Key topics

Find advice and insight from academics and university staff all over the world, addressing key issues in global higher education. Showcase your own expertise and learn from other higher education professionals to find out how they are tackling common challenges in teaching, research and university strategy.

Teaching and learning

Best practice for online, in-person and blended teaching pedagogy: educators from universities around the world share their advice, insights and experience

Equity, diversity and inclusion

What do equity, diversity and inclusion mean in the context of higher education? Academics explore how ED&I issues should shape universities’ teaching, culture and management

Sustainable Development Goals

How can universities help achieve the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals? From research to mitigate the climate crisis and embedding the Global Goals into your teaching to creating sustainable campuses, academics and staff share strategies

Early career research

Academic career development advice for early career researchers – and those who manage ECRs – covering time management, writing and funding tips, well-being and networking

Internationalisation

Advice to advance the internationalisation of higher education: from transnational education to student mobility, internationalising the curriculum and why crossing borders matters for teaching and research

Research management

Peer-to-peer professional advice for academic research leaders, managers and administrators from universities around the world to enhance the quality and impact of their institution’s research output

Student success

Student cohorts are increasingly diverse in their needs and objectives. Here universities share how they are working in new ways to help them enter, progress in and complete a university degree

Digital transformation

Strategic insight and guidance to assist higher education institutions in leveraging the benefits of technology – from artificial intelligence to campus infrastructure

Leadership and strategy

University management, strategy and innovation – from policy, institutional culture, branding and community collaboration to staff training and support

Interdisciplinarity

Solving the world’s complex problems will be so much harder if higher education is confined to disciplinary silos. Universities must encourage work across departments to develop creative and innovative answers to global challenges.