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 Eliza.Compton , 7 September, 2026

Teaching AI use in music for intercultural perspectives

Robot hands playing piano
One way to navigate the tension between fear of AI’s impact on creativity and using it to enhance these processes is to take a human-centred approach to its use. Hyesoo Yoo explains
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By Eliza.Compton , 1 September, 2026

‘You can’t just lecture students any more’

Students doing pairwork in a lecture
GenAI does not make lecturers redundant, but it does weaken one-way content delivery as a reason to bring students together, writes Debra Page. She shares four practical shifts to teaching in the age of AI
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton , 27 August, 2026

‘Higher education needs more of the empathetic mindset’

Digital heart among locks, ones and zeros on keyboard
Empathy, listening and imagination must remain central to how we educate future leaders, writes Lu Liu. The human qualities that make innovation meaningful are at risk when universities over-emphasise technical capability
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4minutes
Higher education pedagogy