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Campus Talks: Academic career advice from a university leader, ‘Be curious, be useful, bring evidence’

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Redefining success in academia

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Recognise what Black African international students bring to the classroom

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How academics can move beyond deficit narratives and help Black African international students leverage strengths they may not even know they possess

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By kiera.obrien , 10 September, 2026

Open research by principle, not by checklist

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Think of open research as an overarching commitment to transparency, running through every stage of the process, rather than options to be ticked off. Here’s how

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By miranda.prynne , 10 September, 2026

Campus Talks: Academic career advice from a university leader, ‘Be curious, be useful, bring evidence’

Harriet Dunbar-Morris talks about academic careers on the Campus Talks podcast

Learn about the career-building secrets of a university leader who has taken a less conventional path through academia

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35minutes

By kiera.obrien , 10 September, 2026

Why librarians should organise open research support around researchers, not services

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Librarians could be key in helping academics navigate the open research life cycle. Here’s how

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4minutes

By kiera.obrien , 10 September, 2026

How AI agents can get students reasoning and reflecting

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Instead of giving students answers at the touch of a button, what if we designed AI agents to support active learning? Here’s how it works

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5minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 10 September, 2026

Want industry speakers? Get them in early

Guest speakers offer an informed, personal perspective on their discipline and a chance for learners to make an in-person connection that a recording cannot replicate. Here’s how to maximise the benefits and get students to turn up

By Laura.Duckett , 9 September, 2026

Paid research internships can level the playing field for bioscience students

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Research experience is invaluable – but only if students can afford to take part. Learn about a scheme that supports under-represented students

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By kiera.obrien , 9 September, 2026

A beginner’s guide to open science

Open science may seem impenetrable for early career researchers. Sarahanne Field explains what it is and how to get started

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By Eliza.Compton , 9 September, 2026

How to build buy-in for green lab practices

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Faculty, staff and students opt out of sustainability conversations when they are not sure how to engage. A dedicated network can foster a lab community and share ways to reduce the environmental impact of research

By Laura.Duckett , 8 September, 2026

Three ways to foster an interdisciplinary mindset in students

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Interdisciplinarity can feel vague and abstract. Read guidance on helping students understand how concepts are defined and how approaches to problems differ across disciplines

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By kiera.obrien , 8 September, 2026

Build a supportive learning community for graduate apprentices

Graduate apprentices are often split between campus and workplace, their status between student and employee. Here’s how to foster psychological safety between cohorts

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By Eliza.Compton , 8 September, 2026

Assessing students’ academic writing when AI can produce a first draft

When finished text no longer reliably indicates students’ ability to produce structured formal prose, educators can ask them to show more of their writing and judgement process

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By Laura.Duckett , 7 September, 2026

Design learning experiences students cannot outsource to AI

A good class creates a sequence of mental events that cannot be outsourced: prediction, surprise, judgement, revision and retrieval, writes Emilia Samit

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The latest insights from academics and university staff around the world

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Guidance on teaching design and delivery

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By Eliza.Compton , 10 September, 2026

Want industry speakers? Get them in early

Guest speakers offer an informed, personal perspective on their discipline and a chance for learners to make an in-person connection that a recording cannot replicate. Here’s how to maximise the benefits and get students to turn up

By Laura.Duckett , 8 September, 2026

Three ways to foster an interdisciplinary mindset in students

Interdisciplinarity can feel vague and abstract. Read guidance on helping students understand how concepts are defined and how approaches to problems differ across disciplines

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4minutes

By Laura.Duckett , 7 September, 2026

Design learning experiences students cannot outsource to AI

A good class creates a sequence of mental events that cannot be outsourced: prediction, surprise, judgement, revision and retrieval, writes Emilia Samit

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1minutes

By Laura.Duckett , 4 September, 2026

You only get one first class of term – make it count

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How to create a positive first impression and transform the first class from a passive briefing to an interactive launchpad for learning

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4minutes

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Lessons in how to improve university assessment and quality assurance

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By Eliza.Compton , 8 September, 2026

Assessing students’ academic writing when AI can produce a first draft

When finished text no longer reliably indicates students’ ability to produce structured formal prose, educators can ask them to show more of their writing and judgement process

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5minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 5 September, 2026

To stop students procrastinating, collaborate with them

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To help students start academic work on time, educators can use an approach that both guides them and pushes them to manage their own journeys

By Eliza.Compton , 29 August, 2026

The understanding gap – and how AI can help university educators close it

Students often fall behind long before assessments reveal it. Identifying gaps in understanding during teaching – and using AI for just-in-time support – could transform learning, writes Zabin Visram

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By kiera.obrien , 14 May, 2026

Reframe assessment as part of learning

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How to model assessment as a tool for learning as well as a method of evaluation, in a GenAI-enabled world

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

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By kiera.obrien , 10 September, 2026

How AI agents can get students reasoning and reflecting

Instead of giving students answers at the touch of a button, what if we designed AI agents to support active learning? Here’s how it works

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5minutes

By kiera.obrien , 7 September, 2026

Outreach activities for AI literacy: from sparking curiosity to lifelong learning

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Four principles for embedding AI literacy in university outreach, to create a sustainable learning ecosystem

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By Eliza.Compton , 7 September, 2026

Teaching AI use in music for intercultural perspectives

One way to navigate the tension between fear of AI’s impact on creativity and using it to enhance these processes is to take a human-centred approach to its use. Hyesoo Yoo explains

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By kiera.obrien , 3 September, 2026

Three shifts in course design to update pedagogies for the AI era

How can education truly prepare students for the unpredictability of the working world? Find three ways to encourage students to develop the skills they’ll need

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

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By Eliza.Compton , 14 January, 2025

‘Researchers have a responsibility to publish’

Without publication, advancements in knowledge will be stifled or even halted altogether, writes Walid Saad. Here he explains the many benefits to publishing for established scholars and students alike

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By miranda.prynne , 6 February, 2025

Campus Talks: A brighter future for academic publishing

Hear from two academics who are developing publishing solutions that encourage and underpin quality research practices and improve access to scholarly work

By kiera.obrien , 17 January, 2025

Eight steps to launch a student-led peer-review journal

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To help PhD students gain the skills required for publication and improve research literacy, consider an in-house academic journal

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By Eliza.Compton , 8 March, 2024

Three ways libraries are championing the open access movement

Scholars and researchers should take advantage of libraries’ support of and expertise around open access publishing. Asking a librarian for help could protect your work and save you money

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Career advice for academics and higher education professionals

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By Eliza.Compton , 18 July, 2026

A ‘buffet’ model of faculty development to support evolving use of AI

A flexible, agile approach to AI skills development allows faculty and students to choose the guidance, resources and learning opportunities that best fit their roles and contexts

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By Eliza.Compton , 4 September, 2026

‘What I learned from being a university student again’

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If educators want to understand student confidence, inclusivity, belonging and engagement, they could consider returning to the classroom as a learner

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By Eliza.Compton , 2 September, 2026

‘Success in academia needs a metric for how scholarship improves lives’

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If we want universities to address society’s greatest challenges, we should ask ourselves how our work makes the world better in tangible, measurable ways. Bobby Vance explains how this question has shaped his career

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By Laura.Duckett , 26 August, 2026

Common challenges in academic collaboration and how to overcome them

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Academic collaboration requires more than goodwill and good communication. These strategies can help collaborators navigate tensions around critique, hierarchy, incentives and AI-assisted research

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Strategies for advancing diversity and inclusion in higher education

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By Laura.Duckett , 9 September, 2026

Paid research internships can level the playing field for bioscience students

Research experience is invaluable – but only if students can afford to take part. Learn about a scheme that supports under-represented students

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 3 September, 2026

How document-grounded AI can support inclusive learning

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When educators restrict an AI model to a defined collection of trusted inputs, they can introduce students to academic materials in a flexible and interactive way. Here, Imran Khan shares five practical insights

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By Laura.Duckett , 31 July, 2026

Why diversity literacy is a research skill

As funders demand more inclusive and internationally collaborative projects, researchers and research managers need the skills to turn good intentions into meaningful practice, says Jakob Feldtfos Christensen

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By Laura.Duckett , 28 August, 2026

Stop making assumptions about students

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By designing assumptions out of the welcome experience, we can better prepare students to navigate the transition to university. Kelly Edmunds and Lucy Kemp offer practical strategies

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What international students need to flourish

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By Eliza.Compton , 31 March, 2026

Whose vulnerabilities get seen? Whose get missed?

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When student circumstances fall outside standard support categories, their difficulties can deepen. This means hardship of groups such as caregivers or international students grows quietly, until it becomes much harder to address

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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 Eliza.Compton , 13 April, 2026

When a university TNE library is as much diplomat as database

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On a transnational university campus, the library can be a space that encourages intellectual risk-taking, engagement with equality, diversity and inclusion objectives, and collaboration on global challenges such as the climate crisis

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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

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

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By miranda.prynne , 10 September, 2026

Campus Talks: Academic career advice from a university leader, ‘Be curious, be useful, bring evidence’

Learn about the career-building secrets of a university leader who has taken a less conventional path through academia

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35minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 27 August, 2026

Campus Talks: Backwards course design – from learning outcomes to assessment to activities

Daniel Guberman is this week's podcast guest

An expert in student-centred instructional design talks through the process of creating effective university courses, including the potential of artificial intelligence to support feedback and revision

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35minutes

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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39minutes

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

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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.