University course design and delivery

How to design in-person, hybrid and online courses that maximise student engagement, inclusion and learning. Here, you can find advice on instructional design including lesson planning, creation and organisation of educational materials and effective use of digital technologies; as well as teaching methods and styles to help you achieve specific learning outcomes.

By Eliza.Compton, 27 February, 2026

Packed with ethics: using flash cards to spark connection

Two female students looking at a flash card
Ethics is a fundamental skill in accounting, but it is difficult to teach in a way that gives students confidence to use and test frameworks. Here, Catriona Hyde explains how simple flash cards can create curiosity and connection in the classroom
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By Laura.Duckett, 25 February, 2026

What happens when we reframe accessibility as belonging?

Students huddling between aisles in a library
When we treat accessibility as a core design principle, it strengthens learning for all students and supports staff in creating learning environments where difference is expected rather than managed, writes Angela Fitzgerald
By Laura.Duckett, 20 February, 2026

‘Joy doesn’t dilute academic rigour. It sustains it’

A group of students interacting happily around a laptop
By weaving playfulness, humour and authenticity into teaching, research and departmental culture, academics can spark curiosity, strengthen collaboration and tackle difficult conversations, say Alice Wilson and Madeleine Steeds
University course design and delivery