What can university educators learn about teaching and audience engagement from social media? Two experts – a psychologist and a professor of public relations – share strategies for connecting with students, finding wider audiences for niche research and fighting misinformation
Short courses can give members of the public insight into cutting-edge interdisciplinary research, focusing on issues related to their daily lives. Here’s how to put them into place
Faced with students’ shyness and culture shock, how can English for academic purposes teachers on international branch campuses help them gain confidence in speaking English?
Placing teaching tasks along a spectrum between AI and human strengths can help university educators make use of the best of both worlds
Universities must rethink their approach to digital provision to transform the student experience and overcome innovation challenges
To boost cross-disciplinary collaboration, and in turn social impact, universities need to foster a culture of collaboration and an environment that allows its researchers to take bigger risks
Students are using AI to tackle tasks that could be crucial to intellectual development. How can educators judge which tasks to offload and which ones are important for learning?
The culture shock of starting university can be acute for those who left school early or who are returning to study after years in the workforce. Here, Gareth Morgan explains a programme that sets students up for success
Rather than pretending students can – or even should – avoid GenAI to become critical readers, we need to develop their critical reading skills so they can successfully interrogate AI-produced materials
With the help of AI, admissions officers can streamline recruitment processes through automated document analysis, personalised communication and better data insights
Tim Hewes-Belton offers advice on designing bespoke welcome activities for international students to help them settle into UK university life
University libraries are no longer just places of study, they are places of discovery, innovation and community. Patrick Tomlin discusses redesigning academic libraries to meet the ways that students and faculty learn and research
The possibilities that generative AI presents for higher education are vast. But to fully harness AI’s potential, universities must provide clear guidance and continuous training for staff and students
In an era of disappearing textbooks and locked-down digital archives, here’s what universities must do to protect access to knowledge
Launching a podcast helped Mark Carroll gain new perspective on communicating research to the public. Here are four lessons he learned