While they allow institutions to claim commitment to gender equality, kitemarks do little to challenge them on their actual policies, say Andy Phippen and Emma Bond
Inga Ackermann shares advice on helping students manage and overcome culture shock after their arrival at a university overseas or far from home
Many new students struggle with the amount of self-directed learning at university. Perhaps it’s time to introduce watch parties, say Emily Nordmann and Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel
Gustavo Espinoza-Ramos explains how pairing top-down and bottom-up approaches to staff development can promote collaborative learning among university staff at all levels
Telling students that you’ve considered their well-being in organisational culture and curriculum design can in itself bolster confidence, says Louise Lawrence
Deborah Bull outlines how institutions can make their civic duties a strategic priority, developing mutually beneficial partnerships with local communities and organisations
I’ve found myself questioning whether a holacratic system, in which there are no managers or leaders, would work in universities, says Aspasia Eleni Paltoglou
A reckoning with how we handle mental health in higher education is long overdue, says June Gruber
Adrian Lam shares useful tips for how tutors can create engaging and interactive tutorials for students that maximise learning outcomes
Gunter Saunders explains why classroom design must take technology into account in facilitating active, student-centred learning
Ellie Bothwell outlines recommendations from THE’s recent report on how universities around the world are performing in the race to net zero carbon emissions
Andy Farnell argues that non-assessed courses could free universities, and the academic undead, from increasing spiritual depletion and a lifeless pursuit of certificates
The universities best equipped with digital infrastructure and savvy human resources will emerge as the new leaders − no matter where they are, says Kwang Hyung Lee
Ahead of COP26, leaders at NYU and São Paulo spoke with us about how universities can be leaders in tackling the climate crisis and what they hope the summit achieves
As the inaugural director of her university’s ’education incubator‘, Sarah Dyer shares insight on supporting teaching innovation among your faculty