Learn how a ‘slow scholarship day’ can prompt academics to reflect on their and their students’ needs, test emerging ideas with colleagues and think about how a teaching idea might develop into a research project
Dissertation and final-year projects are designed to help students learn to think independently but supervision meetings could be reinforcing their dependence on an educator. Find a simple way to make meetings student-led
Tailored academic coaching can help students move beyond an immediate difficulty or concern to develop the skills, will and self-regulation that support their long-term success
Collaborations between the Global North and Global South teach the communication and working skills essential for addressing the challenges of a complex world. Here are key principles to help get such projects going
How to help students develop the judgement to use AI tools ethically and appropriately, critically evaluate their outputs and demonstrate their own contributions
Engineering students have more information at their fingertips than ever, but preparing them for working life means giving them opportunities to make decisions, solve real problems and get things wrong. Find out four ways to do so
The demographic downturn is real but the greater threat to universities might be a leadership culture that mistakes institutional preservation for institutional progress
Working students succeed when course design reduces friction, respects learners’ context and connects learning directly to their work. Trevor Brown and Jill Gavin-Pitt offer advice
Students with disabilities should not be excluded from the academic and career benefits of fieldwork and laboratory experience. Here, P. Shiva Kumar offers practical guidance for designing inclusive experiential learning
