article
McEwen, L., Monk, J., Hay, I., Kneale, P., & King, H. (2008). Strength in diversity: Enhancing learning in vocationally-orientated, master's level courses. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 32(1), 101-119. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098260701731579

Postgraduate education in geography, especially at the Master's level, is undergoing significant changes in the developed world. There is an expansion of vocationally oriented degree programmes, increasing recruitment of international students, integ... Read More about Strength in diversity: Enhancing learning in vocationally-orientated, master's level courses.

Fieldwork in the undergraduate geography programme: Challenges and changes (1996)
Journal Article
McEwen, L. (1996). Fieldwork in the undergraduate geography programme: Challenges and changes. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 20(3), 379-384. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098269608709380

The paper provides a critical commentary on issues facing fieldwork in undergraduate geography programmes in the 1990s, with particular reference to the UK but with many principles applicable to other areas of fieldwork provision, for example in Nort... Read More about Fieldwork in the undergraduate geography programme: Challenges and changes.

The undergraduate geography fieldweek: Challenges and changes (1996)
Journal Article
McEwen, L., & Harris, F. (1996). The undergraduate geography fieldweek: Challenges and changes. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 20(3), 411-421. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098269608709384

In the 1990s, undergraduate geography programmes have come under pressure to change from both internal and external forces. In part, this relates to the process of restructuring associated with the increasing trend towards modular undergraduate cours... Read More about The undergraduate geography fieldweek: Challenges and changes.