Four simple steps to running a successful team task
In this video, Lauren Vicker and Tim Franz explain the key stages and considerations to help university educators run more effective group projects
September 5, 2025
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How to motivate students? The answer hasn’t changed
We all know how to motivate students – it’s putting theory into practice that’s the problem. Understanding how motivation works can help
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Managing upwards in higher education, part 2: relational and personal boundary skills
The second in a two-part series focuses on protecting your integrity, building goodwill across your institution and setting boundaries around your time and availability to create sustainable, constructive relationships with your manager
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Back to the basics of pedagogy
Techniques and methods to enrich your teaching - and your students’ learning outcomes
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Campus Talks: What today’s hyper-connected students need from their first weeks on campus
Students taking their first steps on to university campuses this month will arrive more informed – thanks to AI and social media – and more focused on career outcomes than previous intakes. So, how should universities tailor their welcome to set incoming cohorts up for success?
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Engineering Growth: Why IT Agility Is Critical to Higher Education’s Future
In 2025, America’s colleges and universities face a new kind of crisis, not just one of relevance or cost, but of resilience.
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Institutions must work together to build innovative curricula
Collaboration across institutions can drive real curriculum innovation. This guide shares lessons from two east London-based institutions on building partnerships for sustainability and community-based learning
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What comes next for the block model in university teaching?
Six critical challenges face higher education institutions that have adopted block planning for their teaching schedules as the approach matures and expands globally, writes John Weldon
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What to do when faculty spread conspiracy theories in the classroom
Are your university colleagues superspreaders of misinformation? Here’s what to do when fellow academics promote conspiracy theories, and how to safeguard critical thinking – without compromising academic freedom
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From static to dynamic: how a Moodle plugin makes tutorials more interactive
Transforming quizzes from static assessments into live learning tools, JazzQuiz enables real-time feedback, anonymous participation and adaptive teaching, fostering deeper engagement, dialogue and understanding
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Greeting first-year university students with ‘structured serendipity’
Students start university with a mix of excitement and uncertainty. Institutions should address that emotional landscape early – to help incoming cohorts adjust to newfound independence, discover what it takes to succeed academically and find their place to belong
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Anatomy of a term paper: using information literacy skills with AI
How can librarians support students in developing information literacy skills and putting them to use in an AI-enabled world? Follow each step of researching and writing a term paper and find out how to encourage students to use their skills effectively along the way
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GenAI’s personalised learning could be a game-changer for disabled and neurodivergent students
Using GenAI to provide a truly learner-centric approach to both online and in-person learning could make a real difference to disabled and neurodivergent students. Here’s how
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How can we teach students about social value?
Students increasingly expect universities to reflect their social conscience. Business schools must go beyond profit-focused teaching, embedding social value, impact measurement and experiential learning, says Robert A. Phillips
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Miro and GenAI as drivers of online student engagement
A set of practical strategies for transforming passive online student participation into visible, measurable and purposeful engagement through the use of Miro, enhanced by GenAI
September 2, 2025