Assessment isn’t a finish line, it’s a learning process
Many assessments only measure what students already know. Here’s how to structure feedback-rich, iterative tasks to help students develop the skills to improve
April 16, 2026
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Make learning accessible to all in higher education
True accessibility comes when it is placed at the core of teaching and learning design. Read advice for creating universally accessible learning
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Start with men: universities must do more on menopause education
Universities have the research capacity, the educational mission and the moral obligation to lead on menopause education. It is time for men in academia to step up, drive the conversation and share the burden, writes Mark Butterick
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Using universal design for learning to alleviate disclosure reluctance
Designing courses accessibly from the ground up reduces the pressure on neurodivergent students to disclose in order to succeed, writes Luis Paterson
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How a science communication competition changed my career path
To connect with scientists all over the world, hone your public speaking skills and improve public trust in science, a science communication competition could be the answer. Find out more here
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‘If you like, I can….?’ Why GenAI needs to come with a health warning
Warnings about the dependency-forming tricks of GenAI are unlikely to change student behaviour, even as they fear its effects on learning. Educators need to help students recognise engagement loops for themselves, writes Adrian Wallbank
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GenAI practice blossoms through the open exchange of insights
How a structured GenAI professional development series, built around practice, peer voices and multiple entry points, fosters open exchange among colleagues, universities and industry
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Let’s build a higher education system that works for first-generation students
Higher education expects first-gen students to conform to a rigid structure that doesn’t suit their lives. Here’s how to offer flexibility instead
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Why flexibility is essential for accessible teaching
Rigid course structures can shut students out. Designing for flexibility helps ensure that those juggling work, care and study have a fair chance to succeed
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Learner heterogeneity is now the norm in higher education
In an era of lifelong learning and reskilling, undergraduate cohorts include students balancing work, caregiving and studies across life stages. Flexibility should be a foundational design principle rather than an accommodation
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Engaging hearts and minds: why visual communication is key to successful change in higher education
In an era where engagement makes or breaks institutional success, it is time for universities to rethink their approach to communication
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An assessment tool to move HR students from theory to practice
HR students need the skills to deal with people. A simulated assessment tool could be the way forward – here’s how
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Beyond captions: how to build truly inclusive environments for deaf students
Practical, evidence-based strategies to reduce visual overload, improve conceptual clarity and enable deaf and hard-of-hearing students to participate fully
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When a university TNE library is as much diplomat as database
On a transnational university campus, the library can be a space that encourages intellectual risk-taking, engagement with equality, diversity and inclusion objectives, and collaboration on global challenges such as the climate crisis
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Why universities should be turned upside down
Reversing the flow of knowledge – so students, rather than established professors, drive enquiry – could help the next generation of scholars prepare society, and themselves, for the future, writes Robert Gibbs
April 11, 2026