Does student attention have a half-life?
Can a theatrical approach to teaching a dry subject free up brain space? Chris Jones uses cognitive load theory to manage when students’ attention drifts
August 8, 2026
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How to turn student feedback into HR decisions that actually change their experience
Despite the amount of student feedback collected, it is not impacting on students’ day-to-day lives. How can we change that?
August 7, 2026 -
When the university lesson becomes a ritual
By turning your classes into ‘interaction rituals’, you could re-energise even the most apathetic of students – and yourself – and spark excitement for learning. Allan McCoy explains how
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Will China’s push to bring higher education closer to industry fix its skills mismatch?
Despite 12 million graduates entering the job market, Chinese companies still lack highly skilled candidates, writes Gerard A. Postiglione. Here, he looks at how the country’s universities are addressing employment and what its strategies can offer other higher education systems
August 7, 2026 -
An academics’ guide to integrating industry engagement in course design
How to embed short, structured company projects into courses, from securing institutional support to building lasting relationships with external organisations
August 6, 2026 -
How to advance collaboration across higher education
Practical insights to support effective collaboration across research, teaching and the running of an institution
August 6, 2026 -
How an AI-integrated anonymous chatroom boosted AI literacy and inclusion
A single course design choice helped make AI literacy intrinsic and opened up a way to level the playing field educationally
August 6, 2026 -
How to navigate multilingualism in global online classrooms
Virtual international collaboration can develop intercultural competence and critical thinking skills. Here are strategies that help make these experiences valuable
August 6, 2026 -
How to make your academic work visible to AI
If you want the robots and LLMs to find your scholarly publications, you need to make your outputs legible, connected and repeatedly encountered
August 6, 2026 -
Why serious skills need serious play
Are your students struggling with role play? Game-based learning can offer structure, safety and feedback, especially when combined with AI support. Here’s how
August 5, 2026 -
Supporting female academics in Sub-Saharan Africa to publish and lead
Five lessons from a Ghana-focused project that addressed the gendered conditions of academic work to give women the tools needed to participate fully and progress
August 5, 2026 -
Why a unity lens is crucial in higher education
When institutions highlight that commitment to learning, research and service to the broader public good is shared across campus, they help students and educators see themselves as part of a collective endeavour rather than isolated participants
August 5, 2026 -
Five ways to turn students from spectators into collaborators
Practical tips for transforming traditional assignments, research projects and graduate theses into opportunities to connect students with real-world stakeholders
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Six assessment types that support deep, real-world learning
If traditional assessment methods feel limited, Temesgen Kifle shares alternative ways to measure students’ understanding and ability to apply learning to authentic problems
August 4, 2026 -
Juggling competing priorities in research collaborations
Bringing together cross-disciplinary research teams, government and industry on a single project will need strategic management from the beginning. Here’s how
August 3, 2026