If students frame assessments in terms of stress, not learning, this raises the question: are universities evaluating students’ growth or simply their ability to perform under pressure?
How to demonstrate empathy for students – and self – to improve classroom interactions and ensure equity
Public debate is becoming ever more polarised, both on and offline. But higher education has an opportunity to lay out a blueprint for healthy dialogue, starting in our classrooms – here’s how to do it
Before trauma-informed care can be the norm across all areas of the university, academic and professional staff need to understand what it is. Here, three academics debunk myths and demystify best practice
How to foster productive supervisor-supervisee relationships and address challenges when they arise
Copying and pasting can be a powerful learning tool, whether it involves mindless copying or mindful reuse. Here’s how to use it without compromising academic integrity
This team-building activity costs nothing and will help you and your staff understand each other better. Here’s a guide to using this simple tool
Effective supplier collaboration is crucial for a resilient supply chain. Process orchestration enhances communication, streamlines onboarding and ensures compliance, helping businesses reduce inefficiencies and strengthen supplier relationships
Online degrees offer students new education pathways, making learning more accessible and breaking down barriers to higher education
Presenting research to a non-academic audience requires a different set of skills compared with speaking to your peers. Follow these techniques to get your point across to the layman
In the rush towards ever-greater personalisation, we must not lose sight of what makes learning meaningful, writes Kathy Charles. Here, she shares her insights on fostering ‘productive struggle’ to deepen learning
As AI literacy becomes an essential work skill, universities need to move beyond developing these competencies at ‘primary school’ level in their students. Here, Fun Siong Lim reflects on frameworks to support higher-order AI literacies
We’d all prefer that AI tools helped us to do research and grade papers rather than take over campuses. Here’s how to develop AI tools for your institution responsibly
Use AI in active learning by deploying these strategies to integrate tools in your teaching. Plus, how to address four challenges when doing so
Shared support functions don’t mean the end of competition among institutions, writes Mark Thompson. Instead, collective thinking could focus effort on universities’ strengths and potentially rescue the sector from ‘an unsustainable race to the bottom’