Curricula development

Advice on shaping the focus and content of university programmes to ensure they deliver what students and employers need. These resources look at how to embed the most sought-after graduate attributes and future skills into university curricula; how to adapt course content to a future shaped by AI; how to weave the Sustainable Development Goals into existing programmes and what effective decolonisation looks like. 

By Laura.Duckett , 11 February, 2026

Tips for co-creating education projects

Three students working from a laptop smiling to camera
Many co-creation projects fail not for lack of goodwill, but because power is never explicitly addressed. Learn practical ways to tackle hierarchy and empower students
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton , 16 December, 2025

Making the case for arts and humanities

The case for arts and humanities spotlight guide
The arts and humanities are often dismissed as an unaffordable luxury, when these disciplines underpin vital human skills. This collection explores how arts and humanities can be harnessed for the benefit of all – students, universities and wider society
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5minutes
By Eliza.Compton , 16 December, 2025

Looking for our environmental future in the poetic past

Trout in a river
How can studying a poem or writing a story give students the skills to imagine a healthy planetary future? Stephanie Jones explains the link between literature and environmental literacy
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4minutes
By Laura.Duckett , 4 December, 2025

The practicalities of co-creation with students

Two heads represented as the puzzle piece missing from the other
A guide to collaborating with students to shape teaching, curricula and assessments, and support research, based on insights from academics who are successfully using co-creation all over the world
Curricula development