So you want a novel way to support untapped research talent?
There’s great scope for the sector to offer research development opportunities to taught postgraduate students, says John McKendrick
October 14, 2021
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Using productive failure to activate deeper learning
Manu Kapur explains how using a flipped-classroom approach, setting students problems that they are unable to tackle properly until they have been taught the associated concepts, deepens their learning through ‘productive failure’
October 13, 2021 -
Community colleges are the front line for workforce innovation
As bachelor’s-granting institutions grow ever more focused on employability, there’s much they can learn from community colleges, say Vicki Karolewics and Bharani Rajakumar
October 13, 2021 -
Engaging students in applied research to tackle Sustainable Development Goals
Jen O’Brien describes a pedagogical project that engages students in applied research carried out in partnership with external organisations, related to the Sustainable Development Goals
October 12, 2021 -
Now is the time to design a system in which all learning counts
Our conventional, top-down approach fails to recognise that working adults often already possess many critical work skills, say Lisa McIntyre-Hite and Mackenzie Jackson
October 12, 2021 -
Collaborative learning cases: a fresh approach to applied learning
A group of medical educators introduce a new teaching model being used to improve students’ ability to apply learning in clinical or real-world settings through collaborative work on specific cases
October 11, 2021 -
If peer feedback was good enough for the Brontë sisters, it’s good enough for us
The shift online provides new ways to harness the power of peer feedback to improve writing skills, say Sherry Wynn Perdue, Pam Bromley, Mark Limbach and Jonathan Olshock
October 11, 2021 -
Teaching with keywords
Chanatip Suksai shares tips for using keywords to help students remember concepts, using the example of public policy for medical students
October 11, 2021 -
Coming to terms with terminology: the basics of university teaching and research in the US
Looking to teach or do research in America? Angela Douglas explains the basic terms, acronyms and structures of US academia to ensure everyone is speaking the same language
October 8, 2021 -
Forget the tech – in the new normal, let’s focus on human beings
The key to making learning effective, now and in the post-pandemic world, is focusing on motivation, says Grace McCarthy
October 8, 2021 -
UK universities have their heads in the sand on student addiction
Isolation and shame pose big risks to recovery from addiction problems, yet on-campus support programmes are rare in the UK, say Suzi Gage and Shahroo Izadi
October 7, 2021 -
How to use digital simulations to prepare students for future careers
How institutions should use digital simulation technology to train students in practical, real-world skills, based on her experience in healthcare courses
October 7, 2021 -
Creating a virtual research centre ecosystem using Microsoft Teams
To the busy academic, it may seem like yet another system to learn. But Amy Conley Wright and Betty Luu explain how a team-working platform can aid communication long after the pandemic
October 6, 2021 -
Equal research partnerships are a myth – but we can change that
The movement for decolonising universities should also be applied to research ‘partnerships’ and their unequal balance of power, say Faith Mkwananzi and Melis Cin
October 6, 2021 -
A framework for building capacity in digital teaching and learning
Dale Johnson presents a framework to help institutions decide where to focus their efforts in the use of digital systems and resources to enable student success
October 5, 2021