Why Aren’t Students Asking for Help and What Can We Do About It?
Tiffany Chiu explores barriers students might face when it comes to seeking support and how we can rectify this with insights from a recent project at Imperial College London.
Valuing Mature Student Voices
Lauren Huxley explores how the Mature Student Advisory Board was established at the Lifelong Learning Centre, University of Leeds.
Building Student Belonging: The Role of Engagement in Higher Education
Derrick Mensah shares insights from his role at KCL on how we can enhance the sense of belonging within our institutions.
Utilising AI to Enhance Student Surveys Analysis and Maximise Your Insight
Effectively analysing open-ended feedback from students is a significant challenge facing universities today. The emergence of AI, however, presents a promising opportunity in feedback analytics, particularly in higher education.
Championing Academic Integrity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Warwick Business School's Approach
Warwick Business School’s response to the development in AI tools and their threat to upholding academic integrity standards.
The Employability e-Hub: A Careers Intervention Developed by Welsh Universities
Aberystwyth University, together with the Welsh universities, has developed the Employability e-Hub to empower students who face barriers to employment.
Regional Disparities in Higher Education: A Guide for Widening Participation Professionals
This is an essential guide for widening participation practitioners working in higher education who wish to understand regional inequalities in England and strategies to combat them.
Nurturing Employer Partnerships for Long-Term Success at LSE Department of Management
Ardy Cheung (Employer Relations Manager, LSE Department of Management) shares some experience for nurturing employer partnerships for long term success.
Linking Learning Across Space and Time: Learning Design for Better Student Outcomes
This article offers practical advice on how to think about your students and curriculum, including what you might do, to enable a better learning experience and hopefully better student outcomes.
To Attend or Not to Attend: Why Student Attendance Has Dropped Since the Pandemic and What We Can Do About It
New research explores trends in student attendance and engagement and considers what can be done to help improve it in the post-Covid world.
Public Affairs: Changing Tactics to Demonstrate How Universities Are a Force for Good
Communications and public affairs experts recognise the risk of becoming irrelevant if we fail to demonstrate our contributions to solving real-world problems and highlighting our impact.
Recognising Credit: Some Quick Takeaways from QAA
Simon Bullock highlights some key pieces of advice from QAA's new guide to recognising academic credit.
Revamping Practice Tutor Induction: A Collaborative Journey in the Faculty of Business and Law
New research has helped to enhance inductions for their practice tutors on apprenticeships and professional programmes.
Enhancing the Apprentice Experience: A Practical Guide
In this article, we explore a series of considerations universities can make to ensure that they are delivering an enhanced apprentice experience that can match the quality of the student experience.
Using Student Data to Inform and Develop Access and Participation Interventions in Higher Education: Insights rom the University of Chester
Sara Lawton from the University of Chester provides a few handy tips on leveraging student data to develop targeted interventions to address disparities and enhance student outcomes.
A Guide for Careers Professionals: New Skills and Competencies to Integrate Into Your Employability Offering
As the labour market undergoes transformation, so too do the skills required from new graduates. Explore the increasingly important competencies students will need to develop to become successful graduates and how careers services can support them to develop these attributes.
Attitude-Ready Students: Imposters, Myth and Reality
How can universities tackle imposter syndrome and this mismatch between expectations and reality? How do we have students fully realise their strengths, the assets they bring with them to university?
Developing Impactful Work-Based Learning Programmes: Insights from London Met
Read about how London Metropolitan University is delivering impactful work-based learning programmes for their students.
Reflections on a Whole University Approach to AI
How can universities adopt a holistic, university-wide approach to crafting their AI strategies?
Practicing What We Preach: The Challenges of Using Generative AI for Staff and Institutions
The emergence of free and easy to use AI platforms, such as ChatGPT, Gemini and CoPilot, offers new opportunities and challenges for Higher Education staff and institutions.