White out: how to defeat the blank page
Efficient academic writing requires a shift in mindset from simply counting words to incremental planning and using techniques that make progress visible even when the page looks empty
March 20, 2026
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Three ways to build an engaged student community from the ground up
Here’s how to bring students together to create a community on campus and encourage their active participation in university life from governance to volunteering
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GenAI as a teaching colleague in assessment: a case study
GenAI can be a useful tool in assessment – if used intentionally. Find out what an intelligent dashboard can do for your students’ relationship to GenAI
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Lifelong engagement is the lifeblood of the academy
Universities should move beyond symbolic emeritus titles to create structured pathways for meaningful post-retirement contribution, say Theresa Mercer and Jim Harris
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From policy to practice: how to embed accessibility standards at scale
How to build staff confidence, bridge communication gaps and align systems so that accessibility becomes business as usual
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Why critical visual literacy matters in a complex information landscape
Even in teaching materials and trusted sources, images are not neutral. Here, Alexius Chia explains how to guide learners from superficial impressions to being able to critique perspective, power and intent
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Connecting the dots between academic and professional services staff
Advice for working with the essential – and often unsung – professional services teams who enable universities to deliver effective teaching, research and student success
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How to get students talking in seminar courses
From setting expectations before the course begins to structuring discussion and preparation, these strategies help educators turn hesitant students into confident, collaborative seminar course participants
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How employability teams can strengthen academic programmes
Working like recruitment partners, rather than just career advisers, can help align teaching with industry needs, writes Hanene Duprat
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Teaching deaf, deafblind and hard-of-hearing students: practical steps that benefit everyone
When educators design communication to work across multiple modes from the outset, classrooms become more accessible – and more effective – for everyone, says Annelies Kusters
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Across the divide: reimagining faculty-staff collaboration in higher education
Academic units do best when they harness different viewpoints – from field scientists and curriculum designers to extension professionals – to drive innovation and relevance. Saskia van de Gevel offers proactive advice
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Transforming higher education in South-east Asia
Leveraging the momentum of the ongoing harmonisation of higher education in South-east Asia, UK universities should strengthen efforts to forge long-term collaboration across the bloc
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Making time for quantum innovation
At the University of Colorado Boulder, building world-class interdisciplinary research starts with time, institutional scaffolding and rethinking academic incentives
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What it means to be a university social media director
Social media director is an often-misunderstood role. From the outside, the job can seem as if it revolves around sports highlights, trending sounds and campus beauty shots but those moments represent only a fraction of the work
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The first step in commercialising your research: start the conversation
Your university’s commercialisation office can help start your journey from academic to CEO. Here’s how
March 17, 2026