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Bridging the gap between academia and local communities
Institutions that integrate public engagement into their core mission will contribute to stronger, more connected communities. Here are lessons from running an on-campus…
‘It just isn’t safe to disclose’
Neurodiverse academics face real and significant barriers to achieving positions of educational leadership. Here are considerations for universities to make …
How can universities increase diversity in spin-out founders?
Ensuring that all talented researchers can participate in spin-out leadership is core to translating world-leading discoveries into innovative and impactful businesses, writes…
How can universities disrupt the gender investment gap?
Engaging with stakeholders beyond higher education and debunking myths around women and innovation can open spin-out opportunities to more women, writes…
ADHD in higher education: is digital learning making it worse?
Hopping between multiple apps and platforms can easily overwhelm students with ADHD – we must be alert to the effects of too much digital multitasking, says Adrian J.…
Prompt engineering as academic skill: a model for effective ChatGPT interactions
Gathering information from AI requires a new layer of search skills that includes constructing effective prompts and critically navigating and evaluating outputs
ChatGPT and AI writers: a threat to student agency and free will?
If we resign ourselves to thinking that resistance is futile and allow AI to replace students’ voices, we are surely guilty of abandoning our responsibilities as educators
How can we help academia produce more women entrepreneurs?
The key change required to help female academics found spin-out companies is rebalancing the gender diversity of the investment community, but universities…
Building student identities as learners, not consumers, for better academic outcomes
Students who think and act like consumers have worse academic outcomes, research shows. Louise Taylor Bunce shares practical steps to help build students’ identities as…