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Copyright © 2025 THE - Times Higher Education. All rights reserved. The art of change : using creative research methods to solve the plastics crisis
Incorporating theatre , music and the visual arts as research tools complements analytical and qualitative approaches to environmental challenges – and goes beyond public …
When it comes to professional development , let ’ s not forget part - time lecturers
What could universities do to better support the professional development of part - time teaching staff ? Martin W . Andrews and Ruth Lang investigate
Extended reality for extending education
As digital technologies like extended reality ( XR ) evolve , how could they be used to enhance university teaching ? Drawing on experience in architecture , Martin W . …
Want students back in the classroom ? Don ’ t give everything away online
Empty classrooms are an unfortunate reality of post - pandemic universities . To stop this , we need to explain the fundamentals of learning and tempt students back
The changes to the National Student Survey could prove disastrous
The removal of well - being - centric questions and the ability to compare with previous years will impede universities ’ ability to offer adequate support
Tutor training for architect - educators : twinning , observation , reflection and testing
Staff development and training for architecture tutors is very limited . This resource looks back at a tutor training programme that ran from 1996 to 2002 , and draws …
Managers are so far from the front line ; how can they advance EDI ?
Authentic leadership involves being clear about one ’ s values but taking a step back to allow others the space to develop the scope of projects , says Harriet Dunbar - Morris
Assessing career action plans : improving graduate employability
Career action plans are assignments designed to guide students in making informed choices and preparing for future jobs . Alexander Bradley explains how they work
Career corners : a simple way to improve student job preparation
Many students enter their final year with no idea what they wish to do after university . Career corners aim to help by providing job and industry overviews that facilitate …
Are you optimising the user experience for your students ?
Kevin Curtis provides an introduction to simple user experience ( UX ) techniques that can help when considering how students and staff engage with higher …
My Christmas wish ? Wider recognition that blended is different from online
Following two years of disruption and jumping between modes of delivery , many students and staff seem to be – incorrectly – conflating blended with online , says …
Research supervision : working with the individual in front of you
Lorraine Hope explains how to mitigate student anxiety and avoid toxic competition with a person - centred approach to supervision
It ’ s time for the media to work with universities , not against us
The next school year is going to be challenging enough as it is without the skewed and absolutist coverage we ’ ve seen in the media lately , says Harriet Dunbar - Morris
