Developing an effective orientation programme for families and friends
Bring families and friends into the onboarding process to ease first-year students into university life
August 30, 2024
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Growing into an academic leadership role
What qualities in new faculty members predict success in academic administrative leadership? Here, William Owen explores the traits that can see junior faculty transition effectively into more senior roles
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‘What colour is your English?’ Linguistic racism’s impact on faculty of colour
Linguistic racism doesn’t just affect international students – it can hurt the mental health of staff too. Here’s how we can combat it
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First-day-of-term tips: a checklist
Here are some steps to take to ensure the first few weeks of term go smoothly for yourself and your students
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Campus talks: how technology is reshaping the 21st-century campus
When hybrid learning and immersive technology can connect and engage students working in any location, where does that leave all those lecture halls and libraries? We ask two US experts about how universities are adapting to the digital transformation
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Five strategies to cultivate university reputation
The reputational crisis of many universities is a crisis of identity, writes Santiago Fernández-Gubieda. Here, he explains that reputation starts within the organisation, and offers five actions to foster public trust in universities
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Training interpreters in the age of AI
Instead of fighting against the dawn of artificial intelligence, educators should be teaching future interpreters the skills to use it effectively. Here’s how
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How to be visible as an academic
Working hard and taking on extra responsibilities isn't enough to guarantee career development these days. You also have to build your profile
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Making group work work: how to enable successful student collaboration
How can we help students collaborate without weighing down staff with extra admin? First-year interdisciplinary research projects could be the answer
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Harness the power of ‘I wonder’ in your teaching
By embracing the power of ‘I wonder’, we can transform our physical and virtual classrooms into dynamic spaces for exploration and discovery, creating a more inclusive and responsive educational atmosphere
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Supporting parent academics through staff networks
The power of a combined voice can make working life easier for university faculty and staff with children. Here, Judith Lock lays out the challenges of mixing parenthood with academia and how networks lead to more family-friendly campuses
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Evaluating the role of AI in digital assessments across APAC
With AI transforming the education landscape, finding a balance between AI and human interventions in assessments is a challenge that universities must address
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Is assessment integrity possible in the age of AI?
The existence of generative AI does not mean that genuine assessment has become impossible. Reframing universities’ approaches and engaging students can enhance integrity
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Three ways to promote critical engagement with GenAI
However much we fear AI's impact or despise its outputs, when teaching humanities, the best response is to encourage students to engage with it critically
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How comfortable are your students with AI and VR?
To train tomorrow’s workforce, higher education institutions must assess students’ technological familiarity, their readiness to engage with advanced tools and their purposes for using them. Here are two ways to gather data
August 27, 2024