Interdisciplinary learning and research

Find out how to work across multiple academic disciplines in higher education, in order to pool expertise and develop novel skillsets and solutions to complex problems. These guides offer insight on how to break down disciplinary boundaries in university teaching and research to seek greater understanding.

By Laura.Duckett, 17 December, 2025

Practice makes professional

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Well-designed simulations can give future public service practitioners safe opportunities to collaborate across disciplines and build skills vital for supporting vulnerable people
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5minutes
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, 13 December, 2025

Putting arts and humanities at the heart of research

Magnifying glass looking at a brain, illustration
Disciplines too often are siloed, but today’s most pressing challenges rarely fit neatly into a single field. How do we encourage science and technology fields to work with arts and humanities?
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4minutes
By Laura.Duckett, 10 December, 2025

STEAM-based education is the way forward

An interdisciplinary team discussing a project
How to integrate science, technology, engineering, arts, humanities and mathematics to create interdisciplinary programmes that build skills and address real-world problems
By Eliza.Compton, 18 November, 2025

Beyond the creative supplement: reframing the value of arts-based research

Two female Asian fashion design students in workshop
When traditional methodologies struggle to capture sensory, emotional and lived dimensions of culture, researchers can turn to arts-based enquiry. This practical advice explains how to integrate audio, visual and reflective data collection into research design
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5minutes
Interdisciplinary learning and research