One thing at a time: tips for making decisions
Academic life is rife with everyday choices that can sap your bandwidth. Here’s why this is exhausting and how to ease the load
May 31, 2023
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Techno-pedagogic design for blended and online courses
Course design for online and blended learning that combines pedagogical know-how with appropriate use of technology. Albert Sangrà presents design models that can help
May 31, 2023 -
Poetry is a door into many disciplines, not just a literary one
A poem can act as a memory aid, ground facts in individual experience and prompt questions about policy, power and generational impact, says Pádraig Ó Tuama
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How to train entrepreneurs in five steps
What training is needed to help aspiring entrepreneurs develop the skills they will need? George Chondrakis shares five vital steps
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Steps to promote LGBTQ+ students’ well-being on campus
What can universities do to promote greater LGBTQ+ student well-being and positive academic outcomes? Kristen A. Renn provides some answers
May 30, 2023 -
HE has its head in the sand on long Covid, and it could prove costly
Long Covid is far more common than most people let on, so institutions must be ready to support its students, staff and faculty – here’s how
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A campaign to communicate the impact of university research
With public perception of US higher education in decline, universities urgently need to send an engaging, integrated message about how their work benefits society, writes Paul M. Rand. Here’s how his institution is doing it
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Social justice as part of medical education
Five strategies universities can adopt to aid medical students’ understanding of and engagement with social justice principles as part of healthcare training
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Taking a human-centred approach to digital language learning and assessment
With digital and hybrid learning now integral to most, if not all, universities, it’s important that educators adopt a human-centred approach to enhance educational outcomes
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How can universities support global LGBTQI+ human rights?
From more research to clearly signposted support for international students, UK campuses can do more to advance inclusivity worldwide. Drew Dalton offers four strategies
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Strategies to maximise the benefits of open research
Sharing data, publishing preprints and making research outputs freely available all have tangible benefits for individual scientists and society. Here are tips to get started
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Effective feedback techniques for struggling students
Giving feedback on work that does not meet the required standard requires great tact and understanding of your students, says Ilse Mariana Leyva Barrera
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Extended reality for extending education
As digital technologies like extended reality (XR) evolve, how could they be used to enhance university teaching? Drawing on experience in architecture, Martin W. Andrews and Antonino Di Raimo investigate
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A simple hack to ChatGPT-proof assignments using Google Drive
What if there was a way to maintain the essay in all its three constituent parts – reading, thinking, writing – in the age of ChatGPT? Dave Sayers thinks he has an answer
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THE podcast: an interview with Dame Madeleine Atkins, president of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge
Dame Madeleine, a veteran leader in English higher education, shares how a widening access initiative led to the elite college admitting more than 90 per cent of students from state schools
May 25, 2023