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Open research won’t slow your career down – it’s the smartest way to build it

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Is open research a virtue that early career researchers can’t afford? Here’s how to make open practices work for you from your very first project – without adding hours to your week

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By Laura.Duckett , 25 August, 2026

Why we should encourage a stretched transition to university

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Offering more information before and throughout university reduces the pressure on both students and staff and can help build a sense of belonging, says Becky Lewis

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By kiera.obrien , 25 August, 2026

How part-time lecturers can protect their professional identity

You can teach hundreds of students, design learning activities, mark assessments and support academic success – yet still feel like a visitor in your own institution. Find out how to establish a sense of belonging as a part-time visiting lecturer

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By Eliza.Compton , 25 August, 2026

A simple research laboratory protocol to yield better scientists

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Lack of clear expectations among researchers who share a laboratory can waste time, erode trust and impede scientific progress. A universal agreement can make communication, collaboration and mutual respect a deliberate part of lab culture

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By kiera.obrien , 24 August, 2026

The key to designing outreach activities students remember

Five ways to spark students’ curiosity during outreach activities and encourage them to keep exploring

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By Laura.Duckett , 24 August, 2026

Why AI makes a growth mindset fundamental for university students

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How to encourage students to use AI as a reflective learning partner to strengthen weaknesses and respond to instructor feedback

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By Eliza.Compton , 24 August, 2026

How academics can use coaching approaches to support students

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Academic coaching assumes students are the experts who already know how to overcome their barriers and achieve their potential. The key is giving them prompts and space to set their own action plan

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By Eliza.Compton , 22 August, 2026

How to supervise a student systematic review without losing a semester

A systematic review can fit inside a degree but only if the supervisor sizes the question to the calendar before the student starts searching

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By Laura.Duckett , 21 August, 2026

Help students practise digital mindfulness

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By reducing screen time, students can recharge and reconnect with their physical surroundings. Learn how to guide them towards more mindful digital use

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By kiera.obrien , 21 August, 2026

Connecting the institutional dots for workforce readiness

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Collaboration is proving critically important for changing workforce needs in the healthcare sector. Here’s how to make it part of your university’s culture

By Eliza.Compton , 21 August, 2026

How to apply for promotion in higher education

In seeking a more senior role in academia, you will need to communicate a strong, positive story about yourself that emphasises performance and impact as well as contribution to the institution and its reputation

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By Laura.Duckett , 20 August, 2026

Course design for a new age

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Learn how to design courses that respond to the evolving needs of both students and employers

By kiera.obrien , 20 August, 2026

To get started with interdisciplinarity, ask: what’s the problem?

Interdisciplinarity can often be treated as an institutional side project. But embedding it into university structures can change everything. Here’s how

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Guidance on teaching design and delivery

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By kiera.obrien , 24 August, 2026

The key to designing outreach activities students remember

Five ways to spark students’ curiosity during outreach activities and encourage them to keep exploring

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By Laura.Duckett , 20 August, 2026

Give students greater flexibility with HyFlex learning

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Designing different routes through the same module so they offer an equivalent learning experience is where the real work begins, writes Stuart Samuels, who offers practical planning advice

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By Laura.Duckett , 19 August, 2026

Five principles for designing industry-relevant microcredentials

Microcredentials that respond to student and employer needs require industry-backed, thoughtful design, writes Karla Margarita Banda Martínez, who offers guidance

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By Laura.Duckett , 18 August, 2026

How to build an inclusive curriculum design toolkit

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Educators often understand the benefits of inclusivity but lack the skills to embed it in courses and curricula. An inclusive design toolkit can bridge institutional ambition and everyday teaching practice

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Lessons in how to improve university assessment and quality assurance

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By Eliza.Compton , 22 August, 2026

How to supervise a student systematic review without losing a semester

A systematic review can fit inside a degree but only if the supervisor sizes the question to the calendar before the student starts searching

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By kiera.obrien , 17 August, 2026

How to show students’ learning beyond grades: a five-step process

Teaching success should not rely solely on pass rates or student satisfaction. Here’s how to gather evidence that students understand, apply and transfer what they learned

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By Eliza.Compton , 11 August, 2026

Gamification can support sustained engagement with course content

Game mechanics use feedback, rankings, discussion and participation over time to maintain students’ attention throughout the semester

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By kiera.obrien , 16 June, 2026

Five tips for using AI in university assessment

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Instead of trying to detect students using AI for their work, we need to think differently. Here’s where to start

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Insight on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education

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By Laura.Duckett , 24 August, 2026

Why AI makes a growth mindset fundamental for university students

How to encourage students to use AI as a reflective learning partner to strengthen weaknesses and respond to instructor feedback

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By Laura.Duckett , 12 August, 2026

Here’s how to show students what responsible AI use looks like

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Well-designed assessments can highlight generative AI’s limitations, where it can provide support and what responsible practice looks like. Andrew Firr and Alex Fenton offer strategies

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By kiera.obrien , 21 August, 2026

Connecting the institutional dots for workforce readiness

Collaboration is proving critically important for changing workforce needs in the healthcare sector. Here’s how to make it part of your university’s culture

By kiera.obrien , 11 August, 2026

The moats are still shallow but the stakes are much higher

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Why a freely downloadable Chinese model and a security breach at Hugging Face should make universities wary of signing exclusive AI contracts

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Academic publishing tips to help with everything from pitches to peer review

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By Laura.Duckett , 21 November, 2025

Subtle steps that protect your authorship

Many early career researchers working with code, data and analysis assume goodwill is enough to secure authorship – it isn’t. Here’s how to protect your contributions and build fair, transparent collaborations

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By Eliza.Compton , 6 August, 2026

How to make your academic work visible to AI

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If you want the robots and LLMs to find your scholarly publications, you need to make your outputs legible, connected and repeatedly encountered

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By Laura.Duckett , 5 August, 2026

Supporting female academics in Sub-Saharan Africa to publish and lead

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Five lessons from a Ghana-focused project that addressed the gendered conditions of academic work to give women the tools needed to participate fully and progress

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By miranda.prynne , 3 August, 2026

Let it evolve: five lessons from developing our own journal

When you launch a new academic journal, be prepared to learn as it develops and let it evolve over time, writes Natalia Azzi

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Career advice for academics and higher education professionals

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By Eliza.Compton , 21 August, 2026

How to apply for promotion in higher education

In seeking a more senior role in academia, you will need to communicate a strong, positive story about yourself that emphasises performance and impact as well as contribution to the institution and its reputation

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By Eliza.Compton , 19 August, 2026

Teaching is a verb: what sets good teachers apart

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Reflection is what moves teaching beyond performance and towards continuous improvement, writes William Owen

By Laura.Duckett , 30 April, 2026

Look for research opportunities in everyday teaching

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Low-effort ways to conduct pedagogical research that can transform teaching work from routine into discovery, inviting us to question longstanding assumptions, experiment with innovative approaches and contribute meaningful insights

By Eliza.Compton , 13 August, 2026

Why the ‘lone wolf’ principal investigator no longer works in modern academia

Teams that integrate clinical insight and academic enquiry result in better academic outputs, increased researcher well-being and a sense of community and shared ownership

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Strategies for advancing diversity and inclusion in higher education

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By Laura.Duckett , 18 August, 2026

How to build an inclusive curriculum design toolkit

Educators often understand the benefits of inclusivity but lack the skills to embed it in courses and curricula. An inclusive design toolkit can bridge institutional ambition and everyday teaching practice

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By kiera.obrien , 30 July, 2026

Making space for Black voices in higher education

While higher education has talked a lot about EDI, are Black academics noticing the difference in their day-to-day lives? A conference gave them a space to reflect

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By miranda.prynne , 17 August, 2026

How universities can boost staff diversity

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Advice for supporting racial diversity among university staff and faculty that better reflects the student population and society as a whole

By Eliza.Compton , 15 August, 2026

‘Effective outreach closes the gap between understanding and action’

University outreach is often measured in terms of reach and participation. But information alone rarely changes behaviour. The real test is whether people do something differently as a result

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What international students need to flourish

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By miranda.prynne , 1 July, 2026

Can we work with students to ‘co-create’ international study experiences?

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Students tend towards safer, more familiar overseas study destinations so how can educators encourage them to make bolder, more adventurous choices? Lucas Lixinski explores this question

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By Eliza.Compton , 20 August, 2026

Rethinking course design to enliven student engagement

To foster students’ meaningful learning, educators should be using class time to maximise the benefits of the in-person experience, as Nasreen Sultana explains

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By miranda.prynne , 25 May, 2026

Why do university websites drive international students away?

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For most international students, the university journey begins not on campus, but online. Nirma Jayawardena offers insights on how institutions can improve their websites for overseas students, based on a recent study

By miranda.prynne , 29 July, 2026

What the ‘overseas elective’ can teach us about adapting student exchanges for 2026 and beyond

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Short-term exchanges may be an effective way to rejuvenate interest in international experiences among students, writes Lucas Lixinski, drawing lessons from his department’s ‘overseas electives’

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Webinars and podcasts: live conversations providing practical advice for higher education professionals

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By miranda.prynne , 13 August, 2026

Campus Talks: Want to think bigger and achieve more? Then collaborate – an academic makes the case for collective research

Katy Börner talks about collaborative research on this week's podcast.

A data visualisation expert talks about leading the global Human Reference Atlas initiative and how collaboration enables researchers to think far bigger

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By miranda.prynne , 11 August, 2026

Campus webinar: Lessons in academic profile building from those who know how

Hear four academics from Campus+ partner institutions in the UK, Morocco and Kazakhstan discuss how to build a reputation as an expert in your scholarly field

By Eliza.Compton , 30 July, 2026

Campus Talks: How co-creation and interdisciplinarity enrich university outreach

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An expert in science engagement explains why a people-centred approach, curiosity and creativity are key to sharing knowledge with schools and the community in innovative and inspiring ways

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By Eliza.Compton , 16 July, 2026

Campus Talks: The strengths that multilingualism brings to universities

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An expert on multilingual education in China explains how to capitalise on the cultural and learning benefits of multilingualism for higher education, and shares strategies for supporting language diversity in the classroom

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