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September 8, 2023
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Help students make the most of studying overseas at branch campuses and beyond
Chris Pirie offers advice on how to run a smooth international student exchange programme
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Using co-creation to make young people equal research partners
Based on her experience developing a youth panel, Kathryn Woods-Townsend explains how her team collaborated with, employed and learned from the teenagers who are their lived-experience experts
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A reflexive writing workshop to enhance engagement with learning
Reflexive writing workshops can help boost students’ interest and motivation in relation to their studies. Aspasia Eleni Paltoglou explains how these can work
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How to make your university more neurodiverse friendly
With one in seven people in the UK being neurodiverse, a group of lecturers and students from Arden University lists ways in which universities can better cater to neurodiverse students
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The art of bringing humour into the classroom
A laugh or smile can lighten a lecture and make students more willing to speak up in class. Here are tips for using this nuanced, subjective tool in your teaching
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Student ambassadors, key players in widening participation
How to design and run an effective student ambassador programme to support widening participation initiatives
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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
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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
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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
September 4, 2023