Practical learning

Reflection and advice for hands-on university teaching practices and experiential learning. These resources offer expert tips to support quality teaching through lab work, fieldwork and work placements as well as community-based learning, project-based learning and simulations. 

By Miranda Prynne , 15 September, 2023

Ten steps to equity: making fieldwork accessible

A man with a prosthetic leg sitting in a forest with his laptop
Fieldwork can be isolating for disabled students and academics when it is not designed with inclusivity in mind. Becky Alexis-Martin shares 10 strategies to ensure disabled students and academics are included by field-based disciplines
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4minutes
By Miranda Prynne , 21 August, 2023

A practical approach to tackling eco-anxiety

Young women campaigning for more action on climate change
We induce eco-anxiety by teaching students about climate change, so training them in practical and achievable solutions to it are needed, too, write Helen Hicks and Dawn Lees

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3minutes
By Miranda Prynne , 16 June, 2023

Enquiry-based learning in five steps

Student nurses taking notes
Enquiry-based learning bridges the gap between theory and practice, enabling students to learn by doing. Nicky Goodall shares five tips for successfully bringing it into your teaching
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3minutes
By Eliza.Compton , 31 May, 2023

Unifying theoretical and clinical education in a medical curriculum

Female medical student examining slide
A focus on practical competences comes with the risk that theoretical knowledge will be sidelined during the clinical years. However, two-way vertical integration of medical training can provide a more balanced strategy for learning
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5minutes
Practical learning