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 Laura.Duckett , 5 November, 2024

How to include student voices in green campus initiatives

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As centres of knowledge and innovation, higher education institutions have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to lead by example in promoting sustainability and environmental awareness. Here are ways to do it
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4minutes
By kiera.obrien , 4 November, 2024

Bridging the SDG awareness gap

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Universities have a critical role to play in increasing awareness of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Here’s how to do it
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6minutes
By Laura.Duckett , 29 October, 2024

Using emotions to boost learning

A student smiling in class
A professor explains how he leverages emotions to enhance students’ learning, using an approach called ‘mastering emotions in entrepreneurship education’
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3minutes
By kiera.obrien , 29 October, 2024

Universities owe it to society to produce good citizens

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Higher education’s role in creating the citizens of tomorrow’s world should not be underestimated. Here’s how to shape the leaders of the future and foster a sense of civic responsibility within them
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5minutes
By Laura.Duckett , 23 October, 2024

Let students know they don’t know

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Overconfidence often prevents students from being able to identify areas of weakness. As teachers, we must help them realise what they are
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3minutes
By Eliza.Compton , 18 October, 2024

Welcome! Now what?

Young female student in a lecture hall
A course induction can be more than an information-giving session in the student welcome timetable. It can introduce students to the practice of reflection on short- and long-term goals and what they want to achieve, writes Marianne Savory
Student engagement