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Ruth Brooks

Ruth Brooks is a content production specialist of more than 15 years’ experience working in Australian and UK higher education. Ruth graduated from the University of South Australia (UniSA) with a Bachelor of Arts (Professional and Creative Communications) in 2007 and a Graduate Certificate in Marketing in 2015.

Her experience spans the research, writing and editing of print and digital communications and marketing collateral for UniSA, as well as the creative development and design of a wide variety of visual communications including print publications and digital marketing assets for University College London. Today, Ruth works to produce and publish digital content that both informs and engages across an array of postgraduate subject areas, as well as web content in the higher education space.

Latest articles

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The keys to understanding people, work and organisations

The world of work has changed dramatically in the last few years not least due to the challenges presented by the pandemic. Even before this major global event, attitudes to work and how people are treated within the workplace were shifting. At a time when devices have made it easy to be constantly connected to […]

Businessman is building an alternative path. Revision of the strategy and process changes. Improvement, modernization. Flexibility and business adaptation to new conditions. Rethinking old approaches.

Change leadership in education

The rapid pace of change in our modern world requires flexibility, agility and adaptability of leadership. Within the education system, further issues – social, financial, ethical, cultural and technological – only add to this complexity. Embedding a successful leadership model in an ever-changing educational landscape requires empowerment and autonomy. It requires a committed, passionate leadership […]

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Machine learning: a two-way teaching process

What do self-driving cars, speech recognition software and LinkedIn have in common? Along with many of the services we use every day, the answer is their reliance on machine learning. In fact, in today’s digital world, few aspects of our lives aren’t powered by this technology. Social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram, entertainment systems […]

The role of women in education leadership

While the teaching force is largely composed of women – both nationally and internationally – there exists a concerning underrepresentation of women in its leadership positions. Imbalance persists across the board, from salary and benefits to recruitment and promotion. DODS Diversity & Inclusion offer a snapshot of the current discrepancies between men and women in […]

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The fundamentals of operations management

The core tenet of any organisation’s product or service operations is an established, effective operations management strategy. Operations management refers to the business processes involved with planning, organising and monitoring the production process. It’s concerned with converting raw materials and labour into goods and services in the most efficient manner possible – in short, it […]