Alison Cathcart
Biographic Data
| ID | 565179 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison Cathcart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | Cathcart |
| SIGNATURE | CATHCART A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Strathclyde |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7003-1273 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Regulating for Pay Transparency: Can Law Overcome Workplace Secrecy?
Evidence that gender-based pay inequity is higher when pay is secret has led governments to prohibit pay secrecy clauses and give employees the right to discuss and disclose their pay. However, the effectiveness of regulations prohibiting pay secrecy may be constrained by social and organisational norms that preclude discussion of pay, including employee fears of the implications of pay transparency. This article provides insights from interviews…
Learning technology as contested terrain: Insights from teaching academics and learning designers in Australian higher education
Learning and teaching is no longer the exclusive domain of teaching academics and is increasingly reliant on third-space professionals, in particular learning designers. The sharing of the design of the learning and teaching space is underlined by the increasing collaboration between teaching academics and learning designers. This qualitative study explores how these two key stakeholders understand learning technology, which is critical to shapin…
First, do no harm: Automated detection of abusive comments in student evaluation of teaching surveys
Student evaluation of teaching (SET) surveys are the most widely used tool for collecting higher education student feedback to inform academic quality improvement, promotion and recruitment processes. Malicious and abusive student comments in SET surveys have the potential to harm the wellbeing and career prospects of academics. Despite much literature highlighting abusive feedback in SET surveys, little research attention has been given to metho…
Institutional approaches to evaluation of learning and teaching: A sector scan of Australasian universities
Teaching evaluation is deeply entrenched in institutional quality assurance and is a feature of a range of policies including academic recruitment, promotion, and performance management. Universities must ensure that evaluation practices meet regulatory requirements, while balancing student voice and wellbeing. There is extensive literature examining the validity, reliability, and bias of student surveys, but limited focus on institutional evalua…
Beyond satisfaction scores: Visualising student comments for whole-of-course evaluation
This study examines the utility of a new method of analysing and reporting qualitative student survey comments. Visualisations of the sentiment of and key themes from qualitative student survey comments were developed for 34 subjects from two undergraduate health sciences courses undergoing transformation. The course and subject visualisation reports were provided to academics who were members of the two course transformation teams. Utilising foc…
The Maritime Dimension to Plantation in Ulster, ca. 1550–ca. 1600
Plantation by the English in Ireland, and Ulster in particular, has received considerable scholarly attention, and it continues to do so. While plantation as a policy developed out of efforts to secure the coastal region from the continuous arrival of Highland Scots, most studies examine how the English plantations developed. Less attention is paid to the Scottish settlement in Ulster and their efforts to utilize the land for their own purposes. …
Kings, Lords and Men in Scotland and Britain, 1300–1625: Essays in Honour of Jenny Wormald. Edited by Steve Boardman and Julian Goodare
Learner-focused evaluation cycles: Facilitating learning using feedforward, concurrent and feedback evaluation
There is a growing trend to offer students learning opportunities that are flexible, innovative and engaging. As educators embrace student-centred agile teaching and learning methodologies, which require continuous reflection and adaptation, the need to evaluate students’ learning in a timely manner has become more pressing. Conventional evaluation surveys currently dominate the evaluation landscape internationally, despite recognition that they …
The Forgotten ’45: Donald Dubh's Rebellion in an Archipelagic Context
The final rebellion of Donald Dubh, heir to the forfeited MacDonald lordship of the Isles, is usually examined within the context of Highland rebellions that occurred in the half century after forfeiture. The factors that motivated the Islesmen to rise in rebellion in 1545 were, however, multi-faceted and can only be fully understood by placing the rising in a wider context, which considers national and archipelagic events. The discussion that fo…
The Statutes of Iona: The Archipelagic Context
This article places James VI's Highland policy, and more specifically the Statutes of Iona, within a 'British' or archipelagic context which, I argue, is crucial to understanding the statutes in terms of Stuart policy toward its more remote regions. By placing the statues in a wider context, I am to highlight how an appreciation of the archipelagic situation can inform understanding of the Scottish situation
The Statutes of Iona: The Archipelagic Context
This article places James VI's Highland policy, and more specifically the Statutes of Iona, within a 'British' or archipelagic context which, I argue, is crucial to understanding the statutes in terms of Stuart policy toward its more remote regions. By placing the statues in a wider context, I am to highlight how an appreciation of the archipelagic situation can inform understanding of the Scottish situation
The Forgotten ’45: Donald Dubh's Rebellion in an Archipelagic Context
The final rebellion of Donald Dubh, heir to the forfeited MacDonald lordship of the Isles, is usually examined within the context of Highland rebellions that occurred in the half century after forfeiture. The factors that motivated the Islesmen to rise in rebellion in 1545 were, however, multi-faceted and can only be fully understood by placing the rising in a wider context, which considers national and archipelagic events. The discussion that fo…
Institutional approaches to evaluation of learning and teaching: A sector scan of Australasian universities
Teaching evaluation is deeply entrenched in institutional quality assurance and is a feature of a range of policies including academic recruitment, promotion, and performance management. Universities must ensure that evaluation practices meet regulatory requirements, while balancing student voice and wellbeing. There is extensive literature examining the validity, reliability, and bias of student surveys, but limited focus on institutional evalua…
The Statutes of Iona: The Archipelagic Context
This article places James VI's Highland policy, and more specifically the Statutes of Iona, within a 'British' or archipelagic context which, I argue, is crucial to understanding the statutes in terms of Stuart policy toward its more remote regions. By placing the statues in a wider context, I am to highlight how an appreciation of the archipelagic situation can inform understanding of the Scottish situation
The Forgotten ’45: Donald Dubh's Rebellion in an Archipelagic Context
The final rebellion of Donald Dubh, heir to the forfeited MacDonald lordship of the Isles, is usually examined within the context of Highland rebellions that occurred in the half century after forfeiture. The factors that motivated the Islesmen to rise in rebellion in 1545 were, however, multi-faceted and can only be fully understood by placing the rising in a wider context, which considers national and archipelagic events. The discussion that fo…
Learner-focused evaluation cycles: Facilitating learning using feedforward, concurrent and feedback evaluation
There is a growing trend to offer students learning opportunities that are flexible, innovative and engaging. As educators embrace student-centred agile teaching and learning methodologies, which require continuous reflection and adaptation, the need to evaluate students’ learning in a timely manner has become more pressing. Conventional evaluation surveys currently dominate the evaluation landscape internationally, despite recognition that they …
Kings, Lords and Men in Scotland and Britain, 1300–1625: Essays in Honour of Jenny Wormald. Edited by Steve Boardman and Julian Goodare
The Maritime Dimension to Plantation in Ulster, ca. 1550–ca. 1600
Plantation by the English in Ireland, and Ulster in particular, has received considerable scholarly attention, and it continues to do so. While plantation as a policy developed out of efforts to secure the coastal region from the continuous arrival of Highland Scots, most studies examine how the English plantations developed. Less attention is paid to the Scottish settlement in Ulster and their efforts to utilize the land for their own purposes. …
Beyond satisfaction scores: Visualising student comments for whole-of-course evaluation
This study examines the utility of a new method of analysing and reporting qualitative student survey comments. Visualisations of the sentiment of and key themes from qualitative student survey comments were developed for 34 subjects from two undergraduate health sciences courses undergoing transformation. The course and subject visualisation reports were provided to academics who were members of the two course transformation teams. Utilising foc…
Learning technology as contested terrain: Insights from teaching academics and learning designers in Australian higher education
Learning and teaching is no longer the exclusive domain of teaching academics and is increasingly reliant on third-space professionals, in particular learning designers. The sharing of the design of the learning and teaching space is underlined by the increasing collaboration between teaching academics and learning designers. This qualitative study explores how these two key stakeholders understand learning technology, which is critical to shapin…
First, do no harm: Automated detection of abusive comments in student evaluation of teaching surveys
Student evaluation of teaching (SET) surveys are the most widely used tool for collecting higher education student feedback to inform academic quality improvement, promotion and recruitment processes. Malicious and abusive student comments in SET surveys have the potential to harm the wellbeing and career prospects of academics. Despite much literature highlighting abusive feedback in SET surveys, little research attention has been given to metho…
Institutional approaches to evaluation of learning and teaching: A sector scan of Australasian universities
Teaching evaluation is deeply entrenched in institutional quality assurance and is a feature of a range of policies including academic recruitment, promotion, and performance management. Universities must ensure that evaluation practices meet regulatory requirements, while balancing student voice and wellbeing. There is extensive literature examining the validity, reliability, and bias of student surveys, but limited focus on institutional evalua…
Regulating for Pay Transparency: Can Law Overcome Workplace Secrecy?
Evidence that gender-based pay inequity is higher when pay is secret has led governments to prohibit pay secrecy clauses and give employees the right to discuss and disclose their pay. However, the effectiveness of regulations prohibiting pay secrecy may be constrained by social and organisational norms that preclude discussion of pay, including employee fears of the implications of pay transparency. This article provides insights from interviews…
Political science (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Evaluation of Teaching Practices (4 works) · Higher education (4 works) · History (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Historical Studies of British Isles (3 works) · History (3 works)