This special issue seeks to explore how ‘do academia differently’ in the interests of justice higher education. It takes account theoretical frameworks, teaching methods, research practices, publishing norms, curricular content and design courses. The consists nine articles which address different aspect these areas from a range disciplines – medical education, literature, visual arts, philosop...

Dear Editor, When an academician or clinician assumes the chair of department, multiple responsibilities dawn upon the chair that requires appropriate analysis and effective decision-making skills. Head of the department is uniquely poised to translate the organisational goals into the collective performance of the departmental members. Headship is an iterative process which necessitates ...

the present article discusses the reaction of psychiatric professionals and specifically the academia in iran to the publication of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fifth edition, (dsm-5). it is argued that the reaction to changes and the approach of the new revision of dsm has been neither technical, nor emotional. this argument has further been examined for the previ...

The industrial world and the academic world have grown far apart. The distance between the worlds primarily originates from different goals and different means of support. This is a problem in the areas of systems engineering and multidisciplinary design. These areas are relatively young, providing lots of opportunity for research. Education in this area is scarce. Publications are tangible exa...