Enquiry-based learning in five steps
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
June 16, 2023
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Ten tips to succeed in publishing in English as a second language
English is now selected five times as often as the authors’ national language for journal article publication. Christopher Tancock explains how you can get published even if English is not your first language
June 15, 2023 -
You wake up in a locked room… Using digital escape rooms to promote student engagement
Game-based learning can unlock students’ motivation to learn and develop skills such as critical-thinking, teamwork and problem-solving, as Steven Montagu-Cairns explains
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Spice up your lectures: engagement strategies for higher education
Ibham Veza and Davannendran Chandran provide an exhaustive checklist of practical strategies for captivating students and retaining their attention
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Ease students’ climate anxiety by encouraging climate action
Climate anxiety is a mental health issue and universities can help students overcome it through climate action, multiplying their own impact along the way, writes Cecil Scheib
June 15, 2023 -
Not replacing but enhancing: using ChatGPT for academic writing
Generative AI and how it can be used for plagiarism has provoked fear in higher education. However, the technology can also improve and accelerate your writing process if it is applied in a constructive, positive manner
June 14, 2023 -
More play to engage students and deepen learning
Play is a powerful learning tool that boosts engagement, exploration and community. Here three lecturers outline some of the ways it can best be used
June 14, 2023 -
Co-branding the student journey from further to higher education
Facilitating an early link with HE through campus visits and support with applications can improve progression to and success at university, says Melanie Pitcher
June 14, 2023 -
Keeping dead names out of convocation
Trans students shouldn’t have to worry about being dead-named as they accept their parchment. Norma Rodenburg and Carrie Smith share four things to consider when making the switch from legal to affirmed names for graduation ceremonies
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How knowledge-sharing is making Baja’s wine industry the ‘next Napa’
Diana Celaya Tentori discusses the huge benefits of knowledge-sharing in wine research that can be applied to every academic discipline
June 13, 2023 -
How academic coaching influences student performance and institutional outcomes
As colleges and universities grapple with stagnant graduation rates, academic coaching offers a tangible means to improve individual student performance as well as institutional outcomes, Lindsay F. Tierney explains
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Maximising student success in APAC through hybrid learning
Institutions using asynchronous models to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes, but there is still a need to balance online and in-person approaches
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Successful group work is all in the selection process
For students, group work can boost learning, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, but the benefits of collaboration may depend on how teachers put individuals together
June 12, 2023 -
What we can learn from Black women academics in the UK
As a Black female lecturer, Shelley McLetchie-Holder outlines lessons she has drawn from other Black women academics working in the UK and explains how institutions can best support these staff
June 12, 2023 -
We need systemic change to tackle EDI in education
Tackling discrimination in business and society requires us to change the ways we deal with ‘difference’ in education, writes Sankalp Chaturvedi
June 12, 2023