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Academic voices and higher education insights

By Eliza.Compton, 19 March, 2026

Connecting the dots between academic and professional services staff

Advice for working with the essential – and often unsung – professional services teams who enable universities to deliver effective teaching, research and student success

By Eliza.Compton, 19 March, 2026

Why critical visual literacy matters in a complex information landscape

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Even in teaching materials and trusted sources, images are not neutral. Here, Alexius Chia explains how to guide learners from superficial impressions to being able to critique perspective, power and intent

By Laura.Duckett, 19 March, 2026

How to get students talking in seminar courses

From setting expectations before the course begins to structuring discussion and preparation, these strategies help educators turn hesitant students into confident, collaborative seminar course participants

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By kiera.obrien, 10 March, 2026

The five levels of learning designer support

Learning designers and academics may have different expectations when it comes to collaborating on course design. Here’s how a five-point scale can help

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By kiera.obrien, 18 March, 2026

How employability teams can strengthen academic programmes

Working like recruitment partners, rather than just career advisers, can help align teaching with industry needs, writes Hanene Duprat

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5minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 18 March, 2026

Teaching deaf, deafblind and hard-of-hearing students: practical steps that benefit everyone

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When educators design communication to work across multiple modes from the outset, classrooms become more accessible – and more effective – for everyone, says Annelies Kusters

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3minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 18 March, 2026

Across the divide: reimagining faculty-staff collaboration in higher education

Academic units do best when they harness different viewpoints – from field scientists and curriculum designers to extension professionals – to drive innovation and relevance. Saskia van de Gevel offers proactive advice

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By kiera.obrien, 17 March, 2026

The first step in commercialising your research: start the conversation

Your university’s commercialisation office can help start your journey from academic to CEO. Here’s how

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4minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 17 March, 2026

How to make curriculum mapping work in higher education

With no clear plan for how students progress towards programme goals, they can reach advanced courses without the requisite skills and knowledge. Here’s how curriculum mapping can help

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By Eliza.Compton, 17 March, 2026

What it means to be a university social media director

Social media director is an often-misunderstood role. From the outside, the job can seem as if it revolves around sports highlights, trending sounds and campus beauty shots but those moments represent only a fraction of the work

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By kiera.obrien, 16 March, 2026

Build the ‘why’ into your online learning instructions

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You could be losing your online students earlier than you think. Here’s how to engage them from the moment they encounter a task

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By Laura.Duckett, 16 March, 2026

Welcome new university students with inclusive events

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Five ways to make welcome activities more inclusive, helping students engage at their own pace, build connections and feel a sense of belonging from the start

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By Eliza.Compton, 16 March, 2026

A game-making workshop to bring complex systems to life

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Board games offer a powerful teaching tool to deepen understanding of complex dynamics such as climate. This analogue group task fosters the skills of systems thinking: setting boundaries, seeing multiple perspectives and holistic analysis

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Guidance on teaching design and delivery

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By Eliza.Compton, 19 March, 2026

Why critical visual literacy matters in a complex information landscape

Even in teaching materials and trusted sources, images are not neutral. Here, Alexius Chia explains how to guide learners from superficial impressions to being able to critique perspective, power and intent

By kiera.obrien, 10 March, 2026

The five levels of learning designer support

Learning designers and academics may have different expectations when it comes to collaborating on course design. Here’s how a five-point scale can help

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4minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 17 March, 2026

How to make curriculum mapping work in higher education

With no clear plan for how students progress towards programme goals, they can reach advanced courses without the requisite skills and knowledge. Here’s how curriculum mapping can help

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4minutes

By kiera.obrien, 12 March, 2026

Show students what thoughtful engagement with GenAI looks like

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Face it: students are going to use GenAI whether we ban it or not. Let’s support them to use it purposefully and curiously

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Lessons in how to improve university assessment and quality assurance

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By Laura.Duckett, 26 November, 2025

The secrets of successful ‘mega’ modules

Teaching at scale is a growing reality across UK higher education, but how can modules with more than 500 students maintain quality and engagement?

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By kiera.obrien, 13 March, 2026

Ten tips for embedding retrieval practice in university teaching

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Despite the benefits of retrieval practice, students still tend to opt for more passive strategies. Here’s how to embed retrieval in your classroom to show them its power

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By Laura.Duckett, 25 February, 2026

What happens when we reframe accessibility as belonging?

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When we treat accessibility as a core design principle, it strengthens learning for all students and supports staff in creating learning environments where difference is expected rather than managed, writes Angela Fitzgerald

By kiera.obrien, 23 January, 2026

Maximise student satisfaction in creative education: part two

In the second part of this guide to achieving 100 per cent student satisfaction results in the National Student Survey, here’s why creating community and centring mental well-being made a difference

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

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By kiera.obrien, 29 January, 2026

Balance human intuition with machine efficiency in scientific research

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AI can automate scientific experiments quickly, efficiently and accurately – but what are we losing in the process? Here’s how to strike a balance

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By kiera.obrien, 2 February, 2026

What your students are actually doing with GenAI

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A student survey delved into how and why they use GenAI tools in their studies, and how they felt about it. Find out how this can inform teaching

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By kiera.obrien, 11 March, 2026

Learning by doing in a GenAI-enabled world

The best way for students to learn is by doing. But now GenAI is a non-negotiable in university teaching, what does that mean? Renia Lopez-Ozieblo explores

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By kiera.obrien, 9 March, 2026

GenAI can join the dots, so teach students to draw new lines in empty space

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GenAI tools are getting better at tasks such as sorting data, writing basic reports and generating simple code. That’s why higher education needs to focus on what it can’t do

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

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By Eliza.Compton, 20 March, 2024

Democratising research through open access journals

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The rise of open access publishing has democratised knowledge dissemination, allowing researchers to share their findings with a global audience. Here, Corinne Guimont offers insights on running OA journals at a higher education institution

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By kiera.obrien, 7 May, 2024

The key to collaboration between HE and industry? Analytical testing services explained

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Analytical testing can provide valuable insights to drive forward university-industry collaborations. Imtias Amir Bahauddin explains how to enhance these services for maximum benefit

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By Eliza.Compton, 4 March, 2026

Publishing as connection: lessons from developing a university press

By listening to researchers, staying flexible, embracing criticism and collaborating widely, those developing an institutional publishing ecosystem can reflect the values of the communities they serve

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By Eliza.Compton, 25 February, 2026

Why turn your thesis into a book?

Publishing a book can boost your profile as a researcher, improve your h-index and increase your competitiveness on the job market. Here, Jessica Gildersleeve walks through the steps from thesis to book

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Career advice for academics and higher education professionals

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By kiera.obrien, 17 March, 2026

The first step in commercialising your research: start the conversation

Your university’s commercialisation office can help start your journey from academic to CEO. Here’s how

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 17 March, 2026

What it means to be a university social media director

Social media director is an often-misunderstood role. From the outside, the job can seem as if it revolves around sports highlights, trending sounds and campus beauty shots but those moments represent only a fraction of the work

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4minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 13 March, 2026

Professional services staff, you’re educators, too

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Professional services educators play an important role in supporting student and staff learning at universities. Here are ways to help them to recognise and evidence their teaching practice through Advance HE Fellowship

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By Laura.Duckett, 10 March, 2026

Claim your narrative in academia by building a ‘golden thread’

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Steady momentum and a clear narrative that links your work across research, teaching and leadership can help others see the direction and impact of your career, say Karen Lander and Joseph L. Brooks

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Strategies for advancing diversity and inclusion in higher education

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By Laura.Duckett, 18 March, 2026

Teaching deaf, deafblind and hard-of-hearing students: practical steps that benefit everyone

When educators design communication to work across multiple modes from the outset, classrooms become more accessible – and more effective – for everyone, says Annelies Kusters

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3minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 16 March, 2026

Welcome new university students with inclusive events

Five ways to make welcome activities more inclusive, helping students engage at their own pace, build connections and feel a sense of belonging from the start

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4minutes

By kiera.obrien, 6 March, 2026

Do students need accommodations for their accommodations?

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Students with disabilities need accommodations so they can focus on learning. But when accessing those accommodations requires skills they don’t have, is the system really working?

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By Laura.Duckett, 5 March, 2026

Opening doors to greater diversity in STEM

Find out how to remove barriers to study and research in science, technology, engineering and maths in order to attract and retain a wider diversity of talented students and academics in STEM fields

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What international students need to flourish

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By Laura.Duckett, 12 December, 2024

We need to get to know our international students better

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To create inclusive classrooms for international students, we must address bias and challenge assumptions. Here’s how

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By Eliza.Compton, 4 April, 2025

The power of a 30-minute meeting

One-to-one coaching sessions with students are an ideal forum to share individualised feedback, advice for academic and professional growth, and ways to build learner self-efficacy and confidence. Here’s how they support student success in a global classroom

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By miranda.prynne, 16 February, 2026

International study experiences can be great equalisers – but only if diverse students participate

In part two of his series on outbound student mobility, Lucas Lixinski explains why international study experiences can be so powerful in levelling socio-economic inequality in higher education and how institutions can support this

By Eliza.Compton, 13 November, 2025

What universities gain from involving displaced students in civic engagement

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Civic action not only gives displaced students and refugees a sense of belonging and agency, it brings academic communities benefits such as cultural insight and leadership skills

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By miranda.prynne, 12 March, 2026

Campus Talks: The career story of Raffaella Ocone, the first female professor of chemical engineering in Scotland

Raffaella Ocone is a professor of chemical engineering at Heriot-Watt University

We hear how a woman from rural southern Italy became the first female professor of chemical engineering in Scotland – and what she’s working on now

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40minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 26 February, 2026

Campus Talks: The essential skill of self-editing for academics

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Are the argument, evidence, structure and style working in your scholarly book? Or are you stuck in a cycle of ‘directionless tinkering’? Find out why developmental editing is crucial to addressing big-picture issues and ensuring a manuscript connects with its target readership

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40minutes

By miranda.prynne, 12 February, 2026

Campus Talks: What lies behind the success – or failure – of international branch campuses?

Find out what underpins success when setting up and developing a branch campus overseas and why financial returns are not a good motivation, from an academic who helped establish and later lead one such project

By Eliza.Compton, 4 February, 2026

Campus webinar: Co-creation and tapping into the student voice

Hear experts from four Australian universities discuss how educators, course designers, professional development teams and institutions can embed the skills for effective co-creation in the classroom

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Campus brings together expert advice from academics, university staff, and our Campus+ partners. Covering key areas of higher education - from teaching and research to sustainability and access - our spotlight guides, written articles, short videos and podcasts help educators, researchers and administrators navigate challenges and drive change within their universities.