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Conceptualising, evaluating and supporting the development of cosmopolitan values in internationalised higher education: A capabilities approach (2023)
Journal Article
Bridges, S. J. (2023). Conceptualising, evaluating and supporting the development of cosmopolitan values in internationalised higher education: A capabilities approach. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 20(4), Article 15. https://doi.org/10.53761/1.20.4.15

Internationalised higher education literature draws attention to the tension between the economic returns of recruiting overseas students and the personal, social and cultural possibilities offered. This paper advances the idea that fostering cosmopo... Read More about Conceptualising, evaluating and supporting the development of cosmopolitan values in internationalised higher education: A capabilities approach.

Developing pharmacists' competencies in Saudi Arabia: A proposed national competency framework to support initial education and professional development (2022)
Journal Article
Alfaifi, S., Bridges, S., & Arakawa, N. (2022). Developing pharmacists' competencies in Saudi Arabia: A proposed national competency framework to support initial education and professional development. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2022.09.010

Introduction: With the currently accelerating changes in pharmacists' roles in Saudi Arabia, evidence-based developmental tools are required to guide initial pharmacy education and define competencies for early career (foundation level) pharmacists'... Read More about Developing pharmacists' competencies in Saudi Arabia: A proposed national competency framework to support initial education and professional development.

The relevance of the International Pharmaceutical Federation Global Competency Framework in developing a country-level competency framework for pharmacists: A cross-sectional study (2021)
Journal Article
Alfaifi, S., Arakawa, N., & Bridges, S. (2022). The relevance of the International Pharmaceutical Federation Global Competency Framework in developing a country-level competency framework for pharmacists: A cross-sectional study. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 5, Article 100095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2021.100095

Background In the ever-changing roles of pharmacists, the evidence shows that the use of competency frameworks could aid in achieving professional performance development and ensuring a consistent quality pharmacy education. However, there is no nat... Read More about The relevance of the International Pharmaceutical Federation Global Competency Framework in developing a country-level competency framework for pharmacists: A cross-sectional study.

Taking ELF off the shelf: Developing HE students’ speaking skills through a focus on English as a lingua franca (2019)
Journal Article
Dippold, D., Bridges, S., Eccles, S., & Mullen, E. (2019). Taking ELF off the shelf: Developing HE students’ speaking skills through a focus on English as a lingua franca. Linguistics and Education, 54, Article 100761. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2019.100761

This paper explores how principles derived from English as a lingua franca (ELF) research (e.g. accommodation, strategic competence) can provide insights into the speaking demands of group work in Anglophone EMI settings which includes native speaker... Read More about Taking ELF off the shelf: Developing HE students’ speaking skills through a focus on English as a lingua franca.

Developing the global graduate: how first year university students’ narrate their experiences of culture (2018)
Journal Article
Dippold, D., Bridges, S., Eccles, S., & Mullen, E. (2019). Developing the global graduate: how first year university students’ narrate their experiences of culture. Language and Intercultural Communication, 19(4), 313-327. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2018.1526939

Developing global graduates or global citizens is a goal often expressed in university mission statements. This study draws on Amadasi and Holliday's (2017) distinction of block narratives and thread narratives of culture and applies these to intervi... Read More about Developing the global graduate: how first year university students’ narrate their experiences of culture.

Professional identity development: learning and journeying together (2017)
Journal Article
Bridges, S. J. (in press). Professional identity development: learning and journeying together. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2017.03.054

Background: Pharmacy students start to develop their professional values through engagement with the course, practice exposure, staff and fellow students. Group working is an element of pedagogy which draws on the social aspects of learning to facili... Read More about Professional identity development: learning and journeying together.

Intercultural capability: exploring first year HE students' reflections on and experiences of their higher education experience (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Mullen, E., Eccles, S., Dippold, D., & Bridges, S. (2016). Intercultural capability: exploring first year HE students' reflections on and experiences of their higher education experience.

This round table discussion presents the initial stages of a cross-institution project exploring the reflections and expectations of first year international and home students. This study aims to capture students' early experiences in higher educatio... Read More about Intercultural capability: exploring first year HE students' reflections on and experiences of their higher education experience.

Integrating academic, professional and personal learning through multicultural group work (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Bridges, S. (2016, December). Integrating academic, professional and personal learning through multicultural group work. Paper presented at Exploring freedom and control in global higher education: SHRE Annual Research Conference, Newport, South Wales

Multicultural group work is an element of pedagogy which presents rich opportunities for helping students function more effectively within the intercultural contexts of their worlds. Drawing on theories of cosmopolitanism and the ‘capability approac... Read More about Integrating academic, professional and personal learning through multicultural group work.

Conceptualising cosmopolitan values in internationalised higher education: a capabilities approach (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Bridges, S. (2015). Conceptualising cosmopolitan values in internationalised higher education: a capabilities approach.

The increasingly internationalised nature of higher education has enhanced the potential for students to benefit from a more diverse student body, yet there are gaps between the rhetoric and ideals of internationalisation and the lived realities for... Read More about Conceptualising cosmopolitan values in internationalised higher education: a capabilities approach.