When AI asks: ‘Why?’ and facilitates critical thinking
Chatbots can be used at scale to mimic the Socratic method in university assessment and guide students to reflect on their thinking and reasoning process
July 28, 2025
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Making global academic connections from your desk
Early-career academics don’t need senior titles or travel budgets to make a global impact. Here’s how to use what you have to build international partnerships from the ground up – starting with your inbox
July 26, 2025 -
Information literacy is a core skill – and libraries are ideally placed to embed it
Librarians can be instrumental in developing students’ information literacy. Here’s how one university library developed a course to improve information literacy skills in healthcare disciplines
July 25, 2025 -
Four ways to boost diversity in environmental science
The barriers to STEM subjects start long before students apply. From rigid entry requirements to a lack of representation, here are four, with practical ways to build a more inclusive environmental science pipeline
July 25, 2025 -
How to empower your university to integrate generative AI using tools and talent you already have
Many institutions must navigate limited resources, uncertainty around tools and questions of capacity if they are to embrace generative AI. This guide outlines six practical, scalable steps that build on expertise and institutional strengths
July 25, 2025 -
Universities must stop tiptoeing around debate – appoint free speech champions
As new legal duties on free speech come into force, Mark Butterick argues that universities must move beyond token policies and foster a culture where open debate is genuinely protected
July 24, 2025 -
A guide to embedding esports for employability
Competitive video gaming is growing – and its power could be harnessed in your classroom. Here’s how to integrate esports to foster transferable skills in students
July 24, 2025 -
‘Design is what industry demands of our engineering graduates’
By shifting focus from analysis to design, educators not only better align electronics engineering education with industry needs but also ignite students’ creativity and problem-solving capabilities, writes Ji-Jon Sit
July 24, 2025 -
Campus Talks: Using social media not as a tool but as a teacher in higher education
What can university educators learn about teaching and audience engagement from social media? Two experts – a psychologist and a professor of public relations – share strategies for connecting with students, finding wider audiences for niche research and fighting misinformation
July 24, 2025 -
Make interdisciplinary research accessible to everyone
Short courses can give members of the public insight into cutting-edge interdisciplinary research, focusing on issues related to their daily lives. Here’s how to put them into place
July 23, 2025 -
Build rapport to encourage Chinese students to speak up
Faced with students’ shyness and culture shock, how can English for academic purposes teachers on international branch campuses help them gain confidence in speaking English?
July 23, 2025 -
Beyond the buzz: how AI can be a coach, not a competitor, in the university classroom
Placing teaching tasks along a spectrum between AI and human strengths can help university educators make use of the best of both worlds
July 23, 2025 -
Rethinking digital provision: balancing financial constraints and the innovation imperative
Universities must rethink their approach to digital provision to transform the student experience and overcome innovation challenges
July 22, 2025 -
In it for the long-haul: building support for interdisciplinary innovation
To boost cross-disciplinary collaboration, and in turn social impact, universities need to foster a culture of collaboration and an environment that allows its researchers to take bigger risks
July 22, 2025 -
(Re)learning critical reading in the age of GenAI
Rather than pretending students can – or even should – avoid GenAI to become critical readers, we need to develop their critical reading skills so they can successfully interrogate AI-produced materials
July 22, 2025