Student engagement

Teaching academics and university staff address what student engagement means to them and offer advice on capturing students’ attention in an age of digital distraction and keeping them motivated to learn. Find insights on teaching strategies that give students agency over their learning, boost class attendance and participation and help to build a campus community.

By Eliza.Compton , 7 February, 2025

Empty classrooms and disconnected students in the age of AI

Female students sitting along in lecture hall
Universities face an urgent need to accelerate change in how they teach – and think about teaching – to reconnect students’ digital lifestyles with the way they learn, write Nic Fair and Larisa Yarovaya
Reading time
4minutes
By kiera.obrien , 3 February, 2025

The power of participatory podcasts as a research method

A team work on a research project round a table
Instead of seeing podcasting as an alternative output, producing a series with a group of youth curators helped Abigail Harrison Moore and Lauren Theweneti understand how significant it can be for participatory research
Reading time
5minutes
Student engagement