Harriet Swain

Your enthusiasm could be key to engaging students in setting learning and career goals and identifying achievements they can build on.

Avoid delays to your research project by providing your institution’s ethics committee with enough information to properly assess your undertaking

Getting the most from your research grant with the help of the procurement department

Volunteering to edit a collection of your peers' work will bring you hard graft, especially when it comes to rounding up tardy contributors, as well as satisfaction.

As class sizes increase, remembering students’ names is a growing challenge – and word association can help

Ensuring that seminar attendance is high and debate is productive

As UK universities become increasingly international, a more globally conscious educational environment benefits overseas and home students alike

Business can be a creative and rewarding experience, so invest in your students by encouraging them to develop ideas, to take the initiative and to engage with the local community

Students and employers are increasingly dictating the courses that universities offer, as witnessed by the rise of business-related and TV-inspired subjects such as forensic science. But how far should demand drive the curriculum? Harriet Swain reports

Students’ religious convictions need not hinder the learning environment; treated respectfully and inclusively, their presence may enhance the experience for all