Digital transformation

By Miranda Prynne, 13 April, 2023

Strategic insight and guidance to assist higher education institutions in leveraging the benefits of digital technology. Find practical advice on using artificial intelligence (AI) in teaching, assessment, research and other university functions as well as broader insights on edtech, hybrid working, virtual reality, cybersecurity, digital literacy and managing campus infrastructure. 

By Laura.Duckett, 5 August, 2025

How should assessors use AI for marking and feedback?

A teacher marking students' work
While much attention has focused on students’ use of GenAI, its potential to support assessors has mostly been overlooked. Here, Isabel Fischer shares draft principles co-created at a cross-institutional workshop to guide its responsible use in assessment, marking and feedback.
By Eliza.Compton, 4 August, 2025

How to create snackable social media content

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What makes an engaging post that delivers your key message? Here’s what university social media creators should do and what they should avoid when creating short-form content
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4minutes
By Laura.Duckett, 22 July, 2025

(Re)learning critical reading in the age of GenAI

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Rather than pretending students can – or even should – avoid GenAI to become critical readers, we need to develop their critical reading skills so they can successfully interrogate AI-produced materials
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4minutes
By kiera.obrien, 22 July, 2025

Are students outsourcing the wrong tasks to AI?

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Students are using AI to tackle tasks that could be crucial to intellectual development. How can educators judge which tasks to offload and which ones are important for learning?
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5minutes
By Laura.Duckett, 17 July, 2025

What can higher education learn from social media?

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This collection explores how social media can be used to develop skills, shape pedagogy and foster online learning communities, as well as support academics in building their professional profiles and extending the reach of their research

By kiera.obrien, 16 July, 2025

Three AI-focused grids to future-proof your course design

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Instead of shaping assessment around policing the use of AI, we need to adopt a holistic approach that helps students and educators judge how much AI use is pedagogically appropriate. These three grids can offer insight
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5minutes
By miranda.prynne, 15 July, 2025

Bringing GenAI into the university classroom

Students in a lecture hall
How to use generative AI to improve teaching, rethink assessment, reduce course admin and equip students with AI literacy and other career enhancing skills
By Laura.Duckett, 11 July, 2025

When we encourage AI use, how can we still assess student thinking?

A professor marking work at her desk
As more university educators encourage students to use GenAI, how can we ensure assessments still reward critical thinking and originality? Isabel Fischer reflects on emerging usage patterns and shares practical design tips for meaningful, AI-inclusive assessment
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4minutes
By kiera.obrien, 9 July, 2025

Use AI to refine educational video content

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In the digital era, educational videos have become a key element of online and blended classes. Amy Chong outlines how generative AI can be a game changer for creating engaging, adaptable video content
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6minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 8 July, 2025

Using social media to connect cohorts

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A digital poster competition that encouraged comments on social media can spark conversations between under- and postgraduate students. Here’s how it works
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4minutes
By kiera.obrien, 3 July, 2025

Redefining the university library for 2025 and beyond

Redefining the university library for 2025 and beyond
University libraries must keep pace with the many changes sweeping across global higher education in order to serve students, researchers and the wider public. In this guide, library teams and academics offer advice on how to do so
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8minutes
By kiera.obrien, 12 June, 2025

What happens when AI writes the appeal

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As students increasingly use generative AI to craft assessment appeals, university staff face new challenges in maintaining the integrity of academic feedback. Here’s how we can adapt to preserve meaningful learning relationships in the face of optimisation
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4minutes
By kiera.obrien, 6 June, 2025

Build better doctors with programmatic assessment

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Programmatic assessment offers a better way to train doctors, making them more resilient and giving them the tools to manage their own professional development. Gozie Offiah explains how it works
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4minutes
By Laura.Duckett, 13 May, 2025

Less is more when it comes to AI in teaching

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As more educators adopt AI, the risk of becoming overwhelmed by the tools increases. Here are four practical strategies to prevent this
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4minutes
By Sreethu.Sajeev, 8 May, 2025

Reinventing the computer lab through virtualisation

Apporto
The virtual desktop model offers a comprehensive solution for placing cutting-edge software at students’ fingertips, creating more interactive learning experiences while managing costs
By Eliza.Compton, 8 May, 2025

‘Many academic librarians are now effectively digital curators’

Young male university student in library
Through the advent of the internet, digitisation and artificial intelligence, libraries’ purpose in supporting their users’ success remains unchanged. So, how can academic libraries transform their services to meet evolving needs?
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4minutes
By kiera.obrien, 30 April, 2025

Can we use GenAI to subvert the neoliberal university?

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Generative AI can be a tool of resistance against the corporatisation of higher education – or it can be just another distraction to make us ‘zombies in the loop’ of the system. Here is how we can choose the former
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5minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 21 April, 2025

Guard rails to mitigate ethical concerns for AI use

Robot researcher in a lab
Artificial intelligence can vastly improve productivity and advance innovation, but integrating AI into academia brings significant ethical implications. These policies and procedures could help mitigate these concerns
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 15 April, 2025

Only a human will do: when to eschew AI in teaching and research

Female college professor helping male student
Artificial intelligence tools have streamlined processes and accelerated innovations – efficiencies not lost on higher education. But at times, we need to prioritise human judgement and involvement, as Qin Zhu explains
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4minutes
By Laura.Duckett, 14 April, 2025

Student insight can shape the way we use GenAI in teaching

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Students tend to be more comfortable with teachers using GenAI to support, rather than fully generate, learning materials. The key is to use it effectively and communicate your approach transparently
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4minutes
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