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, 19 February, 2025

Can you teach interdisciplinarity in 10 weeks?

Students working on an interdisciplinary project
Interdisciplinarity is an ambitious and rewarding research process, but how realistic can we be in a 10-week module? Here is how to frame the task, structure the process and balance workloads
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 19 February, 2025

Beyond the classroom: from PhD preparation to leadership

Pathway from PhD to healthcare leadership
A foundational pathway that nurtures future leaders in healthcare and scientific innovation produces students who are not only ready for their PhD journey but emerge as skilled professionals and researchers, write Zoltán Benyó and Attila Szijártó
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4minutes
By Laura.Duckett, 17 February, 2025

How can we assess interdisciplinarity?

People sat around a table slotting cogs together
Effectively assessing interdisciplinarity involves encouraging students to ask the right questions and critically evaluating the quality of the knowledge created, explains Simon Scott
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5minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 10 February, 2025

What a transdisciplinary lens brings to university teaching

Young woman in front of brain illustration, arts and sciences
Why is it important to integrate knowledge and methodologies across disciplines? Catherine Amelink has recommendations to encourage the student engagement needed to address complex, weighty problems
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4minutes
Interdisciplinary learning and research