Student ambassadors, key players in widening participation
How to design and run an effective student ambassador programme to support widening participation initiatives
September 7, 2023
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Universities, AI and the common good
Higher education must find paths for meaningful engagement with artificial intelligence, to leverage its potential, explain the problems and mitigate the hazards, writes Rajani Naidoo
September 6, 2023 -
Tips for applying universal design for learning in healthcare practice placements
Ailish Malone and Fiona Daly offer tips on implementing UDL in the busy and variable environment of students’ practical placements
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Alumni as a benchmark of student success
Three focal areas by which universities can track student success by looking at what graduates go on to do after completing their courses
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How can universities disrupt the gender investment gap?
Engaging with stakeholders beyond higher education and debunking myths around women and innovation can open spin-out opportunities to more women, writes Simonetta Manfredi
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Seven questions about storytelling in the classroom
Ng Lee Keng explains why and how telling stories in class can transform student engagement and make your lessons more interesting
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Three strategies for creating a field experience course
Three important steps needed to create an effective field experience course that aids students’ learning and development, shared by Donna-Maria Maynard
September 5, 2023 -
The benefits of having a web presence as an early career researcher
If you can be easily found online, you’re more likely to raise your research profile, receive media requests, get involved in peer review – or even just get nice emails from the public, writes Ashleigh Johnstone
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Six lessons from facilitating a formalised mentoring programme
An institutional formalised mentoring scheme can offer invaluable career guidance for early- and mid-career academics. Here, based on 15 years of managing a programme for academic staff, Karen Mather offers her key takeaways
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Inclusivity versus devotion to the cult of STEM
Is an underlying global STEM culture of devotion getting in the way of a more inclusive academy, asks Andrew Pye
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Brainstorming can breathe new life into your classes
In education, brainstorming has been regarded mostly as a classroom engagement tool, but it can be so much more than that, says Mattia Miani
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Engaging students with careers resources early and often
Here’s how career centres can reach out to students before they’ve even set foot on campus, and why it matters for their future job search and development
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Bring your learners to life through personas
Understanding your learners and their needs enables you to develop more engaging courses, and personas are a great tool to help you achieve this, as Andrés Ordorica explains
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Move student communication from passive to active using ‘I like, I wish, I wonder’
Rebeca Elizabeth Alvarado Ramírez introduces a methodology that encourages effective communication in digital learning processes
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Why micro-mentoring works for Generation Z
Breaking the support experience into bite-size exchanges does more to increase younger students’ appetite to keep going than the traditional one-to-one mentoring model
August 31, 2023