Is authentic assessment leaving some students behind?
Does a more authentic assessment for some students mean an inauthentic experience for others? Here’s how to address this by adopting a student-focused lens
March 6, 2025
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Are you a jack of all GenAI?
Effective use of generative AI draws on a suite of skills that go beyond well-crafted prompts. Getting the best out of tech’s ubiquitous tool requires informed choices, field expertise, flexibility, diligence and a willingness to play
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Make your annual report sing
An annual report is a useful tool for promoting your institution’s work. Here’s how to coordinate its publication and get it seen
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An AI toolkit for all aspects of academic life
Harness the power of technology to reshape the tasks that make up your day. Here are the best AI tools to use in higher education
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Want to teach during your PhD? Here’s what you should know
How to prepare for your first teaching experience, manage your time and keep students engaged in class
March 5, 2025 -
When to use an AI professor (and why you might not need one)
Selective embrace of artificial intelligence is key to its success in supporting student learning. Here, Leonard Ng Wei Tat shares lessons from building an effective AI teaching assistant
March 5, 2025 -
Rewild your campus
Intentional planting and water and soil conservation can encourage wildlife back to our campuses and create a rich learning environment
March 4, 2025 -
The university support services that help demonstrate research impact
Library and knowledge transfer services are just two of the institutional resources available to help academics show the impact of their research. Find out which tools to use and when
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Building a culture of care to support students’ mental health
Mental health support is a community-wide concern, which includes easy-to-access counselling, staff awareness and training, an empathetic environment and community hubs, writes Amy Epperley
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Get students on board with AI for marking and feedback
AI can potentially augment feedback and marking, but we need to trial it first. Here is a blueprint for using enhanced feedback generation systems and gaining trust
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Kickstart your educational research journey
Educational research can help elevate your teaching to the next level. Here’s how to get started
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Working in partnership with PhD students to enhance postgraduate research culture
With guidance on the REF 2029 assessment of People, Culture and Environment just published, how might UK universities’ approach to partnership with postgraduate research students demonstrate their engagement with the factors said to enable positive research culture?
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Unlocking minority students’ potential with an asset model approach
How can we tackle the gaps in attainment and outcomes between racialised ethnic minority and white students? This resource shares best practice based on running positive interventions for black and South Asian students
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How to reimagine an existing subject
Immersive technology and student co-creation allowed educators to revamp a general education course. Here’s how they did it
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‘We should focus on the effect of the technology rather than the technology itself’
How much tech is helpful in the classroom? Highlighting both benefits and drawbacks, John Komar explains how computer vision and AI can reinforce personal connections and interactions between teacher and students
February 28, 2025