How can we improve the sustainability of labs?
Small, incremental changes in how laboratories manage consumables and equipment can add up to a substantial reduction in the environmental footprint of research activities
To extend your research’s impact, be bold and collaborate widely
International collaborations expose your work to new and bigger audiences and give you unique opportunities for cross-organisational and interdisciplinary …
How the shores of a VR island promote student well-being and social connections
Virtual reality environments can create safe and relaxing spaces for students, offering them mindfulness meditation and social connection, says Pete Bridge
Build community into the curriculum to improve in-person attendance
If the lecture theatre is empty, it’s time to get more innovative in our delivery, says Gemma Ahearne. Here, she offers approaches that show students the value of…
Building the future: the case for inter-faculty learning
Launching an innovative inter-faculty way of working has brought great benefit to students, especially in the post-Covid period, say Gemma Ahearne and Matt Murphy
Social mobility via social media: opportunities for career services
Four practical suggestions for how university career services can make greater use of social media to support social mobility among their students
Intersectionality is the only way to nurture academics of colour
Finding the blind spots in EDI efforts will more effectively support academics sitting at the intersection of minority identities. Here are three places to start
Breaking barriers for women: closing the gender health gap in academia
In the final part of their ‘breaking barriers for women’ series, eight female academics propose ways to tackle the stigma and career deficits caused by women’s…
Covid should have taught us that campus needs to be a treasured space
If we’re to tempt stay-away students back to the physical campus, we must recognise that place and places matter following disasters, say Gemma Ahearne and Treasa…
Eight ways UK academics can help students and researchers from Ukrainian universities
From joining a working group to mentoring and collaborating, UK scholars can support Ukrainian scientists and make a difference, no matter how small
UK universities have their heads in the sand on student addiction
Isolation and shame pose big risks to recovery from addiction problems, yet on-campus support programmes are rare in the UK, say Suzi Gage and Shahroo Izadi
Online micro-learning can transform the teaching of sensitive topics
Non-linear course design means that emotive and uncomfortable content can be paused or skipped and returned to another time, says Gemma Ahearne
