Empower minority staff and students to thrive at your institution
Practical strategies to reduce representation burdens, build diverse talent pipelines and foster inclusive environments in higher education
August 21, 2024
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Learning objectives as a tool to guide post-Covid learning
Instructors can use specific learning objectives to spark greater reflection and self-regulated learning in students. Here’s a step-by-step guide to aligning learning, course and curriculum outcomes
August 21, 2024 -
Everything you need to know about teaching cases
Teaching cases can help students apply their knowledge to a real-world situation and make learning interactive. Here’s how to use them
August 20, 2024 -
It’s time: how to get your department off X
With a flurry of HE professionals leaving the platform, here’s how to notify your followers and provide alternative options for staying up to date
August 20, 2024 -
‘It just isn’t safe to disclose’
Neurodiverse academics face real and significant barriers to achieving positions of educational leadership. Here are considerations for universities to make promotion more equitable
August 20, 2024 -
A new way of ensuring repeated EAP vocabulary exposure
Practical steps to enhance student vocabulary learning through a systematic approach that assures repeated exposure to important terms
August 19, 2024 -
Deepfakes are coming for higher education. What can we do to prepare?
Deepfakes are easier than ever to make, leaving students and academics vulnerable to cyberbullying, reputational damage and educational integrity. Here’s how to be vigilant against them
August 19, 2024 -
To combat antisemitism in HE, teach students about Jewish history
When done well, history education can be a bridge to greater understanding, tolerance and respect, writes Hannah Ewence. Here, she offers guidance on a more nuanced approach to teaching Jewish history to university students
August 19, 2024 -
Oral history for all: a research method that crosses disciplinary boundaries
Oral history’s potential to capture lesser-known perspectives and fill knowledge gaps deserves appreciation beyond the humanities
August 19, 2024 -
How to embed critical thinking from course design to assessment
Critical thinking is an essential, human skill. This practical advice aims to help university educators nurture and enhance students’ ability to analyse and evaluate information at all stages of teaching
August 16, 2024 -
Tweaks to make when teaching political science and social policies in the GenAI age
Some methods to enhance student learning of political science topics while maintaining academic integrity
August 16, 2024 -
Relieve student boredom by ‘activating’ lectures
How lecturers can ‘activate’ traditional lectures to relieve student boredom and stimulate learning
August 15, 2024 -
Find a balance with student-centredness
Student-centredness has become hugely popular in higher education over the past decade, but it has downsides as well as benefits. Can it truly be applicable across higher education, regardless of context?
August 15, 2024 -
How Mozart and the arts can help students feel less awkward
Music and dance give the post-Covid cohort low-stress opportunities to face each other in potentially antagonising – even agonising – set-ups. Here’s how a multisensory curriculum helps students combat feelings of isolation and impostor syndrome
August 15, 2024 -
Campus talks: university success stories in managing AI and building digital capacity
Find out how two universities, in Hong Kong and the UK, are embracing generative AI and building institution-wide digital expertise
August 15, 2024