Student engagement

Teaching academics and university staff address what student engagement means to them and offer advice on capturing students’ attention in an age of digital distraction and keeping them motivated to learn. Find insights on teaching strategies that give students agency over their learning, boost class attendance and participation and help to build a campus community.

By Laura.Duckett , 19 December, 2025

How to co-design learning and assessments with students and GenAI

Students and lecturer co-designing learning materials in class

Guidance on bringing together academic expertise, students’ lived experience and GenAI’s creative capacity to co-design genuinely inclusive, collaborative, and engaging learning experiences

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5minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 19 December, 2025

Teaching students to assess their work and why it matters beyond university

Three female students in library around laptop

Peer feedback and self-assessment build habits that extend into professional life. They teach students to ask questions such as: ‘What do others see in my work?’ and ‘What did I miss?’ to improve performance, Elissar Gerges explains

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 18 December, 2025

Sticky labels: why language shapes identity (and how to say better things)

The words we use in creative education – and the ones we don’t – shape how students see themselves. David Thompson explores how labels affect self-image and how university educators can shift language to build creative confidence

By kiera.obrien , 16 December, 2025

A practical guide to using games in university teaching

What is game-oriented learning, what criteria must games follow to have true educational value and how to use them in your own teaching? Find out here

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5minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 12 December, 2025

In a world of short attention spans, the best story wins

Computer-generated 3D illustration of Titanic liner

When students become storytellers, rather than passive recipients of knowledge, learning is more memorable. And a little help from GenAI can get them started

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4minutes

By miranda.prynne , 11 December, 2025

Campus Talks: How to make co-creation work in your teaching

Find out why and how to collaborate with students to ‘co-create’ elements of their learning, from a leading expert on co-creation in higher education

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33minutes

By kiera.obrien , 10 December, 2025

A university blueprint for teaching with GenAI

A robot in a mortarboard poses with a diploma

How a human-centred approach to embedding GenAI ensures the tool enhances human reasoning, rather than replacing it, institution-wide

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 8 December, 2025

Students talking in class? Teach from the back

Stepping away from the front of the lecture hall renders educators more approachable, and more able to catch the eye of a student looking confused or manage unwarranted chatter

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4minutes

By kiera.obrien , 5 December, 2025

Work with students for an inclusive university culture

Students and support staff work together round a laptop

Inviting students into the process of making your university campus a more inclusive place can be transformative. Here’s how

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 5 December, 2025

Motivating students isn’t magic – it’s music

When students see purpose, believe they can succeed and know educators care, you won’t have to pull them through the course. They’ll walk, maybe even run, on their own. Brett Jones explains how to change their tune

Student engagement