Higher education pedagogy

Learn more about pedagogy and how different theories of teaching and learning work across higher education. Here, academics offer insights into a variety of pedagogies, drawing on their own teaching experience alongside research, to provide practical advice on what instructional methods work best for different university contexts, disciplines and classes.

By Laura.Duckett, 30 October, 2025

Top business graduates lack one key skill – execution

Someone standing at a crossroad, unable to make a decision
Top-performing graduates often struggle with execution in the workplace. Educators can change that by designing learning exercises that hone decision-making skills and resilience
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3minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 30 October, 2025

What happened to creativity in the classroom?

Woman asleep on a snail
When generative AI leads 150 students to submit the same ‘creative’ work, something is afoot in arts and humanities education. Here, Leah Henrickson and Luke Zaphir turn insights from cognitive science into ways to use AI to boost students’ creativity
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5minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 29 October, 2025

Five considerations for effective group work

Group of happy multiracial university students
Why struggle through setting and assessing group tasks when this teaching approach can present considerable challenges around communication and conflict? These insights offer ways to design tasks that will benefit both educators and students
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5minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 13 October, 2025

Can transferable skills be taught in distance learning?

Woman doing online education
As workplaces are increasingly AI-integrated and hybrid, can teaching transferable skills – including body language – in a virtual learning environment, in some cases, offer a more authentic education experience?
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4minutes
By kiera.obrien, 2 October, 2025

Five ways to embed anti-racist pedagogy

Students listen to a lecture
With the race awarding gap widening, facilitating conversations about race between staff and students is crucial. Embedding anti-racist pedagogy in your classroom can pave the way – here’s how
By Laura.Duckett, 30 September, 2025

How to test GenAI’s impact on learning

Students working on a project together in class
Rather than speculate on GenAI’s promise or peril, Thibault Schrepel suggests simple teaching experiments to uncover its actual effects
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4minutes
Higher education pedagogy