Spotlights

Practical advice on assessing students’ skills and application of learning in real-world contexts

Learn how to break higher education out of its silos through course design, assessment and lessons adapted to the real world

How to use GenAI to improve teaching, rethink assessment and equip students for an AI-driven workplace

A guide to the complex and changing world of academic publishing and how to work with it to get your research out there

Advice for fostering public engagement in research and citizen science

How to bring Indigenous expertise and experience into university teaching, research, leadership and student support

Advice from the outstanding academics and universities in the UK and Ireland

Advice for inspiring, creating and supporting greener universities

Guidance on how to successfully deliver higher education teaching and learning online

Safeguarding advice to help universities look after students and staff, both on campus and online

Advice on cultivating innovation across a university, among academics, staff and students

Practical advice for universities to support staff, faculty and students with parenting and caring responsibilities

Techniques and methods to enrich your students’ learning

A look at how institutions can deliver a higher education experience that meets the needs of students whose school years were interrupted by the pandemic

Advice for supporting racial diversity among higher education staff and faculty

Find out what qualities make a good administrator and how to navigate the challenges of such roles within higher education

With the future job market harder to predict than ever before, here’s how to prepare your students for the unknown

Tips for each step of researching, writing and refining a PhD dissertation

Find out how higher education institutions can work towards the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

Information on how institutions function and some tips for success from staff at campuses across the globe

Threat or opportunity? Advice for using, mitigating and embracing artificial intelligence in university assessment, skills development and task design

Advice on confronting higher-education-specific challenges

Resources on building data literacy skills for students, researchers and university leaders

How to create a university where neurodivergent staff and students feel welcome and thrive in the classroom, in the lab and throughout campus

A guide to open access – what it is, how to do it and how it can move research forward

Advice for women in higher education from leaders of institutions across the globe

Resources and advice on what universities can do to help students cope with the rising cost of living

Advice on getting your students registered to vote and into the polling station on election day, as well as teaching critical thinking, debating well, reaching out into the community and how universities can advance democracy

Advice on how to maximise public engagement with your research

From application to completion, these resources for institutions, teachers and support staff offer advice to ensure that first-gen students thrive

How to reach new heights in academia, from crafting the perfect CV to navigating career pathways

Advice for academics on how to switch off and not feel guilty

Inspiration and ideas from the outstanding faculty and universities in the UK and Ireland

From creating an inclusive research culture to landing funding bids

Advice on how to give international students rich and inclusive learning experiences

What beginners need to know to thrive in every aspect of their university careers

Advice on student engagement and making your classes more dynamic

How the traditional university degree can be reimagined as a lifelong educational journey, enabling students to upskill and reskill throughout their lives

How to foster and protect freedom of thought, enquiry and expression in higher education

How to enhance support and advice services to improve student well-being and outcomes

How to encourage everyone on campus to participate in extracurricular actives to enrich personal and professional development

Faced with an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous – or VUCA – world, how can universities adapt and prepare themselves and their students to successfully navigate through turbulent times?

How to measure learning and protect academic integrity in the age of ChatGPT

How decolonisation can be applied and advanced across different areas of higher education

Advice from scholars to their younger selves about career, teaching and research

A guide to what knowledge exchange is, how it impacts institutions and their communities and helpful examples of knowledge exchange activities

Advice on creating a higher education system in which LGBTQ+ students, staff and faculty can thrive

Tips on composing everything from academic journal articles and book pitches to exam questions