Imperial College London

Imperial College London

Black person excluded at university

Diversity efforts in academia are leading us towards ‘the oppression Olympics’

EDI campaigns and scholarships keep failing ethnic minority students because they are tailored to the needs of white people, writes Andrea E.L. Attipoe

Andrea E.L. Attipoe

Imperial College London

A racing driver and his co-pilot in a simulation

Co-pilots: a new way of improving hybrid teaching for everyone

Bringing in a ‘co-pilot’ instructor to support the running of hybrid classes can improve the teaching and learning experience for students and their lecturers, write Omar Merlo and James Eteen

Omar Merlo , James Eteen

Imperial College London

EDI students

We need systemic change to tackle EDI in education

Tackling discrimination in business and society requires us to change the ways we deal with ‘difference’ in education, writes Sankalp Chaturvedi

Sankalp Chaturvedi

Imperial College London

Edtech and the university

Universities must think smarter when devising edtech strategies for the future

The ideal vision is one where AI and faculty work together to deliver the best outcomes, rather than a two-tier system where the less privileged are left with a low-cost, automated education

Sarah Grant

Imperial College London

Image representing a global team working together

Helping doctoral students build international connections

PhD students’ learning and research can be greatly enhanced through international collaboration. A team from Imperial College London shares practical tips for supporting these cross-border links between doctoral students

Elena Forasacco, Laura Bulmer, Laura Lane

Imperial College London

Playful learning

Playful learning: how to get started

Incorporating play into your teaching promotes student engagement and participation, explains Giskin Day and offers tips on how to get started

Giskin Day, Marcus Pedersen

Imperial College London, University College London

Tortoise walking down a road - representing how slow and steady can be more effective than fast

Make classroom connections by drawing from the slow movement

An introduction to the slow movement and its ideology to show how it can inspire approaches to building connection in the classroom, purposefully scaffolding moments of connection into teaching and relating these to learning

Elizabeth Hauke

Imperial College London

Business schools must play a part in helping solve the world's most pressing issues

Business schools must play their part in supporting those fleeing Ukraine

As providers of education that sits at the interface of industry and academia, the onus is on business schools to step up during times of crisis

Mary Meaney , Celia Moore , Marina Moncayola Lobato

Imperial College London

Webinar discussion how to reduce student drop out rates in the context of the pandemic and online learning

What is the secret to quality control in online teaching?

Four higher education professionals discuss what universities and faculty can, or should, do to ensure a top quality digital teaching across their institutions

Helen Carmichael, Joshua Fleming, David Lefevre, Gunter Saunders

University of Southampton, Office for Students, Imperial College London, University of Westminster