Blend individual and group work to build creative confidence
Combining collaborative accountability with personal ownership helps students take risks, navigate challenges and reflect more deeply, writes Dane Taylor
November 10, 2025
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What can university lecturers do to ease students’ exam anxiety?
Exam stress in all its forms will be familiar to most university lecturers. What is less discussed is how educators’ awareness can ease students’ nerves and lead to better outcomes
November 10, 2025 -
Higher education needs to hold students' hearts, not hands
During times of financial constraint, don’t rush to define kindness to students as an unaffordable luxury. Instead, let’s change the way we think
November 7, 2025 -
The road to recognition: reflecting on our National Teaching Fellowship journeys
Three educators share what they learned from applying for National Teaching Fellowships – from overcoming self-doubt and building peer support to discovering that reflection is its own reward
November 7, 2025 -
Three ways to motivate engineering students
Motivating engineering students when information overload threatens to sap their attention requires real-world industrial collaborations, a customised learning experience and a focus on impact
November 7, 2025 -
THE Awards 2025: lessons from the stars of UK and Irish higher education
Learn from leading voices, innovative teams and individuals across the university sector, whose work has been recognised in the shortlist for this year’s Times Higher Education Awards
November 6, 2025 -
The evolution of authentic assessment in higher education
Practical advice on assessing students’ skills and application of learning in real-world, professional contexts
November 6, 2025 -
Why universities must step up their efforts as civic institutions
As major employers and civic bodies, universities have the opportunity – and responsibility – to work with local communities to drive meaningful change. Here are lessons from community organising
November 6, 2025 -
A co-curricular approach to SDG education
To accomplish the Sustainable Development Goals, students need to be equipped to tackle real-world issues across disciplines. Here’s how it can be done
November 6, 2025 -
Try a ‘not by the book’ teaching approach for student-centred, industry-focused learning
By replacing classroom work and exams with real-world projects, educators build soft skills and foster industry partnerships that prepare students for dynamic careers
November 6, 2025 -
Use GenAI to slow down and reflect more deeply
University staff are under pressure to produce more with less. But what if, instead of using GenAI to save time, we took a slower approach?
November 5, 2025 -
Rethinking neurodiversity in higher education
Strategies to embed neurodiversity support into teaching and assessment to unlock talent and drive innovation across higher education
November 5, 2025 -
‘We stopped talking at communities and started working with them’
From consultation to collaboration, a ‘new’ approach to building meaningful community-university relationships results in connection, trust and true partnership
November 5, 2025 -
Honour the university library as a creative space with an artist residency
Make your institution’s library a hub of innovation, exhibitions and community art by inviting artists to use its space. Here’s how
November 4, 2025 -
Use games to get students back to class
Gamified learning can transform passive teaching into engaging, student-centred experiences. Matthew Jones offers practical advice on creative delivery and scaling up
November 4, 2025