Standardisation to personalisation: designing better assessment futures
The interconnected digital age opens up opportunities for flexible, personalised assessments that can offer real benefits for students and institutions
July 20, 2026
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The civic university: move beyond symbolism to real responsibility
Is higher education’s civic engagement becoming performative? Here’s how to embed it in teaching, research and governance
July 20, 2026 -
How to get primary school pupils interested in STEM
Academics often lack the skills to engage with very young audiences, which can make STEM feel abstract. Charlotte Maughan Jones shares tips on using the right language and understanding what’s important to schools
July 20, 2026 -
How to reclaim your identity after academic job loss
When a university role ends abruptly, through redundancy, restructuring or a contract that isn’t renewed, the loss can feel like grief. Victoria Gibbon shares a structured journaling exercise that helped her rebuild a professional identity
July 20, 2026 -
A ‘buffet’ model of faculty development to support evolving use of AI
A flexible, agile approach to AI skills development allows faculty and students to choose the guidance, resources and learning opportunities that best fit their roles and contexts
July 18, 2026 -
Five pillars of collaborative online learning
How to promote interaction, a sense of collective responsibility and reflective practices to prevent students from ‘dividing and conquering’ in group projects
July 17, 2026 -
Your students use GenAI. Let’s redesign learning so thinking still happens
We can’t put AI back in the box. Instead, higher education needs to find a way to make students think despite it
July 17, 2026 -
Rethinking how researchers can deliver preventive healthcare outreach
For community outreach to be effective, researchers need to listen to the target group, build trust and connect the health information they share to participants’ daily lives
July 17, 2026 -
When teacher training mirrors the classroom we want to build
How to deliver large-cohort teaching development programmes that help postgraduate students see educating as a professional practice, rather than an imposed obligation
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Make university study tangible with VR
Virtual reality can help bring complex disciplines to life, widen access and build stronger partnerships with schools. Learn how
July 16, 2026 -
Can a student idea become a real healthcare innovation?
Student innovation programmes produce promising ideas, but many stall during development. Here, PhD student Marianna Matányi draws on her experience of developing a smart medication dispenser to share advice for turning a student idea into a start-up
July 16, 2026 -
Campus Talks: The strengths that multilingualism brings to universities
An expert on multilingual education in China explains how to capitalise on the cultural and learning benefits of multilingualism for higher education, and shares strategies for supporting language diversity in the classroom
July 16, 2026 -
Stop levelling the playing field in HE – it’s time to redesign the stadium
Design disability-friendly healthcare education from the outset rather than rely on reactive accommodations, says Daphne Pereira, who offers guidance
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Use XR to make invisible networks visible to students
Computer science students often need to understand technical concepts hidden within layers of software. Here’s how extended reality could offer a solution
July 15, 2026 -
Navigating students’ AI concerns through improv and theatre techniques
Technical competency is far from the only aspect of preparing students for an AI-driven world. Ethics also deserves attention, writes Jon Catherwood-Ginn. He uses applied theatre to help students cultivate judgement, communication and decision-making skills
July 15, 2026