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  REACT project’s Special Issue of the Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change   We are delighted to announce the launch of our special issue of the Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change as part of the dissemination of the HEFCE Catalyst funded REACT Project . This journal represents the culmination of the REACT initiative, offering research papers, case studies, opinion pieces associated with REACT collaborative development programme and research. Please do take a moment of your time to have a look at the journal and read some of the exciting work from the institutions across the programme.   Vol 3, No 1 (2017): Reacting to the 'Hard to Reach' through Student Engagement Initiatives This special issue of  The Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change   is slightly different from previous issues in that it focuses on a particular programme, known as ‘REACT’, funded by the Higher Education Fund

A Connected Curriculum for Higher Education : "Is it possible to bring university research and student education into a more connected, more symbiotic relationship? If so, can we develop programmes of study that enable faculty, students and ‘real world’ communities to connect in new ways? In this accessible book, Dilly Fung argues that it is not only possible but also potentially transformational to develop new forms of research-based education. Presenting the Connected Curriculum framework already adopted by UCL, she opens windows onto new initiatives related to, for example, research-based education, internationalisation, the global classroom, interdisciplinarity and public engagement.  A Connected Curriculum for Higher Education is, however, not just about developing engaging programmes of study. Drawing on the field of philosophical hermeneutics, Fung argues how the Connected Curriculum framework can help to create spaces for critical dialogue abouteducational values, both