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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Jones, Tim; Upton, Penney; Wilkinson, Dean J. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2013
The challenges facing UK higher education are both well documented and controversial; however, pitted against this context is the requirement for psychology departments to provide an increasingly rich and diverse university experience for students, whilst ensuring progression and retention remain central to undergraduate provision. Despite the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Orientation, Undergraduate Students, Satisfaction
Hylton, Patrick L. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2010
The case is made that psychology, and the British Psychological Society in particular, should make culture in all its guises (multiculturalism, diversity, ethnicities, gender, sexuality, class) part of the core curriculum of undergraduate degrees. It is suggested that this could increase participation by Black and Minority Ethnic groups (BME)…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Psychology, Culture, Cultural Pluralism
Richardson, John T. E. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2010
The participation of people from ethnic minorities in UK higher education is greater than that of White people. Nevertheless, students from ethnic minorities are less likely to obtain "good" degrees (those awarded with first or upper second-class honours) than are White students. This article discusses some possible causes and implications of this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Open Universities, Distance Education, Psychology