Teaching and learning

The advent of generative AI plus questions about the relevance of higher education call for a closer look at how critical thinking skills are taught and measured. Kate Williams offers ways to level up traditional assessment formats

Learn what constitutes good feedback and how to get students actively engaged in learning from their assessments

Treating work placements and co-curricular programmes as optional or supplementary misses deeper questions about whether traditional degrees prepare students for careers. Michelle Seref explains

How transnational and translocal strategies can foster a global mindset and a sense of belonging in students

Anxiety about assessment is leaving more students feeling overwhelmed. Ease the pressure with clarity, consistency and care

Dialogic, developmental feedback can accelerate new lecturers’ confidence, pedagogic judgement and professional growth. Here’s how

If we continue to prioritise memorisation in an age of wall-to-wall information, we send the wrong message to our students and employers. Michelle Seref offers advice on assessment that builds critical thinking skills

Students often accept AI output without questioning it. Designing assignments where the tool fails – visibly and meaningfully – can change that, as Jan Burzlaff explains

How to model assessment as a tool for learning as well as a method of evaluation, in a GenAI-enabled world

How to develop intercultural communication in students of different ethnic backgrounds, from the perspective of a translation educator